Taika Waititi In Talks To Direct Adaptation Of ‘Klara And The Sun’ For 3000 Pictures; Garrett Basch Boards As Producer
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: TaikaWaititi looks to have found his next project to direct, as sources tell Deadline that the Oscar winner is in negotiations to direct Klara and the Sun, based on Kazuo Ishiguro’s New York Times bestselling novel, for Sony’s 3000 Pictures.
The project is in development, with Dahvi Waller penning the original draft of the screenplay. David Heyman is producing the film for Heyday Films, and Garrett Basch and Waititi are in negotiations to produce.
Heyday’s Jeffrey Clifford and Rosie Alison brought in the project to Heyday. Ishiguro – who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature and won a Booker Prize for his novel The Remains of the Day – is an EP.
Elizabeth Gabler and Aislinn Dunster are overseeing the project for 3000 Pictures. Ishiguro’s novel follows Klara, a robot girl created to prevent teenagers from becoming lonely.
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