Amy Adams Joins Taika Waititi’s ‘Klara and the Sun’

Waititi is adapting Kazuo Ishiguro’s New York Times bestselling novel, about a robot friend bought to help cheer up a girl suffering a mysterious illness.

Amy Adams in 'American Hustle.' Photo: Sony Pictures.

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Amy Adams is in negotiations for Taika Waititi’s new movie.
Jenna Ortega is already aboard.
The movie adapts Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel of the same name.

Taika Waititi last brought us the based-on-truth story ‘Next Goal Wins’, but for his next film, he’s going in an altogether more fantastical direction.

The director, who has worked on the likes of ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ and ‘Jojo Rabbit’ is preparing to direct science fiction story ‘Klara and the Sun’.

According to Deadline, Amy Adams is now in negotiations to join the film, which already stars ‘Wednesday’ and ‘Scream’ actor Jenna Ortega.

What’s the story of ‘Klara and the Sun’?

Taika Waititi on the set of 'Next Goal Wins.'

‘Klara and the Sun’ charts the story of Klara (Ortega), an Artificial Friend designed to prevent loneliness. Klara is purchased by a mother (Adams) and a bright teen named Josie who adores her new robot companion but suffers from a mysterious illness.

Klara’s quest is to save Josie and those who love her from heartbreak and how in the process Klara learns the power of human love.

The original novel was published in 2021, written by ‘Living’ writer Kazuo Ishiguro, debuting on the New York Times’ Best Sellers Hardcover Fiction List at No. 3 and the Indie Best Sellers Hardcover Fiction List at No. 1.

Dahvi Waller, who has written on TV shows such as ‘Desperate Housewives’ and ‘Halt and Catch Fire’, crafted the adaptation, and Sony 3000 Pictures secured Waititi to direct last year, though the writers and actors’ strikes curtailed any chance to get it filmed in 2023.

But with Adams now closing in on a deal, the aim is to have the cameras rolling in the coming weeks.

And if that wasn’t enough positivity for you, the movie is produced by ‘Harry Potter’ veteran David Heyman, who also worked on both ‘Paddington’ movies and ‘Wonka’.

What’s next for Amy Adams and Jenna Ortega?

Jenna Ortega attends the world premiere of Netflix's 'Wednesday' on November 16, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Presley Ann/Getty Images for Netflix.

Adams’ next film is the intriguingly titled ‘Nightbitch’, which was directed by Marielle Heller and is a horror comedy about an artist whose maternal instincts start to manifest as a dog.

As for Ortega, she recently finished work on Tim Burton’s ‘Beetlejuice’ sequel (which now has a title: ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ and will be out on September 6th this year). The actor will next film the second season of hit Netflix series ‘Wednesday’, which also has Burton involved.

The show is gearing up to shoot the new series in the spring.