James Gunn is working with Taika Waititi onThor: Love and Thunder. The director revealed the news on social media after a fan asked about his involvement. Production on the long-awaited sequel kicked off earlier this week in Australia with some added help from someGuardians of the Galaxycast members. Since the Guardians have been confirmed to be taking part in Thor’s next solo adventure, questions about Gunn’s involvement with the sequel arose.
One Marvel Cinematic Universe fan recently asked James Gunn if he was consulting with Taika Waititi sinceThor: Love and ThunderfeaturesGuardians of the Galaxycharacters. “Yes. Have been doing. They’re in great hands with Taika Waititi,” said the director in response. Gunn did not go into further details, but fans are excited to know that the Guardians are going to be tagging along for at least part of the sequel’s story arc. The team-up was first introduced inInfinity War, which went on inAvengers: Endgame, and many have wanted to see more interaction between the God of Thunder and his new friends.
Thor: Love and Thunderstars Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, and Natalie Portman, along with Christian Bale. In addition to the Guardians characters, there could end being even more cameos. Thompson recently teased even more MCU characters could make an appearance in the sequel. “And I’d say there’s some cool stuff going on.We have some new characters; we have some folks potentially from other pockets of the MCU. And then we have some folks, maybe, that we’ve seen before.” So far, Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, and Sean Gunn are the only Guardians that have joined theThor: Love and Thundercast.
Taika Waititi has also been very busy since first joining the MCU withThor: Ragnarok. He has consulted onInfinity WarandAvengers: Endgame, while racking up Academy Award nominations for projects likeJojo Rabbit. If all of that wasn’t enough, he was able tocomplete principal photography on Next Goal Winsback in late 2019. He even found time to direct and act inThe Mandalorian, while negotiating a deal with Lucasfilm to helm his ownStar Warsmovie, which is currently being written. James Gunn and Taika Waititi have been keeping themselves very busy since joining up with the MCU.
As forJames Gunn, he is getting really close to being 100% finished withThe Suicide Squadfor Warner Bros. and DC. It was also recently announced that production has officially started on thePeacemakerspin-off series, which will stream on HBO Max. After finishing promotional campaign duties for both of the aforementioned projects, Gunn will head back over to his Marvel family to begin work on the long awaitedGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. You can check outJames Gunn’s official Twitterresponse to joining theThor: Love and Thunderteam above.
