RUMOR: Marvel "Officially" Developing THOR 5...Without RAGNAROK AND LOVE AND THUNDER Director Taika Waititi

RUMOR: Marvel "Officially" Developing THOR 5...Without RAGNAROK AND LOVE AND THUNDER Director Taika Waititi

According to a new rumour, Marvel Studios is actively developing Thor 5 for the next Saga of storytelling, but Thor: Ragnarok and Thor: Love and Thunder director Taika Waititi won't be involved...

By JoshWilding - Jun 07, 2025 06:06 PM EST
Filed Under: Thor

Thor: Love and Thunder had the potential to be one of the best Marvel Studios movies ever. Heavily inspired by Jason Aaron's Thor run and featuring both The Mighty Thor and Gorr the God Butcher, the sequel had heaps going for it, including Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi. 

The filmmaker had successfully reinvented the God of Thunder in 2017, and fans were excited to see what he'd do next. Unfortunately, he delivered a movie which largely disappointed fans, and even Chris Hemsworth has repeatedly acknowledged that the movie fell short. 

Most fans agree that, after running wild with Thor: Love and Thunder and making the franchise too comedic, it's best for Waititi to move on. Extraction director Sam Hargrave has been named as a possible contender to helm Thor 5, and we have another update on the movie today.

According to scooper Daniel Richtman, Thor 5 is now "officially" in development at Marvel Studios. The movie will be part of the next Saga, post-Avengers: Secret Wars, and Waititi definitely isn't returning to direct. Instead, the Odinson will be getting another fresh start. 

This feels like the right decision. There are still plenty of characters and storylines worth adapting, and a new movie could kick off another trilogy for the beloved character.  

"I got caught up in the improv and the wackiness, and I became a parody of myself," Hemsworth previously said of Thor: Love and Thunder"I didn’t stick the landing."

Reflecting on his tenure as Thor, Hemsworth also admitted that he'd grown frustrated with playing the character before Thor: Ragnarok"Sometimes I felt like a security guard for the team," he said of Joss Whedon's Avengers movies. "I would read everyone else’s lines, and go, Oh, they got way cooler stuff. They’re having more fun. What’s my character doing?"

"It was always about, 'You’ve got the wig on. You’ve got the muscles. You’ve got the costume. Where’s the lighting?' Yeah, I’m part of this big thing, but I’m probably pretty replaceable."

Since then, Hemsworth has been added to the cast of Avengers: Doomsday. Similar to how Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame reinvented the character, we'd bet on the Russo Brothers doing the same again as they set out to conclude the Multiverse Saga. 

It's worth pointing out that with $760.9 million at the worldwide box office, Thor: Love and Thunder wasn't that far behind Thor: Ragnarok's $865 million haul (even a drop of over $100 million was a good result in the post-pandemic era). With that in mind, there's really no reason not to move forward with Thor 5.

As always, keep checking back here for updates as we have them. 

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harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 6/7/2025, 6:04 PM
yeah no shit
Batmangina
Batmangina - 6/7/2025, 6:11 PM
RUMOR: Marvel "Officially" Developing

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BackwardGalaxy
BackwardGalaxy - 6/7/2025, 6:11 PM
How can something be rumor and official?
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 6/7/2025, 6:14 PM
@BackwardGalaxy - it's an official rumor
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 6/7/2025, 8:42 PM
@BackwardGalaxy - Welcome to CBM.com!
spr0cks
spr0cks - 6/8/2025, 6:47 PM
@BackwardGalaxy -
It's officially a rumor that's rumored to be official.
SteviesRightFoo
SteviesRightFoo - 6/7/2025, 6:20 PM
Every single thing about love and thunder was garbage. One of the worst films I've ever seen
TheWinkler
TheWinkler - 6/7/2025, 6:38 PM
@SteviesRightFoo - On pen and paper, the story isn't half bad. Taika was just high on his own supply and the movie was scripted and shot like a What We Do In The Shadows episode.
TheWinkler
TheWinkler - 6/7/2025, 6:40 PM
@SteviesRightFoo - Forgot to add;

I think Love and Thunder is the absolute, hands down, worst MCU movie and I hate they wasted their one Christian Bale token on it.
mountainman
mountainman - 6/7/2025, 7:47 PM
@SteviesRightFoo - The worst movie in the entire MCU. Such an abomination that, outside of that opening scene from Bale, had literally nothing good going for it.
Yellow
Yellow - 6/7/2025, 7:48 PM
@SteviesRightFoo - the score was great, I mean...can't go wrong with Gianccino.
TDKRnry88
TDKRnry88 - 6/7/2025, 8:21 PM
@Yellow - TBH, I can't remember Giacchino's score for this. The one score of his that I don't remember therefore don't care for.
Yellow
Yellow - 6/7/2025, 8:30 PM
@TDKRnry88 - Jane Foster's theme is really really good honestly, I recommend it.
JDL
JDL - 6/7/2025, 10:30 PM
@SteviesRightFoo - I both agree and disagree. When it was bad it was god awful but there was a decent part of it that owrked for me. It's just that the bad was too much to stomach.
MisterDoctor217
MisterDoctor217 - 6/7/2025, 11:59 PM
@SteviesRightFoo -

You know and it’s probably not even a bad movie in the general sense.
The action set pieces might be fun for a newcomer to the franchise and they might find some , SOME, stuff about it funny , sort of like a parody.

But for us fans who have been with the MCU since its inception, the way they completely destroyed the Thor character, every line he says is idiotic and the plot of the movie was not existent, and not to mention they wasted the heck out of 2 great actors with Bale and Portman.
That movie was an absolute mess from a perspective of being with the MCU 10+ years.

Taika should never direct another marvel movie ever again lol
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 6/8/2025, 4:53 AM
@TheWinkler - "On pen and paper, the story isn't half bad."

The pen and paper version is amazing. It's written by Jason Aaron and painted by Esad Ribic.
DNiceTwiceasnic
DNiceTwiceasnic - 6/8/2025, 4:58 PM
@SteviesRightFoo - worst part is Marvel wrecked what could have been two great storylines from the comics. Jane Foster Thor and Gore the God Butcher could have been made into two great fantasy films on their own. Waste all that money to make a stupid forgettable film.
SteviesRightFoo
SteviesRightFoo - 6/8/2025, 5:45 PM
@DNiceTwiceasnic - god butcher is a great comic. I just remembered that horrendous casting for hercules and the pitiable post credits scene. Dumpster fire film
TheWarThor
TheWarThor - 6/8/2025, 7:03 PM
@SteviesRightFoo - Dude that movie makes me ashamed to be from New Zealand. I walked out of that movie saying I will only watch Marvel on Disney+. I haven't seen a Marvel movie at the theatre since.
SteviesRightFoo
SteviesRightFoo - 6/9/2025, 2:56 AM
@TheWarThor - I genuinely don't blame you man
WEAPONXOXOXO
WEAPONXOXOXO - 6/7/2025, 6:22 PM
I officially heard a rumor that Thor 5 is rumored to be officially rumored to be in development.
But it's only a rumor.
Officially

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Lokiwasright
Lokiwasright - 6/7/2025, 6:50 PM
@WEAPONXOXOXO - User Comment Image
Goldboink
Goldboink - 6/7/2025, 7:25 PM
@WEAPONXOXOXO -

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grif
grif - 6/7/2025, 6:22 PM
but is it possible?

MuadDib
MuadDib - 6/7/2025, 6:24 PM
It would be cool if he stayed as Thor post Secret Wars and everyone else got recast, he was the lone hold over from the old universe. Obviously several characters won’t be recast, F4 for example, but the general idea sounds interesting.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 6/8/2025, 4:55 AM
@MuadDib - That would suck. Sorry Hemsworth, but it would. New Thor pls. Don't deny us that.

If Hemsworth wants to make up for his recent comedy Thor he can do it in Secret Wars.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 6/7/2025, 6:30 PM
It's good to see we will still have OG heroes part of the next Saga.
incredibleTalk
incredibleTalk - 6/7/2025, 6:32 PM
I guess the official rumor is that we are getting...

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PatientXero
PatientXero - 6/7/2025, 6:43 PM
Good. His Thor films, like the other ones. Aren’t very good.
tBHzHomer
tBHzHomer - 6/7/2025, 6:45 PM
Thor 5 should be completely off world and full-on fantasy.
CaptainFlapjaks
CaptainFlapjaks - 6/7/2025, 7:02 PM
@tBHzHomer - peter jackson epic?
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 6/7/2025, 7:04 PM
@tBHzHomer - that would be cool

Thor & Love being chased around the cosmos being hunted by Hercules

You could delve in the daddy issues of Thor & Odin and Hercules & Zeus as a way to parallel and connect both characters and even feed into how that shapes Thor as a dad to Love
Killuminatic
Killuminatic - 6/7/2025, 7:54 PM
@CaptainFlapjaks - A Peter Jackson esque, sweeping epic of grand proportions. It needs to be an ambitious project shot on location with practical sets and effects, with great writing and a good team to deliver it.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 6/7/2025, 8:18 PM
@tBHzHomer - Thor & Beta Ray Bill hunting down Surtur who has survived the destruction of Asgard and has been going from world to world destroying them and building an armanda of fire demons. Meanwhile the entire Greek Pantheon is after Thor for attacking Zeus.
CaptainFlapjaks
CaptainFlapjaks - 6/7/2025, 8:19 PM
@Killuminatic - i agree with that. But maybe beta rey bill should be cgi. Practical horse face might be to uncanny valley. A peter jackson esque epic would be glorious.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 6/7/2025, 6:47 PM
I hated both Ragnarok and Love and Thunder.

I know its not a popular opinion not liking Ragnarok, but they just made it too comical.

And L&T is easily top 3 worst Marvel movies.
CaptainFlapjaks
CaptainFlapjaks - 6/7/2025, 7:00 PM
@CorndogBurglar - i personally think they struck a good balance with the comical and serious elements for ragnarok. But love abd thunder definitely took it waay to far in the silliness camp. And it suffered because of it.
PapaBear562
PapaBear562 - 6/7/2025, 7:32 PM
@CorndogBurglar - I agree, and know many others didn't like it as well. They disrespected Anthony Hopkins' Odin. He's supposed to be one the most powerful entities in the MCU and they made him a feeble old man. Heck, I didn't like the way he was portrayed in the second Thor film.
Spike101
Spike101 - 6/8/2025, 1:44 AM
@CorndogBurglar - absolutely agree, Ragnarok was the turning point in the MCU when the comedy aspect became too much.
Zeeboy
Zeeboy - 6/8/2025, 5:09 AM
@CorndogBurglar - Agreed. Thor 1 was decent, 2 was trash, 3 had its moments but just wasn't for me, 4 was nauseating. It's a shame because I like Hemsworth's Thor in the Avengers films.
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