Taika Waititi teams up with Disney to release "A Disney Holiday Short: The Boy & The Octopus," out now on YouTube. LOS ANGELES -- This holiday season, Taika Waititi and Disney bring a heartwarming new short that taps into the magic of childhood wonder and ...

Elsewhere in the short, the buddies watch the Disney holiday film The Santa Clause (1994), but with the boy fast asleep while the octopus tries to eat popcorn. The creature soon gets fascinated by a scene showing Santa’s sleigh,

Disney’s newest ad isn’t pitching a new movie, TV show, or product. By enlisting director Taika Waititi to direct a four-minute short that chronicles the unlikely friendship between a boy and an octopus, the brand is selling one thing and one thing only: magic.

Disney is kicking off the holiday season by telling a story about the significance of childhood friendship - with some help from Taika Waititi. The Thor: Love and Thunder helmer this time joined forced with Disney to direct a short film called The Boy & The Octopus,

The company is inspiring joy and wonder this holiday season in collaboration with Academy Award winner Taika Waititi. The post The Boy & The Octopus Holiday Short Released by Disney appeared first on Vital Thrills.