While we all patiently wait to see Marvel’s Thor: Love and Thunder next year, director Taika Waititi is talking about the film, hyping it up, and, of course, joking around about it. While speaking with Empire, the director talked a bit about how Love and Thunder will be different from any other entry and feature much more emotion.
“It’s very different from Ragnarok. It’s crazier. I’ll tell you what’s different. There’ll be far more emotion in this film. And a lot more love. And a lot more thunder. And a lot more Thor, if you’ve seen the photos.”
The filmmaker went on to say that the movie is the “craziest” film he’s ever made, and then teased:
“If you wrote down all the elements of this film, it shouldn’t make sense. It’s almost like it shouldn’t be made. If you walked into a room and said, ‘I want this and this and this.’ Who’s in it? These people. What are you going to call it? Love and Thunder. I mean, you’d never work again. Maybe I won’t after this.”
I can’t wait to see how crazy that this movie ends up being. Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, and Tessa Thompson have returned to reprise their roles in the film. It also stars Christian Bale as Gore The God Butcher, Russell Crowe as Zeus, and Chris Pratt is returning as Star-Lord, along with other members of the Guardians of the Galaxy.
One of the storylines for the film features Jane Foster taking on the mantle of Thor. That story arc is based on Jason Aaron’s comic book run on The Mighty Thor, the story of which follows a cancer-stricken Jane Foster as she takes up the mantle and powers of Thor.
Thor: Love and Thunder is set to arrive in theaters on May 6, 2022.