Jude Law, Taika Waititi Team on “The Auteur”

Taika Waititi at the 75th Venice International Film Festival in 2018
Taika Waititi at the 75th Venice International Film Festival in 2018. Photo by Maria Laura Antonelli/REX/Shutterstock (9877145j)

The Jojo Rabbit director and British actor have teamed on the Showtime limited series. 

Multiple outlets report that Jude Law and Take Waititi have boarded the project, reported to be a Hollywood satire based on the One Press graphic novel series by Rick Spears and James Callahan. 

Per Deadline, Law will play the title character, while Waititi is attached to direct. Taika will also co-write the show with Peter Warren. Eric Gitter and Dan Halsted will executive produce.

The show is still in development and it is unknown when the show will go into production.