Taika Waititi’s Pirate Comedy Drops a Swashbuckling First Trailer

Vampires, werewolves, rock bands, superheroes, even Nazis. Taika Waititi has made all of them humorous. And subsequent he’ll attempt to do it so on the seven seas with a really offbeat band of pirates.

The present is named Our Flag Means Death and it’s coming to HBO Max in March. It’s created and showrun by David Jenkins, however Waititi is on board as an govt producer in addition to the director of the pilot. It stars Rhys Darby (Flight of the Conchords, Jumanji) as Stede Bonnet, “a pampered aristocrat who abandoned his life of privilege to become a pirate.” The trailer additionally reveals a peek at Waititi’s co-starring flip because the evil pirate Blackbeard, in addition to a take a look at different co-stars like Kristian Nairn (Hodor from Game of Thrones), Joel Fry (Jasper from Cruella), Nat Faxon (Reno 911), Leslie Jones (Ghostbusters), and several other different very recognizable actors. Check it out.

Showrunner Jenkins is greatest identified for the 2016 TBS present People of Earth and this actually seems to be prefer it has the fish out of water really feel of that present, with the oddball irreverence of Waititi’s work like What We Do within the Shadows, Flight of the Conchords, Thor: Ragnarok, and Jojo Rabbit. And that forged is simply pulled from each superb supporting position in style we’ve seen in years.

And you won’t consider it however the story of Stede Bonnet is a real one. This present is described as “loosely based” on it, which principally means the idea of a rich man form of real-life cosplaying as a pirate is simply being mined for as a lot wild humor as potential.

“A series concept like this jumps off the page and you can instantly envision every moment,” Sarah Aubrey, head of unique content material for HBO Max stated when the present was first introduced. “David and Taika’s unique take on Bonnet’s rollicking misadventures on the high seas are sure to thrill and delight audiences everywhere.”

We’ve solely seen the trailer however we are likely to agree. Will or not it’s as much as the standard of a What We Do In the Shadows? Time will inform. But even a fraction of that may make it a present value trying out. It arrives on HBO Max in March.

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