Director Taika Waititi Explains That THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER Will Be "Bigger, Bolder and Brighter"
As Marvel fans patiently wait for Phase 4 to officially launch, director Taika Waititi teases what we can expect from his upcoming film Thor: Love and Thunder. Fans loved what he ended up doing with Thor: Ragnarok, and now he’s looking to “double down” on that film’s vibrant and crazy greatness by going “bigger, bolder and brighter.” During a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, the filmmaker explained:
“The next Thor film I’m doing, basically, we’re sort of launching ourselves again on this adventure film, really. That was the thing really that I loved about doing Ragnarok, it felt like we were just putting Thor on a really cool adventure. There’s always like new things to see and do, and this one, I think we’re gonna double down a lot on that and have it bigger, bolder and brighter. There’s just gonna be some really crazy stuff in the film.”
So, it looks like we’re in for another crazy-ass Thor adventure and I don’t think that fans will have a problem with that. I’m a fan of Waititi’s directing and storytelling style and it’s gonna be fun to see what he’s got up his sleeve for Thor: Love and Thunder.
Waititi previously shared that the film would take creative liberties when pulling from Marvel’s The Mighty Thor comic book where Thor’s longtime love interest Jane wielded Mjolnir and became Thor while battling breast cancer.
“We’re not sure if we’re going to do a complete lift of that whole storyline. These things change through the shoot and even when we’re editing sometimes. “Like, ‘Let’s get rid of that storyline where she’s got breast cancer. We’ll change it to something else, or maybe she’s fine.’”
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige also previously talked about the upcoming Thor film, saying:
"We love the story -- it's one of the best comic runs recently. [Director Taika Waitit] would flip through and read that run while he was doing Ragnarok. And I think when he agreed to come back and do another Thor, he was like, 'How do we--?' This is a very big movie that'll be folding in a lot of elements. That is a huge important part of it. He pitched it to us, and we were totally in. We loved it. We'd been in touch with Natalie. She's part of the MCU family and we put she and Taika together. It took one meeting and she agreed to do it."
I can’t wait to see how this next Thor film turns out! I’m confident that the filmmaker will deliver another spectacularly entertaining film. Thor: Love and Thunder is reportedly going to start shooting early next year with a release date set for November 5th, 2021. Natalie Portman is set to reprise her role in the film along with Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, and more.