Taika Waititi may be well-known today, but he was once a breakout New Zealand filmmaker best known for his work with Flight of the Conchords and an indie rom-com called Eagle Vs. Shark. That changed with What We Do in the Shadows, a low-budget, mostly improvised mockumentary that put Kiwi vampires front and center. The movie, which starred Waititi and his longtime collaborator Jemaine Clement, became a festival darling that launched Waititi into the blockbuster director he is today.
The movie’s legacy continued with two TV spinoffs: Wellington Paranormal, a police-based supernatural comedy, and What We Do in the Shadows, an American sitcom version of the original story. But before both of those, there was a much-anticipated sequel movie idea that’s finally picking up some steam.
