That Thor Franchise was in danger of falling apart until Taika Waititi showed up. The 2013 sequel to the original, The Dark WorldIt was the worst Marvel film on Rotten Tomatoes in a long time. Four years passed before Waititi was delivered Thor: Ragnarok, But the wait was worth it. The director delivered one of the most popular films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and according to Waititi, it wasn’t long before Marvel boss Kevin Feige asked him to do it all over again Thor: Love and Thunder.
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Taika Waititi does it all in Thor: Love and Thunder
Waititi may not think much about his acting skills, but it’s one of several hats he wears Thor: Love and Thunder. We don’t see the New Zealand native on screen, but he does provide the voice and movements for the CGI character Korg.
Waititi wrote the story and screenplay for love and thunder and also directed. It is the seventh feature film he has directed. He took it easy and only occupied the director’s chair Ragnarokthis was his fifth film, but he brought a fan favorite to the screen in the process.
Ragnarok gave Chris Hemsworth one of the best opening weekends of his career, and it was such a success that Marvel boss Feige Waititi pushed for a sequel almost immediately.
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Kevin Feige greenlit Waititi’s second ‘Thor’ movie over dinner based on a loose idea
Marvel is known to be planning the MCU years into the future, but apparently Ragnarok quickly solidified Waititi’s return to the studio.
As Waititi told Fandango All Access (via YouTube), Feige gave the green light to his Ragnarok To be continued shortly after this film hit theaters:
“We basically did [Thor: Love and Thunder] green light at dinner. When Ragnarok came out, we were drawn to a couple of movie theaters around town, and we went and had dinner. We started discussing ideas for this new film – with Kevin [Feige] and the rest of Marvel – and I think [Ragnarok] became so popular that very soon after, they were like, ‘Let’s do another one.’”
It lasted more than four and a half years (longer than the waiting time between The Dark World and Ragnarok) to the love and thunder to hit theaters, but the generally positive reviews suggest Marvel has another Waititi hit on its hands.
“Love and Thunder” provides two post-credits scenes and several Hemsworths in the film
Thor: Love and Thunder received a PG-13 rating, and Waititi held her to a trim time of 1 hour, 59 minutes per IMDb. It follows Marvel tradition with post-credits scenes – two of them.
No spoilers here, but both post-credit scenes include surprising cameos. one has one Thor regular look and appearance, and the other has Teddy Lasso fans excited.
love and thunder is also something of a Hemsworth festival. Alongside Chris Hemsworth, the film stars his brother Luke in an uncredited role as actor Thor. Also, Chris’ son, Tristan, will play Kid Thor, while one of his daughters, Sasha, is an Asgardian kid.
Thor: Love and Thunder is coming to cinemas now.
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