{"id":46473,"date":"2019-07-16T14:17:25","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T18:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=46473"},"modified":"2019-07-21T01:26:41","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T05:26:41","slug":"taika-waititi-returning-for-thor-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2019\/07\/16\/taika-waititi-returning-for-thor-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Taika Waititi Returning For THOR 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/New-Releases-Thor-Ragnarok-Featured-still.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/New-Releases-Thor-Ragnarok-Featured-still.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"340\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-41555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/New-Releases-Thor-Ragnarok-Featured-still.jpg 678w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/New-Releases-Thor-Ragnarok-Featured-still-339x170.jpg 339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Taika Waititi will be writing and directing <strong>Thor 4<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Hollywood Reporter is revealing that the <strong>Thor: Ragnarok<\/strong> writer\/director is returning to the franchise to script and helm the fourth installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Waititi\u2019s return is a good move on the part of Marvel. While the first Thor film starring Chris Hemsworth as the thunder god-turned-superhero faired well, the second, <strong>Thor: The Dark World<\/strong>, did not fare well with critics or fans. Waititi\u2019s more lighthearted take, <strong>Thor: Ragnarok<\/strong>, revived the franchise\u2019s prospects and took in approximately $845 million at the box office.<\/p>\n<p>With Waititi returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he has to drop out of Warner Brothers\u2019 long in development live action adaptation of the classic anime <strong>Akira<\/strong>. Waititi had been working on casting the film which was set to start filming later this year for a March 2021 release. <\/p>\n<p>The Reporter states that script concerns were starting to push the shooting start date of <strong>Akira<\/strong> back a bit too much to where it was getting close to when Marvel wanted to get cameras rolling on <strong>Thor 4<\/strong>. The Reporter\u2019s sources indicate that Warners would like to keep Waititi involved with <strong>Akira<\/strong>, and maybe have him step up to direct after his <strong>Thor 4<\/strong> duties are done.<\/p>\n<p>There is no word yet as to when the film is set for release. Given that at the end of this summer\u2019s <strong>Avengers: Endgame<\/strong> we saw Thor heading out into space with the Guardians Of The Galaxy, there most likely will be some crossover between the <strong>Thor<\/strong> and <strong>Guardians<\/strong> franchise depending on where the two films fall on Marvel Studios\u2019 release calendar.<\/p>\n<p>We expect more information this awekend feom Marvel Studios&#8217; panel at San Diego Ccomic Con.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">The THOR: RAGNAROK director us returning for the franchise&#8217;s fourth installment, although it delays Warners&#8217; AKIRA even further.<\/div>\n<p> <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2019\/07\/16\/taika-waititi-returning-for-thor-4\/\" title=\"Taika Waititi Returning For THOR 4\">[click for more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[1641,10576,10541],"series":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-46473","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-chris-hemsworth","9":"tag-taiki-waititi","10":"tag-thor-4"},"aioseo_notices":[],"nelio_content":{"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"efiAlt":"","efiUrl":"","followers":[2],"highlights":[],"isAutoShareEnabled":false,"networkImageIds":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[],"series":[],"suggestedReferences":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46473"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=46473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}