Thor: Love and Thunder Wasn’t Very Good. Chris Hemsworth Is Saying It’s His Fault.

AFTER THE RECEPTION to Chris Hemsworth’s previous 3 trips as norse god/superhero Thor— in Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame— were admired by fans and critics alike, he seemed like choosing a tidy 4-for-4 sweep with Thor: Love and Thunder. The film returned Ragnarok‘s writer/director Taika Waititi, and guaranteed to keep that movie’s exact same profane, enjoyable, comical tone. When the motion picture came out, those exact same fans and critics concurred that something appeared off; it made just a 63% on Rotten Tomatoes and in basic appeared to underwhelm, well, simply about everybody.

“I got captured up in the improv and the wackiness, and I ended up being a parody of myself,” Hemsworth informed Vanity Fair in a brand-new cover story“I didn’t stick the landing.”

Another Thor motion picture has yet to be revealed, however while Hemsworth points throughout the VF piece to numerous approaching jobs– he call drops Quentin Tarantino and Scorsese as dream partners, he speaks about wishing to make a film with Brad Pitt (whose character in Legends of the Fall was the motivation behind his kid’s name), and he states Darren Aronofsky is establishing different dark funny and sci-fi jobs for him– the writing likewise points out that “he likewise believes he owes the audience another Thor after what seemed like a whiff with Thor: Love and Thunder.

Whether another Thor film occurs would appear to be up in the air, after Marvel Studios has actually apparently pressed time out on brand-new tasks for the time being, recalibrating tactically after what’s been certainly a hard stretch. That stated, Hemsworth is among the handful of initial Avengers stars relatively still video game to play in the ever-expansive franchise, and while Love and Thunder might have been a miss out on, it did establish a possible future story with the intro of Brett Goldstein’s Hercules (and, naturally, there’s constantly the possibility of a reunion in between Hemsworth’s Thor and Tom Hiddleston’s Loki).

The only MCU task set for a cinema release in 2024 is Deadpool & & Wolverine, which will strike theaters in July. That exact same month, Marvel ought to make its return to San Diego Comic Con for the very first time given that 2022 (after sitting last year’s out due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes)– and its possible at that point that we might get more info about a possible Hemsworth-as-Thor do-over.

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