Thor: Love and Thunder Release Date, Cast, Review, Trailer, Tickets and More

Thor is back – in a movie all his own. After making his presence felt in 2019’s mega-meeting Avengers: Endgame, the hammer-wielding ‘God of Thunder’ takes center stage in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) with Thor: Love and Thunder. , his first solo release since 2017’s Thor: Ragnarok, released this week in theaters around the world. The fourth Thor The movie has created a lot of buzz among Marvel fans because it – for starters – reunites Chris Hemsworth with Taika Waititi, who previously directed it in its well-received predecessor.

Waititi recently revealed that Thor: Love and Thunder will use humor to tackle universal themes, which is an exciting prospect given that humor is his forte, which he proved with the acclaimed comedy-drama. critical. JoJo Rabbit.

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The biggest talking point, however, is the fact that Thor: Love and Thunder features Christian Bale as the fierce villain Gorr the God Butcher and marks his MCU debut. And oh, did I mention Natalie Portman is a superhero now? We’ll come back to that in a minute.

In India, Thor: Love and Thunder is available in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. With that, here’s everything you need to know about the new Marvel movie.

Thor: Love and Thunder release date in India

The fourth Thor the film debuts in Indian theaters on Thursday, July 7. Thor: Love and Thunder was originally supposed to open here on July 8, but Marvel Studios moved the date forward without giving a reason.

The release of Thor: Love and Thunder in India matches markets such as Chile, Denmark, Mexico, Malaysia, Portugal, and Singapore. New Thor The film, notably, opens in India a day before it arrives in countries including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland on July 8.

Tickets for Thor: Love and Thunder

Tickets have been available for Thor: Love and Thunder in India since June 16.

Some theaters are configured to project the fourth Thor film 24 hours a day for the first four days. Thor: Love and Thunder opens at 12:15 a.m. Thursday, with more shows at 6 a.m.

Other theaters, on the other hand, have opted for a more conventional route by opening the doors after 9 a.m. Given the frenzy, tickets for Thor: Love and Thunder have – unsurprisingly – sold out widely across India.

The cast of Thor: Love and Thunder

Hemsworth returns as the titular god of thunder, who finds himself dealing with what Waititi described as a midlife crisis.

Bale plays Gorr the Butcher God, the menacing villain who seeks to wipe out all gods. Bale enjoyed playing the character as he found him to be a complex individual: “Just the notion of this guy…I mean, it’s Gorr the Butcher God, isn’t it? The name kind of tells you who he is. Right away you know he’s a serial killer bent on killing gods. But it’s a great story, actually. He is upset and confused, and comes to an epiphany.”

Besides Hemsworth and Bale, the cast of Thor: Love and Thunder includes Tessa Thompson as the new King of Asgard Valkyrie, Jaimie Alexander as the Asgardian warrior Sif, Waititi as the gladiator Kronan Korg, Russell Crowe as the King of Olympians Zeus and Natalie Portman as Thor’s astrophysicist. ex-girlfriend Jane Foster, who transforms into Mighty Thor.

Portman said she was quite impressed with her character’s graphic on her first full-fledged MCU outing since 2013’s Thor: The Dark World: “In the previous films, Jane was a scientist who needed help to be saved by Thor, but in this movie, she’s looking for her own solutions and going on her own journey, and she fights alongside Thor and they’re a team, but Jane really charts her own course, which has been really exciting.

Natalie Portman as Mighty Thor
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Guardians of the Galaxy are also involved in Thor: Love and Thunder, with Chris Pratt, Pom Klementieff, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Sean Gunn, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper reprising their respective MCU roles as Peter Quill/Star- Lord, Mantis, Drax, Nebula, Kraglin, Groot, and Rocket. They are said to help Thor cope with pain and loss during the process of self-discovery.

Jeff Goldblum returns from Thor: Ragnarok as Grandmaster. Additionally, Matt Damon, Sam Neill, Luke Hemsworth – who were also part of Ragnarok – appear in relatively small roles, Melissa McCarthy and Simon Russell Beale are also part of Thor: Love and Thunder.

Summary of Thor: Love and Thunder

Here is the synopsis for Thor: Love and Thunder via Marvel Studios:

Thor embarks on an unprecedented journey – a quest for inner peace. However, his retreat is interrupted by Gorr the Butcher God, a galactic killer who seeks the extinction of the gods. To combat the threat, Thor enlists the help of King Valkyrie, Korg, and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster, who – to his surprise – inexplicably wields his magic hammer. Together, they embark on a harrowing cosmic adventure to uncover the mystery of God Butcher’s vengeance.

Thor: Love and Thunder trailer

Marvel Studios dropped the first trailer for Thor: Love and Thunder on April 18 to give fans an idea of ​​what to expect from the latest. Thor film. In the nearly 90-second trailer, we saw Foster transform into Mighty Thor, and also got a glimpse of Hemsworth’s Thor as he teams up with the Guardians of the Galaxy.

The first Thor: Love and Thunder trailer was followed by a second (under) which gave us our first look at Gorr the Butcher God and touched on Thor’s reunion with Foster.

Marvel Studios released a one-minute teaser titled “Speech” on June 21, nearly two weeks before the film’s release, which revolved around Thor’s attempts to deliver a speech to inspire allies to stick together through tough times. . This was followed by the TV spots “Team”, “Classic”, “Journey” and “Army”.

Thor: Love and Thunder review

At the time of this writing, not a single review was available for the new Thor film. It is because reviews are embargoed until later Tuesday, July 5.

Thor: Love and Thunder’s Gadgets 360 review will be released on Thursday, July 7.

Thor 5?

While there’s no word on Thor 5 yet, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige said some time ago that there’s plenty of room for it to go through featured stories. in comics.

Hemsworth added fuel to the fire when he said he was open to playing the “God of Thunder” again provided the potential sequel offered a new take on the character.

“Anytime, if the opportunity comes and goes, I’m just open to any creative exploration that can happen, through different writers and directors, etc.,” Hemsworth said. “But I love playing the character, really. It always comes down to, ‘Is this script different from the previous one? Are we rehearsing something? And when it gets too familiar, I think it’s is where I should be like, ‘Yeah, no, it doesn’t…I think I have…I’d like to get out before people tell me to get out.’”

Even if Thor 5 does happen, don’t expect it anytime soon as Marvel’s big screen future is pretty busy at the moment.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, a sequel to the 2018 release Black Pantheris set to be the MCU’s next big release as it debuts November 11 in theaters around the world.

It should be followed by Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, which will be released on February 17, 2023. Guardians of the Galaxy directed by James Gunn Vol. 3, which marks the end of the guardians of the galaxy franchise as we know it, arrives May 5, 2023.

Then there’s also the Brie Larson and Iman Vellani directed Wonderswhich hits theaters on July 28, 2023.

Marvel Studios hasn’t set concrete dates for Blade, The Fantastic FourDeadpool 3 and Captain America 4, but they’re all in the works – in various stages of development.

Poster Thor: Love and Thunder

Here is the official poster of Thor: Love and Thunder via Marvel Studios:

The official poster of Thor: Love and Thunder
Photo credit: Disney/Marvel Studios