With the upcoming Thor: Love and Thunder, the God of Thunder goes someplace nobody within the Marvel Cinematic Universe has ever gone earlier than. Not Iron Man. Not Captain America. No one. Thor is now the primary MCU character to have their very personal fourth solo movie and, as such, it marks not only a lengthy evolution of the character, however even probably a touch on the future.

“There are these things called comic books that have a lot of stories in them,” Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige mentioned in a current press convention attended by io9. “And that’s where all of our stories come from. And if the question [is], ‘Have you told all the great Thor stories from the comics and movies?’, the answer is no. There are lots of them. And I’ve always said our interest in making additional stories is somewhat about continuing the character, [but] it’s almost entirely about continuing the experience with the actor… I think of all of our cast not as their individual characters, but as the Marvel players who within that character can grow and evolve and change. And if we look at the comics as our guide, there are plenty of other incarnations of Thor that we have that we have yet to see.”

To see what Feige is speaking about within the current, one doesn’t should look far. Thor: Love and Thunder famously attracts from the very fashionable Mighty Thor comedian guide storyline by Jason Aaron, which launched Jane Foster as Thor. The quote additionally suggests if there are future Thor movies, the storylines are simply sitting there in comics ready to be found. And if that occurs, Chris Hemsworth is able to proceed to develop with the character, simply as Feige mentioned.

“[Director Taika Waititi] brought out the immature young adolescent quality that I embody, and so does Thor now, which he didn’t in the original films, which was exciting and new and fresh,” Hemsworth mentioned. “Always this sort of North Star is about having fun—embodying this space as a child who had been enjoying all of it, and being caught up in the wonder and the fascination of all of it, and not getting bogged down in the serious sort of nature that we can when making films. Personally with these kind of films, it’s got to be fun. And that’s what we’ve done. That’s what I related to. That’s what Taika has kind of insisted upon, and it’s been fun.”

The problem, in fact, then turns into stunning the viewers every time. Thor: Ragnarok, Waititi’s first Thor movie, definitely did that with a degree of humor and levity followers had been stunned and delighted by. Love and Thunder goals to do the identical by taking that humor and utilizing it for a extra emotional, romantic story. Hemsworth thinks conserving the tales contemporary has been the most important problem.

“[Thor] has changed so dramatically over the years as I have, and that’s what’s been kind of fun—as the character has evolved and I’ve had different opinions, I’ve sort of melded and crossed paths and so on,” he mentioned. “The origin story is, I think, not the easiest, but it’s the most obvious one. There’s a sort of set of rules and guidelines I feel like you have to sort of stick to and it works and it’s familiar and relatable for people. After that is the challenge. How do you recreate the character? What can you do different each time? And that’s been the luxury working with different directors and different casts and they all bring out something very different in you. As Taika said, I feel like the characters have probably become more me over the years and in, I hope, a fun way.”

Will the enjoyable proceed after Thor: Love and Thunder? How may it probably? The movie has the solutions and you may see it on July 8.

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