Taika Waititi is bringing his celebrity friends together in support of coronavirus relief efforts. Beginning on Monday, the “JoJo Rabbit” filmmaker and the Roald Dahl Story Company will be hosting a digital star-studded reading of James and The Giant Peach, a classic Dahl children’s novel.
Proceeds will go towards Partners in Health COVID-19 relief efforts. The first of 10 episodes will feature Chris and Liam Hemsworth as well as Nick Kroll.
In the second episode, Waititi will be joined by Meryl Streep and Benedict Cumberbatch. Other episodes will see Cate Blanchett, Ryan Reynolds, Mindy Kaling, Lupita Nyong’o, Billy Porter, Sarah Paulson and more read from the novel with Waititi.