Thor: Love and Thunder will feature an extended cameo from the Guardians of the Galaxy, and while the God of Thunder is expected to part ways with the team, it appears he'll leave them with something to remember him by. Talking at the movie's world premiere this week, Chris Pratt confirmed that two of the movie's characters will appear in the team's next adventure.
According to Pratt, by the time all is said and done, the Guardians will find themselves lumbered with Thor's screaming goats, Toothgnasher and Toothgrinder.
"[Waititi] just wanted to stick James with some goats. James has to pick up where Taika left off, and he stuck us with some space goats," the actor says in the video below (via Screen Rant).
"Typically [MCU directors don’t stick each other with stuff in the background], but I guess Taika kind of plays by his own set of rules. You’ll see there are a few things that he did that I think were kind of an inside joke to play on James," Pratt continues. "It’s a bit of that sort of improv world where you see what you can roll with."
While the actor didn't specify whether he was talking about The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special or Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, we have to assume it was the former. Remember, director James Gunn has previously confirmed that the Holiday Special will take place between Thor's latest adventure and next year's threequel!
Regardless, it should be fun seeing how this plays out and what Gunn does to no doubt rid the Guardians of their newfound animal allies.
The movie finds Thor (Chris Hemsworth) on a journey unlike anything he’s ever faced – a quest for inner peace. But his retirement is interrupted by a galactic killer known as Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale), who seeks the extinction of the gods. To combat the threat, Thor enlists the help of King Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), Korg (Taika Waititi) and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), who – to Thor’s surprise – inexplicably wields his magical hammer, Mjolnir, as the Mighty Thor.
Together, they embark upon a harrowing cosmic adventure to uncover the mystery of the God Butcher’s vengeance and stop him before it’s too late.
Directed by Taika Waititi, the movie stars Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson, Russell Crowe, Jaimie Alexander, Chris Pratt, Karen Gillan, and Sean Gunn among others.
Thor: Love and Thunder is set to be released in theaters on July 8, 2022.