Marvel News Flash: Taika Waititi is Entertaining
And Thor: Love and Thunder is “Over the top…”
So, yesterday, not long after I very much enjoyed watching Taika Waititi voice IG-11 as I binge-watched The Mandalorian (and, of course, he also directed an episode of the hit Disney+ series) the multitalented entertainer’s name was — again — all over the interwebs.
Taika Waititi voiced IG-11 in The Mandalorian. Image: Lucasfilm
And, as I was watching a full slate of kids programming, I kept getting alerts on my phone talking about a Waititi watch party.
Taika Waititi voiced Korg in Thor: Ragnarok. Image: Marvel Studios
Unfortunately, it sounds like I missed quite a show. Especially since the Academy Award-winner was holding court with a couple other stars from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Taika Takes To Instagram
Fortunately, Vulture has the breakdown (and those social posts live forever):
Ruffles. https://t.co/F63DJrHGYR
— Taika Waititi (@TaikaWaititi) April 10, 2020
While film production has been essentially ground to a halt due to the menace that is COVID-19, one hotly anticipated film is pressing forward, slowly but surely. Oscar-winner Taika Waititi took to his Instagram Live on Thursday evening to give fans a surprise update on the status of Thor: Love and Thunder, the fourth film in the franchise starring Natalie Portman as Thor and the second directed by Waititi after his beloved Thor: Ragnarok.
Waititi, joined by Ragnarok stars Tessa Thompson and Mark Ruffalo, confirmed that he’s finished four or five drafts of the film — the latest of which Thompson has read — and that Love and Thunder would be even more ridiculous and out of this world than Ragnarok. “It’s so over-the-top now in the very best way. It makes Ragnarok seem like a really run-of-the-mill, really safe film,” says Waititi to Thompson’s genuine surprise. “This new film feels like we asked a bunch of 10-year-olds what should be in a movie and we said yes to every single thing.”
taika waititi saying thor: love and thunder is going to be over the top and more epic than ragnarok while on live with tessa thompson. this movie is going to be so incredible pic.twitter.com/jIyIyjJN6x
— alex (@loventhunders) April 10, 2020
Even beyond the delicious dish from Taika and his friends, but the best tweet of the night might have been the below:
I don't want to do this anymore because I'm also cooking dinner but it starts in 4 minutes so I guess we'll do both.
— Taika Waititi (@TaikaWaititi) April 9, 2020
And, if like me, you missed the whole dang thing, it looks like we have another chance tonight!
Yá'át'ééh. Join us tomorrow! #Navaho pic.twitter.com/trrtPZqCkG
— Taika Waititi (@TaikaWaititi) April 10, 2020
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