{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Taika Waititi to direct new 'Star Wars' film","publication_date":"May 04, 2020","summary":"Waititi had for months been expected to take the reins of the galaxy far, far away, having already directed the season finale of the \"Star Wars\" streaming spinoff \"The Mandalorian.\" But the Walt Disney Co. waited until the franchise's unofficial holiday, May the Fourth, to make Waititi's hire official.","author_name":"By Jake Coyle, Associated Press","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2020\/05\/b6b6963ef4461683fe6368179f4cf16c-2019-10-05T181127Z_618978389_RC15B1180160_RTRMADP_3_FILMFESTIVAL-LONDON-JOJO-RABBIT-1024x620.jpg","thumbnail_height":620,"thumbnail_width":1024}