Thor: Love & Thunder Needed A Lot Of Changes To Fit MCU's Phase 4 Plan
Thor: Love and Thunder director Taika Waititi had to make a lot of changes to the film so it fit the MCU's larger Phase 4 plan. Picking up after Avengers: Endgame, the film finds the God of Thunder going through a midlife crisis, as he searches for new purpose. His journey to find inner peace is disrupted by the arrival of Gorr the God Butcher, who's embarking on a mission to kill all gods. Before he can put his superhero days behind him, Thor assembles another team of allies (including ex-girlfriend Jane Foster, who's now the Mighty Thor) to try to defeat Gorr.
Eschewing the multiverse thread that's been prevalent in Phase 4, Thor: Love and Thunder largely operates as a self-contained narrative in its own corner of the franchise. However, it's still part of the larger shared universe, meaning it needs to align with what Marvel has in mind as it progresses through Phase 4. This means creatives need to be willing to amend certain aspects of their projects so everything fits together in the end. As it turns out, Waititi had to go through many iterations of Love and Thunder.
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In an interview with IndieWire, Waititi was asked about his understanding of the various MCU storylines that are ongoing in the movies and TV shows. The director admitted he doesn't keep up with all of them, and instead relies on Marvel to tell him what changes he needs to make. Check out his comments in the space below:
I don’t do any research into all of the threads and storylines of Marvel because there’s too many and I don’t know half the characters. I don’t want to read any of the comics. I just want to do my film, just put the things in, then have them say, “You can’t do
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