Taika Waititi to write and direct Thor 4

[Reverend]

The way it panned out, I kinda suspect that an earlier draft of the script made it so the big third act reveal would have been that Ares really had died of his injuries thousands of years ago and that everything that was happening was the fault of humans being humans...but then someone got cold feet and decided that the movie needed less introspection on morality and more knockdown drag-out fighting between a god and a demi-god for the third act.

That's all just speculation on my part of course. It could also have simply been the case that the third act was always troublesome from the get-go and what they ended up with was an imperfect compromise.

 

[Captaindemotion]

Didn't Thor had a funny comment in the first Avengers.
Saying that Loki was his brother but after hearing what he did said that Loki was adopted?

I’m replying to a 2 week old post, so sorry if someone else has already pointed this out, but Loki then riffs on the “adopted” joke to Grandmaster in Ragnarok.

 

[Captaindemotion]

I know I was confused about why vampires were fighting Hulk in Ragnarok

I rewatched Ragnarok last night & there’s a WWDITS reference; when Thor picks up a weapon, Korg says something like “three-pronged wooden stick - not much use unless you’re going to fight 3 vampires in close proximity.”

I’ve loved all Waititi’s films that I’ve seen, Ragnarok is my favourite Thor film and in my top 3 Marvel standalone films, so I’m delighted about this.

 

[Reyman]

Agree with CaptainD. Ragnarock is my second fav Marvel film after the first GOTG. I'll be watching both movies regularly for years to come.

 

[Turtletrekker]

Kat Dennings says that she hasn't been contacted about Love and Thunder, but she loves Marvel and would love to work with Taika Waititi.

http://epicstream.com/news/NicoParu...lqer5sNp44GtM5MtAOZ7zCKKqy4HjwrHLgaA8gfWfxt5s

 

[The Nth Doctor]

MAKE IT HAPPEN, MARVEL. PLEASE!

 

[thribs]

Apparently Gorr is rumoured to be the villain so I could be right about that.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Surprisingly, Idris Elba wants to return and doesn't think Heimdall being dead and all should be a problem.

Goes to show how much good favor Taika Waititi has brought to the franchise. Can you imagine what it would've been like if he had been directing from the start?

 

[Gaith]

Goes to show how much good favor Taika Waititi has brought to the franchise. Can you imagine what it would've been like if he had been directing from the start?

Stillborn? I enjoyed Ragnarok's comedic swerve as much as the next guy, but a big part of why it worked so well is because it was a swerve. Without a fairly straight-faced Thor 1, and the villain it teed up for The Avengers in Loki, the MCU might not have worked nearly as well as it did.

 

[Captaindemotion]

This is a turn up for the books https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/h...l&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral

 

[JD]

Holy shit, I never expected to see him in another movie like this.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

This is a turn up for the books https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/h...l&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral

Wow, that's quite surprising. I wonder if he'll play against his type, especially since Waititi is writing and directing, and play someone on the goofier side of things. It would be a good way to contrast himself from his Batman.

 

[Turtletrekker]

Considering that you either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain, I'm guessing he's going to play the bad guy. Gorr the God Butcher perhaps?

 

[The Nth Doctor]

According to A.V. Club, social media has speculated on Beta Ray Bill.

 

[M'rk son of Mogh]

According to A.V. Club, social media has speculated on Beta Ray Bill.

The internet often confuses "speculate" with "really really wants based on no facts".

 

[Greg Cox]

The internet often confuses "speculate" with "really really wants based on no facts".

Bingo. And "reportedly" often means "just wishful thinking on somebody's part."

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Well, of course, but there's no harm in speculating even if there's no proof.

 

[Xerxes82]

I'd love to see Bale play something like Gorr. You could totally riff on his Batman gig and really have him chew some scenery. Then again, I was pumped with Eccleston for Dark World, and the script didn't have anything for Malekith to do and it turned out to be a complete waste.

I don't know how I feel about the Beta Ray Bill speculation. I adore the character, but frankly the movie is going to be packed enough with a villain, Thor, Jane and Valkyrie as it is.

We'll see if it turns out to be true, and if so, who he might actually play.

 

[Greg Cox]

Well, of course, but there's no harm in speculating even if there's no proof.

Except that people too often mistake it for actual news. And then perpetuate the disinformation by sharing it all over the internet.

"Have you heard the news? Lady Gaga is going to play Poison Ivy in the next BATMAN movie!"

"I know! I heard it from a friend who read it on the internet. I just wrote a whole blog about it--and started a petition to have her replaced by that hot actress I really like!"

 

[DigificWriter]

The Hollywood Reporter does not "speculate" about things.

And neither do Variety, Deadline Hollywood, or Entertainment Weekly.

The fact that this came directly from The Hollywood Reporter as independent corroboration of a report from another site means that it's legitimate, but it also doesn't mean that it's 100% guaranteed to happen.