‘Thor: Love And Thunder’ Will Be “Louder And More Bombastic” Than ‘Thor: Ragnarok’
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Thor: Ragnarokchanged the trajectory of Marvel’s God of Thunder in a big way back in 2017. The franchise found new life with directorTaika Waitititaking a hard turn into comedy and sendingChris Hemsworthto a more zany corner of the cosmic side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and he even broughtMark Ruffaloas Hulk along with him. And when the filmmaker gets back behind the camera forThor: Love and Thundernext year, it’s only going to get crazier.Wiredrecently spoke with Taika Waititi about his plans forThor: Love and Thunder, and while the director was reluctant to reveal anything specific beyond what we already know about the sequel, he did offer up this tease:
One of the most consistent critiques of Marvel movies is that they all look and feel the same. In some cases, that’s a valid criticism, butThor: Ragnarokreally shook up theThorfranchise in a variety of ways, and it allowed for the character to have one of the best character arcs in the Marvel Cinematic Universe whenAvengers: Infinity WarandAvengers: Endgamecame around. So the challenge is to keep fans on their toes when it comes to keeping Thor’s journey marching forward.
The most refreshing thing aboutThor: Love and Thunderwill undoubtedly be the return ofNatalie Portmanas Jane Foster, who will be picking up Mjolnir as The Mighty Thor this time, inspired byJason Aaron’s comic book arc. Waititi even pitched it to the actress as doing something much different than she was able to do in the franchise before. He toldVariety:
“I just said to her, ‘Are you interested in coming back to this thing, but doing something really different?’ Because another thing, no one wants to keep repeating themselves and no one wants to play the same characters all the time. And I think for her, just coming back reprising that character but in this whole fresh new way, is really what I think would interest anyone. Especially, in most of these films, if you’re not a superhero… do you really want to keep doing that? I mean, I wouldn’t. I would want to come back and change things up.”
Fans are undoubtedly excited to see what Natalie Portman can do as The Mighty Thor, butwe still don’t knowif they’ll be adapting the powerful cancer storyline from the comics yet. That’s something fans want to see for sure, but Waititi doesn’t necessarily like the idea of simply giving fans what they want. He said:
“You want to listen to the fans to a point. But also you don’t want to have a completely fan-made film because then it doesn’t feel like there’s any point. You want to have people surprised.”
If there’s one thing Taika Waititi is good at doing, it’s surprising us with something great. After all, the guy is coming off playing Hitler as a 10-year old’s imaginary friend inJojo Rabbit(expanding to more theaters this weekend), so you never know what to expect.
Thor: Love and Thunderis slated to arrive in theaters onNovember 5, 2021
