In this week’s NOW I chat with Taika Waititi, whose swell new movie Hunt for the Wilderpeople opens tomorrow.

We’ve spoken before, and you’ll be happy to learn that even though he’s directing Thor: Ragnarok now — which is kind of a big deal — he remains as cheerful and open to oddball lines of inquiry as ever. He was especially happy to hear that I wasn’t interested in Marvel spoilers, and in a bit that didn’t make the final piece, revealed that he spent most of his time on the Wilderpeople set bugging Sam Neill for Event Horizon stories.

(Fun fact: Neill doesn’t remember anything about that movie.)

Anyway, read the piece, then maybe see the movie. Like I said, it’s swell!