‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ Is Delayed, But Don’t Worry
Movies are having all sorts of delays due to this pandemic, and we knew that these sorts of things were just going to keep happening. As time went on, we heard more and more news about production companies pushing theatrical releases for their films. On top of that all productions that were meant to start on films were halted as well. Now we have to contend with the fact that movies that are a part of a series of films will be affected as well. We have already heard about this with the ‘Shazam’ sequel being pushed back with ‘Black Adam.’ Now the MCU is being affected by delays in production.
‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ is meant to be the fourth standalone film for the character and was meant to release in 2021. With a list of delays for films and productions which is growing to be a mile long, it is no surprise that the film has been delayed to 2022. Marvel’s ‘Black Widow’ was set to be released on April 24th, 2020, but ended up being pushed back to November 2020 due to theatrical shutdowns. This, of course, complicates the entire scheduled line-up that Disney had planned for their MCU films. In turn, this pushed back production of the next Thor film and its release date.
The movie being pushed back isn’t a bad thing though, because director Taika Waititi has said that it gives him time to work on making the script better. Waititi was the man behind ‘Thor: Ragnarok,’ a movie that was wildly successful compared to its two previous predecessors. Returning to the film alongside Chris Hemsworth is Tessa Thompson (Valkyrie) and Natalie Portman (Jane Foster). It has also been announced that Christian Bale will serve as an unspecified villain in the movie and Waititi currently refuses to say who it will be. All we know now is that Waititi is directing and co-writing the film and he will be spending his quarantine working on the script even more.
As of now, any and all rumors about ‘Love and Thunder’ are currently being downplayed by Waititi in order to make everything about the film a surprise. The film was originally slated for a November 2021 release, but was moved to a new release on February 11, 2022. It is unclear exactly when filming for the movie was supposed to start, but star Chris Hemsworth confirmed recently that is was most definitely on hold. So now that the film has been put on hold, we don’t really have much of a choice other than to see this as an opportunity to get an even better film.