Premiere - Thor: Love and Thunder – the El Capitan Los Angeles World Premiere

By Mulder, Los Angeles, El Capitan Theater, 23 june 2022

Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson, Jaimie Alexander, Chris Pratt, Karen Gillan, Kieron L. Dyer, Jonny Brugh, Taika Waititi (directed by/screenplay by), Kevin Feige, Brad Winderbaum (producers), Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Brian Chapek and Todd Hallowell (executive producers), and Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (screenplay by), Kat Dennings, Luke Hemsworth, Anjali Bhimani, Xochitl Gomez, Joe Russo, Noah Syndergaard were present at the Los Angeles World Premiere 

Itw Taika Waititi (Director)

Itw Chris Hemsworth 

Itw Christian Bale 

Itw Chris Pratt 

Itw Tessa Thompson 

Itw Natalie Portman 

Itw Jaimie Alexander 

Itw Kieron Dyer 

Itw Karen Gillan 

Itw Jennifer Kaytin Robinson  (screenplay)

Itw Brian Chapek  (Exective producer)

Itw Brad Winderbaum (Producer)

Itw Sean Gunn 

Thor: Love and Thunder is a 2022 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Thor, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sequel to Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and the 29th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film is directed by Taika Waititi, who co-wrote the script with Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, and stars Chris Hemsworth as Thor alongside Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson, Jaimie Alexander, Waititi, Russell Crowe, and Natalie Portman. In the film, Thor attempts to find inner peace, but must return to action and recruit Valkyrie (Thompson), Korg (Waititi), and Jane Foster (Portman)—who is now the Mighty Thor—to stop Gorr the God Butcher (Bale) from eliminating all gods. Hemsworth and Waititi had discussed plans for a sequel to Ragnarok by January 2018. Love and Thunder was announced in July 2019, with Hemsworth, Waititi, and Thompson all set to return, as well as Portman who did not appear in Ragnarok. Waititi wanted to differentiate Love and Thunder from Ragnarok, seeking to make a romance film and 1980s-inspired adventure. He adapted elements from Jason Aaron's run on the Mighty Thor comic book, which sees Foster take on the mantle and powers of Thor whilst suffering from cancer. Robinson joined to contribute to the script in February 2020, and further casting was revealed later that year including the appearance of the Guardians of the Galaxy. Production was expected to begin in late 2020 but was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Filming ultimately began in January 2021 in Sydney, Australia, and concluded at the beginning of June.

Principal photography began on January 26, 2021, at Fox Studios Australia in Sydney, under the working title The Big Salad. Barry "Baz" Idoine serves as the cinematographer, after previously working with Waititi on The Mandalorian. Filming was delayed from an initial August 2020 start date due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Industrial Light & Magic provided the same StageCraft virtual production technology used on the Disney+ Star Wars series The Mandalorian, which Waititi directed an episode of, creating a custom volume space at Fox Studios Australia. It featured more LED panels and offered a higher resolution than the original volume created for The Mandalorian. Waititi also used Satellite Lab's PlateLight technology (after previously using their Dynamiclight technology on Ragnarok), which is a special rig designed to capture multiple lighting set-ups simultaneously within a single shot at a high frame rate, allowing Waititi to select which lighting set up he would like in post-production. Waititi believed he was able to shoot Love and Thunder more efficiently than Ragnarok due to already having experience working on a Marvel Studios film.

Filming occurred at Centennial Park in Sydney in early February,with Klementieff, Gillan, Bautista, and Pratt completing their scenes shortly afterward. In early March, set photos revealed Damon and Neill were reprising their roles as the Asgardian actors playing Loki and Odin, along with Luke Hemsworth in his Ragnarok role as the actor playing Thor. Melissa McCarthy was also revealed to be portraying an actress playing Hela alongside her husband Ben Falcone in an undisclosed role; these cameos were for a sequence where actors reenact scenes from Ragnarok.Damon filmed his part over two days. Alexander completed filming her scenes by the end of the month, while Goldblum was confirmed to appear as the Grandmaster, and Russell Crowe was revealed to be portraying Zeus in what was described as a "fun cameo". Crowe finished filming his scenes in April. At the beginning of May, Waititi said there were four weeks left of shooting, while Idoine said he would continue work on the film through the end of 2021. Filming wrapped on June 1, 2021, by which point Neill had revealed that singer Jenny Morris would appear in the film.

Thor: Love and Thunder premiered in Los Angeles on June 23, 2022, and will be released in the United States on July 8, 2022 (July 12 2022, France), as part of Phase Four of the MCU.

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Synopsis :
While Thor is in the midst of an introspective search for serenity, his retreat is interrupted by a galactic killer known as Gorr, who has made it his mission to exterminate all the gods. To confront this threat, Thor enlists the help of Valkyrie, Korg and his ex-girlfriend Jane Foster, who, to his surprise, inexplicably wields his powerful hammer, the Mjolnir. Together, they embark on a dangerous cosmic adventure to understand Gorr's motives for revenge and stop him before it's too late.

Thor: Love and Thunder
Directed by Taika Waititi
Written by Taika Waititi, Jennifer Kaytin Robinson
Based on Thor by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Jack Kirby
Produced by Kevin Feige, Brad Winderbaum
Starring Chris Hemsworth, Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson, Jaimie Alexander, Taika Waititi, Russell Crowe, Natalie Portman
Cinematography : Barry Idoine
Edited by Matthew Schmidt, Peter S. Elliot, Tim Roche, Jennifer Vecchiarello
Music by Michael Giacchino
Production company : Marvel Studios
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release dates : June 23, 2022 (Los Angeles), July 8, 2022 (United States), J 5uly 13, 2022 (France)
Running time : 119 minutes