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Spoilers for Thor: Love and Thunder below. Taika Waititi’s impact on the Thor franchise can’t be overstated. The story goes that Chris Hemsworth, slightly frustrated with his portrayal of the God of the Thunder, recruited the Kiwi writer/director to revamp the MCU’s overall direction on the character. The result, Thor: Ragnorak, breathed incredible new life into the character and made […]
Marvel and Disney’s Thor: Love and Thunder, the fourth film about Chris Hemsworth’s Asgardian superhero, topped the box office this weekend with an estimated $143 million debut, Variety reports. The latest Marvel film grossed $143 million in North America and another $159 million internationally, for a total of $302 million in its first weekend at the global box […]
Let’s be honest, Thor owns this weekend. Thor: Love and Thunder already brought in $29 million on Thursday, July 7, making it the second-best preview number of the year behind its fellow MCU film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which brought in $36M in May. We’ve been deep in Thor coverage all week, read our review here, and we […]
The Thor franchise has always featured some of the MCU’s more impressive casts, including the legendary Sir Anthony Hopkins, Idris Elba, Rene Russo, Stellan Skarsgård, Tom Hiddleston, and Cate Blanchett. Still, one of the more beloved additions is that of Tessa Thompson. Joining the MCU in Thor: Ragnorak, Thompson’s Valkyrie quickly became an MCU favorite […]
In an interview with Rolling Stone, Thor: Love and Thunder director Taika Waititi remembered an awkward conversation with Natalie Portman in which he forgot that she starred in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. “Natalie said to me, what do you do next? And I said ‘I’m trying to work on a Star Wars thing. Have you […]
Note: This article contains spoilers for Thor: Love and Thunder. Proceed with caution. As the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues apace, there’s an inherent need for a refreshing, if not outright reinvention, with each installment. Sometimes, change arrives quicker than anticipated. Case-in-point: the Thor series. After The Dark World received poor reviews and a sharp drop […]
Chris Hemsworth is at his best when he plays Thor. The actor and the superhero are making their return with the standalone Thor: Love and Thunder on Friday, July 8. The film follows a post Avengers: Endgame Thor, whose peace gets disturbed when he has to stop Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale) from eliminating all the gods. The superhero recruits his […]
During the press tour for Thor: Love and Thunder, Christian Bale said that he would be open to playing Batman again on one condition. In a brief interview with Screen Rant, the actor was asked what it would take to have him reprise his dual role of Bruce Wayne and Batman, which he portrayed in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy. […]
Christian Bale knew what he was getting into when he agreed to play Gorr the God Butcher in the upcoming Thor: Love and Thunder, but he admittedly had no clue about the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In an interview with Total Film magazine, Bale was asked if he had any apprehension about joining another superhero franchise after a near decade-long stint […]
