After Taika Waititi breathed new life into the Thor franchise andThor: Ragnarokwas not only a huge hit but also one of the best-received Marvel movies, the big question was: Will Taika Waititi and Chris Hemsworth return for another Thor movie? The answer: yes. Breaking ahead of Comic-Con is the news that Taika Waititi is signed on to write and directThor 4, or, in a way:Thor 2: The Good Ones.Hemsworth is “expected” to return, so I assume they’re still deciding how big the Brinks truck will be.
这一切都发生了，因为Taika的真人Akiraadaptation fell apart. It hasn’t been abandoned entirely, but they ran into scripting issues which pushed back production, which put it up against Marvel’s window forThor 4(which tells me Taika must have been talking to Marvel about this for a while). With Akira in shambles, Taika is shifting over to work onThor 4whileAkiraregroups. For now, it sounds like Warner Brothers is content to wait for Taika to become available again post-Thor 4,but we’ll see. It is sort of a reverse James Gunn situation, where Warners has him while Marvel has to wait for his return toGuardians of the Galaxy.
所以可以Thor 4be?Endgamesaw Thor jet off into space with the Guardians, so maybe we actually do get “Asgardians of the Galaxy”, which is a real comic book, with an ongoing story right now. The team includes Thor’s half-sister, Angela—a SUPER cool character, but one whose backstory was partially burned for Hela inRagnarok—so it’s not hard to imagine an AOTG movie but with Thor instead of Angela. I just hopeThor 4向我们介绍了Beta Ray Bill，这是漫画中携带Stormbreaker的两足动物外星人。Ragnarok比尔（Bill）作为萨卡尔（Sakaar）的前冠军而嘲笑比尔（Bill），索尔（Thor）造成了Stormbreaker，因此我们现在所需要的只是比尔（Bill）出现并声称这一点。我无法想象任何人更适合介绍比Taika Waititi介绍双足类似的马外星人。
我也有一些问题Thor 4could set up the next Avengers event, the wayRagnarokset upInfinity War.There are several possibilities on the table for the next Avengers crossover, including Secret Invasion (Skrulls invade Earth), and Secret Wars (heroes and villains are kidnapped to “Battleword” and forced to fight one another). I feel like it will be Secret Wars because that story involves Avengers, X-Men, and Fantastic Four, and now that Marvel has all their toys back, they’re perfectly poised to do it.
But there is a story happening right now in the comics called “War of the Realms” which is BY FAR my favorite Avengers comic in recent memory. “War of the Realms” is outrageously entertaining, with Dark Elves invading Earth and every single superhero you’ve ever heard of springing into action to fight them back, and then Captain America assembles a team to go fetch Thor out of some space trouble, while Carol Danvers defends Earth with Doctor Strange. Those two then get caught up in abody swap caper, WHICH IS AMAZING. It’s SO good everything in the Marvel movies should be pointing in the direction of making this happen.
I am very curious about the next phase of Marvel movies, because it feels like Marvel is setting up to be even more ambitious post-Endgame, despite the usual roster of sequels (we knowBlack Panther 2andDoctor Strange 2是IT THE BODY SWAP, IF NOT, WHY—are happening, and based on its billion-dollar success,Captain Marvel 2is a sure bet—THIS COULD ALSO BE THE BODY SWAP). Maybe not more ambitious in scope, probably nothing will ever be as big asInfinity War/Endgamecombined. I still have anxiety dreams about that production calendar. But creatively? Marvel is all-in on The Eternals, a bonkers super-team even more spacey and weird than the Guardians of the Galaxy. They’re expanding their roster to be more inclusive with characters like Shang-Chi. And they’re bringing back the filmmakers who brought fresh perspective to the MCU, like Taika Waititi and Ryan Coogler. They seem committed to keeping up the creative expansion of the MCU.
There is a ton of possibility forThor 4,and Taika probably has a long, long leash to do whatever he likes. Now would be a great time introduce a bipedal talking horse alien and also set up a “War of the Realms” movie. Seriously guys, that body swap storyline is the tits. Filmmakers ought to be fighting in Marvel’s parking lot for the right to adapt it.
