Academy Award winner Taika Waititi is booked and busy. The filmmaker is currently directing Thor: Love And Thunder. Amidst this, he has signed a period comedy Our Flag Means Death,┬аset at HBO Max.

Taika Waititi to star in, executive produce and direct period comedy Our Flag Means Death at HBO Max

The filmmaker will not only star in the project, but he will also serve as an executive producer and direct the pilot of the series. According to Deadline, “Our Flag Means Death is based loosely on the true adventures of Stede Bonnet (Rhys Darby), a pampered aristocrat who abandoned his life of privilege to become a pirate. Waititi will play Blackbeard, the historyтАЩs most feared and revered pirate.”

тАЬOur Blackbeard is a legend, a lover, a fighter, a tactical genius, a poetic soul and quite possibly insane,тАЭ writer David Jenkins told Deadline. тАЬOnly one man could play this role, and that is the great Taika Waititi. WeтАЩre thrilled beyond measure heтАЩs decided to don the beard.тАЭ

Jenkins will also serve as executive producer along with Garrett Basch and Dan Halsted.

Meanwhile, Taika Waititi is currently shooting Marvel’s Thor: Love and Thunder. He will next star in Ryan Reynolds’ upcoming feature Free Guy.

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