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 ...

Disney has teamed up with Academy Award-winner Taika Waititi to bring some holiday cheer to viewers around the world. The Boy & The Octopus tells the story of a young boy who encounters an octopus while swimming at the beach,

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 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,

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 Boy and The Octopus' follows a young boy and a persistent mollusk who bond over the shared celebration of the season and trademarked Disney IP.