Scheduled to hit theaters on July 8, 2022, “Thor: love and thunder” will see the God of Thunder taking some time off and Natalie Portman playing Doctor Jane Foster, the new Mighty Thor with Mjolnir in hand.
Directed by Taika Waititi, this will be the fourth film in the “Thor” series and will follow up on “Avengers: Endgame,” which ended with Thor Odinson (Chris Hemsworth) leaving Earth with the Guardians of the Galaxy after his Asgard kingdom was destroyed. will collapse
As a new member of the group, Hemsworth is joined by Chris Pratt as Peter Quill/Star-Lord, Pom Klementieff as Mantis, Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer, Karen Gillan as Nebula, Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon, and Vin Diesel as the lovable Groot. . Gamora’s absence is notable.
as seen in the new trailerThor will leave the Guardians of the Galaxy to discover his own path.
from Disney movie description it is,
The film finds Thor on a journey unlike anything he has ever faced: a search for inner peace. But his retreat is interrupted by a galactic assassin known as Gorr the God Butcher, who seeks the extinction of the gods. To combat the threat, Thor enlists the help of the Valkyrie King, Korg, and his ex-girlfriend Jane Foster, who, to Thor’s surprise, inexplicably wields his magical hammer Mjolnir as the Mighty Thor. Together, they embark on a harrowing cosmic adventure to unravel the mystery of the Butcher God’s revenge and stop him before it’s too late.
Others returning include Tessa Thompson (Asgardian King Valkyrie), Sean Gunn (Kraglin), Jeff Goldblum (The Grandmaster), Jaimie Alexander (Lady Sif) and Waititi himself playing rock gladiator Korg. Christian Bale will play Gorr the God Butcher, and Russel Crowe is confirmed to play Zeus.
The trickster god, Loki, will not be played by Tom Hiddleston, as he previously said in a interview june 2021. Although he died in “Avengers: Infinity War”, the Marvel Cinematic Multiverse exists, so he’s technically back.
Also confirmed to play the characters Thor, Loki, Odin, and Hela in an in-film stage play that retells Asgard’s history will be Luke Hemsworth, Matt Damon, Sam Neill, and Melissa McCarthy, respectively.
The story of “Love and Thunder” is based on Jason Aaron’s comic “The Mighty Thor”, which saw Foster, who dated and broke up with Thor, taking over as Goddess of Thunder after Mjolnir deemed Odinson unworthy, stripping him of his powers. In the comics, every time she uses the hammer, her breast cancer gets worse every time. However, it is unclear if the film will use the same story.
Jane Foster was first introduced in 2011’s “Thor” as an astrophysicist and returned in 2013’s “Thor: The Dark World,” becoming Thor’s love interest. Portman supposedly left the series due to being unhappy with the film, in particular the replacement of original director Patty Jenkins with Alan Taylor. Waititi apparently convinced the actress back to the MCU for this new project.
Previously scheduled for release on May 6, the Marvel film was delayed to later in the summer. The new “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” is now scheduled for May 6. Thor’s new date, July 8, used to be when “Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever” would be released, but it was moved to a later date in the winter. While confusing, these delays and rescheduled dates are nothing new to a Marvel fan as the pandemic has changed and delayed many other productions.
“Thor: Love and Thunder” will likely start streaming on Disney+ in September. In the meantime, feel free to stream “Moon Knight” and on June 8, “Ms. Marvel” will hit the platform.
Reference-techcrunch.com