JOJO RABBIT Teaser Trailer Enjoy the new JOJO RABBIT teaser trailer! The film, directed by Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok, What We Do in the Shadows), stars Waititi, Scarlett Johansson, Thomasin McKenzie, Rebel Wilson, Stephen Merchant, Alfie Allen, and Sam Rockwell. JOJO RABBIT will be released in theaters on October 18. A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy named Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis) whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding a young Jewish girl (Thomasin McKenzie) in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler (Taika Waititi), Jojo must confront his blind nationalism.