Thor: Love & Thunder Complete Cast Guide - Every MCU Character Explained
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Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
Thor: Love & Thunder is the fourth Thor film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and director Taika Waititi's second outing with the character. The movie finds Thor (Chris Hemsworth) on a journey to find inner piece. But when Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale) goes on a killing rampage against the gods, Thor is thrown back into the action. Tessa Thompson returns as Valkyrie, as does Waititi’s Korg. Natalie Portman also returns to the franchise for the first time in nine years as Jane Foster, who transforms into the Mighty Thor to wield Mjolnir.
Thor: Love and Thunder
- Director
- Taika Waititi
- Release Date
- July 8, 2022
- Studio(s)
- Marvel
- Distributor(s)
- Disney
- Cast
- Christian Bale , Russell Crowe , Tessa Thompson , Chris Pratt2 , Natalie Portman , Karen Gillan , Chris Hemsworth
- Writers
- Jennifer Kaytin Robinson , Taika Waititi
- Runtime
- 118 minutes
- Franchise(s)
- Thor , Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Sequel(s)
- Thor 5
- prequel(s)
- Thor , Thor: The Dark World , Thor: Ragnarok
- Budget
- $250 million
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