Taika Waititi brings an impressive tone to Klara with the Sun trailer

Like Isiguru’s book, Clara is the Sun is set in an unknown future, with Klara explaining. As a solar AF, Klara has a special relationship with the sun, the source of her food, but she also spends time with Josie when the girl and her mother shop for AFs. So Josie chooses Klara, even though the latter is an older model. Josie’s mother is skeptical but agrees to the trial, motivated by a 20 percent discount. “Just remember everything you’ve learned and hopefully he’ll love you like a family member or a family dog,” Lyon’s store manager told Klara. Soon, Klara realized that something was wrong and turned to her old friend, the sun, for guidance. (Readers of the book will know what that is.)

Ishiguru’s slow meditation on the relationship between humanity and technology may seem out of place for Waititi, but the director. he recently told Vanity Fair that he quickly realized that he needed a new tonal approach to the material and quickly adapted to create his most impressive film. “Sometimes I think you get carried away, like, ‘Oh, people want the same sound as someone from eight years ago,’ and it’s better not to do the same thing or to put expectations on what you think you want to do,” Waititi said.

Clara is the Sun will hit theaters on October 23, 2026.