Thor: Love and Thunder | Official News and Speculation Thread

[HammerDown]

 

[HammerDown]

The magazine Total Film is doing a "2022 Preview" with Thor: Love and Thunder as one of the titles on the cover, so hopefully we could get some new info about it.

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[Loden Greatstorm]

I would be so happy with a better look at Gorr....

 

[HammerDown]

4:15 is when they ask CH about signing up for more Thor films.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

Chris seems like such a great dude.

 

[HammerDown]

Looking at the latest Total Film cover they focused on a number of 2022 films and now we’ve gotten a sneak peak at some of the contents of the upcoming magazine.

Black Adam - 3 exclusive images + interviews
Avatar 2 - 1 exclusive BTS image + interview
Top Gun Maverick - ???
The Batman - 1 image + ???
Jurassic World: Dominion - 1 exclusive image + interview
Doctor Strange: MOM - ???
John Wick 4 - ???
Thor: Love and Thunder - ???
Fantastic Beasts 3 - 1 image + interview
Uncharted - 1 exclusive image + interview
The Book Of Boba Fett - 1 exclusive image + interviews

Here’s hoping for something substantial for TLT.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

I doubt we get much unfortunately.

 

[Fosterson]

 

[HammerDown]

I wouldn’t be surprised at all if Loki shows up in TLT maybe in a post credit scene. For now Thor and Loki are going in separate tracks and rightfully so since in the main timeline Loki died at the hands of Thanos in a meaningful sacrifice and to bring him back straight away, even though he’s a variant, would be a cheap cop out.

Now with variant Loki being explored in his own series, confirmed for 2 seasons at least, with a big emphases on multiverse and Kang, there’s also the rumors that Loki will show up in Doctor Strange:MOM alongside Sylvie and Morbius. Last but not least Kang will come back for Quantumania and is not a stretch to think variant Loki and his crew will also likely show up there too.

So as Tom Hiddleston said a while back, Thor and Loki will be kept apart for now. But I do expect that, at some point in the future, the sun will shine on them once again.

 

[psylockolussus]

Eh. I feel like Loki have overstayed his welcome in the MCU.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

Eh. I feel like Loki have overstayed his welcome in the MCU.

Agreed. So tired of the character.

 

[HammerDown]

Total Film article about TLT:

Karen Gillian also promises “bonkers” delight from Thor: Love and Thunder, the Asgardian godhead’s fourth headline. As hoped for, director Taika Waititi intends to thoroughly Ragna-rock audience expectations. “What I wanted to do from the beginning was to ask, “What are people expecting the least from the franchise?” Oh, I know - a full-blown love story.”

Inspired by Jason Aaron’s comic arc The Mighty Thor, the set-up certainly looks “full-blown”. A spin on Thor’s lore sees Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster lifting Mjolnir - perhaps she will also pick up the cancer storyline from Aaron’s run. Also involved are the Guardians of the Galaxy and Tessa Thompson’s Valkyrie alongside MCU newcomer Christian Bale’s magnificently named Gorr the God Butcher, a vengeful alien slaughterer of celestial beings given a comics-faithful on-screen look. Factor in that love-story (but whose?) angle and it seems Waititi is going for broke: “I definitely feel like we put everything - every idea and every single ridiculous concept or gag or stunt or character - into this film.”

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

Eh, better than nothing I suppose.

 

[Albright]

Spider-Man: No Way Home Composer Announces Exciting Thor 4 Update
Ah snap, was hoping for Mark Mothersbaugh

 

[HammerDown]

The TF article was just a recycled version of previous interviews. The artwork isn’t anything to write home about either but it’s important to underline that massive detail of Thor wielding Mjolnir. Now this could have been the artist taking some liberties but I do think that it points to something very important.

It’s not the first time we see imagery from TLT featuring Thor wielding Mjolnir. It seems like that might indeed happen in TLT which raises a couple of of questions. How does Mjolnir get repaired?
- Thor could visit Doctor Strange and have his life energy fused with Mjolnir. Just like the comics.
- They could go to Nidavellir, restart the forge and have Either reforge Mjolnir.
- Somehow by Jane Foster wielding Mjolnir, it's eventually repaired with the help of Thor.

While Thor is seen wielding only Mjolnir, what happens to Stormbreaker? BRB is the logical answer. I could even envision him going to Nivadellir and basically doing what Thor did in IW hence creating a direct parallel between the two.

 

[HammerDown]

This fan art by Faron Flood looks pretty cool.

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I put it as a spoiler because it’s just fan art and i didn’t want it to be confused with the real deal posted by @Loden Greatstorm

Thor: Love and Thunder (AP)

 

[Fosterson]

This art by Faron Flood looks pretty cool.

Thor: Love and Thunder (AP)

Yeah. The only weird part is why is Jane lying down lol?

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

 

[HammerDown]

 

[HammerDown]

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

Give me some Gorr goodness!

 

[Fosterson]

Wait, is this legit? And is that Thunderstrike in the top right-hand corner?

 

[Fosterson]

If it is for real, the design for Jane is consistent with the picture we saw on that t-shirt that was given to the crew and shows that like with Sam-Cap, they're staying very close to the comic look.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

It's legit.

 

[HammerDown]

Wait, is this legit? And is that Thunderstrike in the top right-hand corner?

Yep totally legit. It lines up perfectly with the stuff we saw from behind the scenes. It’s official art maybe made for merchandise advertising.

I’m pretty sure it isn’t Thunderstrike, it’s just our Thor hanging out with the Guardians after End Game. He wields Stormbreaker and wears an outfit more in line with the GOTG style, definitely inspired from the Thunderstrike look from the comics.

Also it seems we’re about to get the most accurate comic book look at Thor yet with the red, blue yellow… Incredible to see it in the MCU.