In 2017, six years after Chris Hemsworth debuted as Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, filmmaker Taika Waititi delivered Thor: Ragnarok, which leaned more into comedy than the previous two Thor movies. The end result was a success across the board, leading to Waititi being brought back for Thor: Love and Thunder, which went even harder on the humorous moments. That movie failed to achieve the same success as its predecessor, but Waititi has no regrets with how he handled his version of Thor. He said as much while discussing the character’s return in the upcoming Marvel movies Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars.
While attending the Sundance Film Festival to help promote the upcoming family movie Fing!, where he voices the main villain, Taika Waititi spent some time sharing an update on what he has planned for his Star Wars movie, as well as his thoughts on Thor forthcoming MCU appearances. On the latter subject, he’s looking forward to seeing what directors Joe and Anthony Russo do with the character this time around after previously handling him on the third and fourth Avengers movies, saying to Variety:
