When pressed further, he said: "Yeah, but I've actually had to start pulling out of other things, because I was just becoming too busy. And so even doing something like that delays everything else. Even with an animated movie, it turns out, you have to be pretty present."
Pundits in the US have speculated whether Waititi and Netflix were swayed by a recent Michael Jackson backlash after the HBO documentary Finding Neverland where two men alleged, they were sexually abused by Jackson when they were boys.
Waititi's schedule is indeed mega-busy and he has never been afraid of broaching dark subject matter. In Spring, he will be part of the press junket roll-out of Jojo Rabbit, in which he stars with Rebel Wilson.
The film is loosely adapted by Waititi from a Christine Leunens' novel set in wartime Germany. It's about a little boy whose steadfast commitment to the Nazi party is thrown into chaos when he discovers his mother is harbouring a Jewish girl in their attic.
Waititi plays the boy's imaginary best friend, described as a Waititian version of Adolf Hitler.
Earlier last month, he announced the American version of What We Do in the Shadows had been renewed for a second series.
There have been reports that Waititi will be back in the director's chair as soon as next month, starting work in California on his live-action adaptation of Akira, the Japanese comic series.