Thor: Love and Thunder follows Thor as he attempts to find inner peace, but must return to action and recruit Valkyrie, Korg, and Foster to stop Gorr the God Butcher from eliminating all gods. [11] Four or five drafts of the screenplay had been completed by mid-April 2020, [64] when Waititi said the sequel was "so over the top now in the very best way" and would make Ragnarok look like a "run of the mill, very safe film" by doubling down on its crazier aspects. [64] [76] He wanted to up the ante and make the film as if "10-year-olds told us what should be in a movie and we said yes to every single thing." Waititi added that the film would explore more of Korg's Kronan culture and indicated that it would include the Space Sharks alien race from the comics. He expressed interest in featuring the character Beta Ray Bill, but was unsure at that point if he would. [64] The film also features Falligar the Behemoth, one of the gods slain by Gorr, [80] the cosmic wish-granting entity Eternity, [81] Thor's magical goats Toothgnasher and Toothgrinder, based on the Norse mythological animals Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr, [82] and Warsong, Valkyrie's winged steed. [83] The steed was renamed from Aragorn as in the comics to Warsong for Love and Thunder, after previously appearing unnamed in Ragnarok and Endgame. [84] Waititi had planned to have Jesus make a cameo appearance as part of a cutaway gag in the Omnipotence City sequence, after Valkyrie mentioned a "God of Carpentry". [85] Gallagher, Simon (July 7, 2022). "Everything We Know About Thor 5: Story, Setting & Cast". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on September 5, 2022 . Retrieved September 5, 2022.

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In October 2008, Marvel Studios signed a long-term lease agreement with Raleigh Studios to photograph their next four films— Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger and The Avengers—at Raleigh's Manhattan Beach, California facility. [96] Production Weekly reported that filming on Marvel's Thor was scheduled to begin in Los Angeles mid-January, then move to Santa Fe, New Mexico from March until late-April. [97] Principal photography began on January 11, 2010. [98] A few days after filming began, Clark Gregg signed on to reprise his role from Iron Man and Iron Man 2 as Agent Coulson. [27] In February, Paramount Pictures entered negotiations with Del Mar, California to use a 300-yard stretch of beach to film a scene for Thor involving six horses running down the terrain. Paramount said this coastline was ideal because its gradual slope of sand down to the waterline creates excellent reflective opportunities on film. [99] On March 15, 2010, production of Thor moved to Galisteo, New Mexico where Cerro Pelon Ranch, [100] an old-fashioned Western film town, was extensively modified for the shoot. [101] [102] Sneider, Jeff (January 6, 2020). "Exclusive: Christian Bale in Talks to Join 'Thor: Love and Thunder' ". Collider. Archived from the original on January 6, 2020 . Retrieved January 6, 2020. Thor lands in New Mexico, where astrophysicist Dr. Jane Foster, her assistant Darcy Lewis, and mentor Dr. Erik Selvig find him. The local populace finds Mjolnir, which S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Phil Coulson soon commandeers before forcibly acquiring Foster's data about the wormhole that delivered Thor to Earth. Thor, having discovered Mjölnir's nearby location, seeks to retrieve it from the facility that S.H.I.E.L.D. has constructed, but he finds himself unable to lift it and is captured. With Selvig's help, he is freed and resigns himself to exile on Earth as he develops a romance with Foster.

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