THOR: LOVE & THUNDER Star Natalie Portman Says Production Is Set For "The Beginning Of Next Year"

THOR: LOVE & THUNDER Star Natalie Portman Says Production Is Set For  "The Beginning Of Next Year"

We weren't certain that Thor: Love and Thunder would be sticking with its shooting schedule because of the industry-wide delayed, but Natalie Portman has now confirmed that filming is set for early 2021.

By MarkCassidy - Jul 26, 2020 10:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Thor: Love and Thunder

Thor: Love and Thunder director Taika Waititi recently confirmed that he's "doing another pas" on the final draft of the script, and star Natalie Portman has now provided an update on when cameras are expected to start rolling on the highly anticipated Marvel threequel.

While interviewing tennis superstar Serena Williams (via The Direct) about the National Women's Soccer League team they co-own competing in L.A., the Academy Award-winner mentioned that the COVID-19-related delays have given her “more time to, you know, get jacked,” before adding that she's “got the carbo loading down but not the leg exercises.”

As we know, Portman is getting fighting fit because her character, Jane Foster, be lifting Mjölnir as the new God of Thunder in Waititi's follow-up to Thor: Ragnarok. The movie is currently set for release in 2022, and it sounds like production is still on track for early 2021.

Portman went on to express how excited she is to return to The MCU, and confirmed that she'll be "shooting in Australia at the beginning of next year." Another Marvel Studios movie, Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings, recently resumed filming down under after becoming one of the first major projects to halt production because of the pandemic.

Aside from Foster taking up the mantle of Thor, plot details for Love and Thunder remain a closely guarded secret, but we do know that Christian Bale is on board (most likely as a villain), and Valkyrie's (Tessa Thompson) search for a Queen will also factor into the plot.

Are you guys excited for Thor: Love and Thunder? Let us know in the comments.

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IronGenesis
IronGenesis - 7/26/2020, 10:44 AM
RIP
Olivia de Havilland.

104...Legend.

❤️
DoubleD
DoubleD - 7/26/2020, 10:45 AM
Broke the Snyder Curse and great news to hear :)
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 7/26/2020, 10:47 AM
Remember when people said she'd never come back to the MCU. And now she's in a staring role in her own movie. Crazy
defenderofthefaith
defenderofthefaith - 7/26/2020, 10:48 AM
This fourth Thor movie has so much going on in it that I can't see it being less than 2 1/2 hours long. I can't wait to see this movie.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 7/26/2020, 10:49 AM
Excited for her to actually be able to do something in these films. Don’t think Taika will waste.
ScarletWarlock
ScarletWarlock - 7/26/2020, 11:01 AM
@BlackBeltJones - She's an underrated comic actress as well. If they can use Portman to her full potential, it'll be the biggest glowup in the MCU yet.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 7/26/2020, 11:09 AM
@ScarletWarlock - I think it could spawn her a franchise and they probably want that too. Severely hoping for it
ScarletWarlock
ScarletWarlock - 7/26/2020, 11:12 AM
@BlackBeltJones - Probably the only reason Thor broke the trilogy curse in the MCU and got a fourth outing, is to hand off Jane her own trilogy, with Love and Thunder being her first film. Or maybe Taika considers Love and Thunder to be the second movie in his trilogy. Maybe we only see five Thor movies overall. I wouldn't be upset with that. Trilogies are kind of an illusion anyways, there so no reason that should be the goal or the limit. Storytelling shouldn't have restrictions like that, and I think Feige and co are realizing they have to throw out their old playbook with expectations.
ElJefe
ElJefe - 7/26/2020, 10:51 AM
I’m pretty sure this is my most anticipated CBM ... and I’ve never been a big Thor fan, aside from the legendary Simonson run. But man, there was so much I loved about T:R, and it wasn’t just the humor (which I personally enjoy in my CBs and my CBMs) it was that Kirby esthetic that made me love it. I’ll sit and stare at Kirby artwork all day but the Thor storylines never excited me.

I have a feeling we’ll see this guy soon:





Dredd97
Dredd97 - 7/26/2020, 1:15 PM
@ElJefe - I actually have the opposite feeling, unfortunately. That we'll never see this guy. I hope I'm wrong, but it doesn't seem to be a priority right now.
ElJefe
ElJefe - 7/26/2020, 3:31 PM
@Dredd97 - If anyone is going to lead the charge in the direction of the strangest of heroes it’s Taika.
lawndart
lawndart - 7/26/2020, 5:44 PM
@ElJefe - the Kirby influences were certainly there in terms of design. I didn’t care for how goofy some of the characters were portrayed. The executioner should be badass, period. And I thought they wasted Surtur by not using him as a single big bad. He looked amazing but I thought it was going the Spider-Man 3 route by having too many villains and as a result not giving each their proper due. WS run on Thor was amazing by the way. So many classic good stories!
ElJefe
ElJefe - 7/26/2020, 6:31 PM
@lawndart - Yes! I follow Simonson on Instagram and it’s fun to see him still doing good work!
lawndart
lawndart - 7/29/2020, 3:56 AM
@ElJefe - I had no idea he was on instagram. Now I have to see if there are other gold/silver age artists doing the same
ElJefe
ElJefe - 7/29/2020, 8:57 AM
@lawndart - If you find anyone good let me know!
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 7/26/2020, 11:02 AM
They better be, since delaying this would be problemetic as there really is starting to form some sort of dam halfway through 2022 in the release schedule
marvel72
marvel72 - 7/26/2020, 11:06 AM
Hated Portman in the role.She is a good actress just not in the Star Wars prequels or Thor movies.
WeaponXCII
WeaponXCII - 7/26/2020, 11:08 AM
Excited to see where they go with this one. It was, before the release date shuffling at least, going to be the last movie of Phase 4 (but still is near the end of it), so I'm hoping for some serious implications for the future of the MCU- in particular with the Disney-Fox deal.
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