Thor: Love and Thunderhits theaters in November 2021. However, Marvel Cinematic Universe fans have been wondering where exactly the movie takes place in the current timeline. Luckily,Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3director James Gunn has cleared that up for us. Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige revealed the rest of Phase 4’s upcoming schedule at Comic-Con, including a few more titles that will come up afterwards, and MCU fans are pretty excited as evidenced by social media response.
James Gunnposted a congratulatory message toAvengers: Endgamefor finally taking down James Cameron’sAvataras the highest grossing movie of all time. One fan asked in the comments section whenThor: Love and Thundertakes place in relation toGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Gunn replied with a simple, “before.” So, there we have it, the nextThormovie will take place before the nextGuardians, which logistically makes sense since we’re pretty far out from seeing the third and final installment from Gunn and crew.
However,Thor: Love and Thunder’s timeline placement does raise some questions.Avengers: Endgameconcluded withThe God of Thundertaking off with the Guardians in the Benatar, leaving New Asgard to Valkyrie, so many fans were hoping we’d get to see some more interaction between Thor and the Guardians, possibly a whole movie together. For the time being, it looks like the Guardians will more than likely drop him off somewhere, so it’s possible some of them will appear inThor 4. With that being said, it’s far too early to know about what Taika Waititi has planned and even so, it will probably be something completely unexpected.
Thor: Love and Thunderwill see the return ofNatalie Portman’s Jane Foster, who will be taking on the role of the Mighty Thor, aka female Thor. Portman is excited to return to the franchise and will be getting “jacked” for the role, according to a new social media post from the actress. She has plenty of time to do so since we’re more than two years away from seeing the movie hit theaters, but it’ll be here before we know it.
Taika Waititi, Chris Hemsworth, and Tessa Thompsonare reuniting to makeThor: Love and Thunder, but it is unclear if Tom Hiddleston or Mark Ruffalo will be joining them. Hiddleston’s God of Mischief is dead in the current timeline, but very much alive in a new one, which was teased inAvengers: Endgame. This is how the character is coming back for his standaloneLokiDisney+ series. At the very least, we know Korg and Miek will be returning as long as they’re not too busy playing Fortnite. You can check outJames Gunn’s Instagrampost congratulatingEndgameand his comments on theThor: Love and Thundertimeline below.
