Summary
After Chris Hemsworth’s newMarvel Cinematic Universereturn comments, I’m worried Marvel has plans for a major event to happen inThor 5. Hemsworth is currently the MCU actor with the most solo movies, with Tom Holland joining him at four solo movies whenever hisSpider-Man 4gets going.Hemsworth’s Thor movieshave not been all hits, with director Taika Waititi turning the character and the franchise around withThor: Ragnarok, only for the hero’s next solo movie,Thor: Love and Thunder, to turn out a confusing clash of tones that disappointed most MCU fans.
I was among those who expectedThor: Love and Thunderto be way better than it was. While I was disappointed by Hemsworth’s latest solo outing, I remain confident that he can again turn things around for the character, as long asThor 5’s storygoes for a more serious tone for the hero this time around. Following a new reveal, I now think Marvel could be going toward that tone with a major event taking place inThor 5; however, I would like to be wrong about what I think it means.
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Thor 5’s Current Status Means It’s Unlikely To Happen Before Avengers: Doomsday
The Avengers Movie Is Coming Together Quickly
AtSan Diego Comic-Conto promote his new movieTransformers One, Hemsworth spoke toComicBook.com’sPhase Zeroabout returning to the MCU in the near future.
Hemsworth was asked if he thought he would come back to SDCC first forThor 5orAvengers: Doomsday. According to the MCU actor, he has “loved every second of working in the Marvel universe” and would be excited to return if there is more on the way. However,Hemsworth said that there is “nothing official yet” regarding a return forThor 5orAvengers: Doomsday.
Based on Hemsworth’s MCU return comments, there is still no concrete timeline forThor 5. As such,it is impossible for the movie to be released beforeAvengers: Doomsday. The next Avengers movie was recently announced at San Diego Comic-Con, with the Russo Brothers, who worked with Hemsworth inAvengers: Infinity WarandEndgame, coming back to helmAvengers: DoomsdayandSecret Wars. Shockingly,Robert Downey Jr. will play Doctor Doom in the movies. AsAvengers: Doomsdayhas a story, directors, and star set, with the movie confirmed to start production in early 2025,Thor 5will be released after it.
Thor 5 Has The Perfect Director & Story To Turn Around Marvel’s $2.7b Franchise
Chris Hemsworth has shared his Thor: Love and Thunder regrets and Thor 5 already has the perfect director and story to make up for the previous film.
Thor 5 Happening After Avengers 5 Complicates Its Story
Thor: Love And Thunder Set Up A Major Fight
Thor: Love and Thunder’s endingsets up the natural story forThor 5. The God of Thunder is now raising Gorr the God Butcher’s daughter, Love, as his own. Both go on fights together and live on a beach. However, they should be getting a visit in the future from a very angry and powerful character. After Thor stole Zeus' Thunderbolt inThor: Love and Thunder,Russel Crowe’s character sent his son, Brett Goldstein’s Hercules, after Thorto get revenge for Hemsworth’s MCU hero having humiliated him.
IfThor 5really does release afterAvengers: Doomsday, then the Hercules tease will have been four or five years in the making before finally coming to life, which takes away all the momentum from the reveal. However, there is an even worse scenario, asany possible major universe shifts that happen inAvengers: Doomsdaywould have to be reflected byThor 5, which could very well lead to the Hercules story being resolved quickly, dropped, or completely ignored. With RDJ returning to the MCU as Doctor Doom, Hemsworth’s Thor should also play a role inAvengers: Doomsday.
Thor 5 Can Be The God Of Thunder’s Biggest Challenge Yet (By Being His Smallest)
Thor 5 isn’t yet confirmed, but the ending of Thor: Ragnarok teases a smaller stakes conflict with the potential for a huge impact on the character.
Setting Thor 5 After Avengers: Doomsday Makes The MCU Hero Death Theories More Possible
I Fear For Thor’s Life
WhenThor 5comments started emerging, I wasn’t necessarily afraid of Hemsworth’s character dying in the movie, as I always expected that Marvel would bring back the hero for the next two Avengers movies. However,withThor 5most likely coming after the release ofAvengers: Doomsday, I feel that makes things less safefor the God of Thunder. Thor will already have helped the new Avengers establish themselves and take the fight to RDJ’s Doctor Doom inAvengers: Doomsday, which could lead to a more personalThor 5that ends the hero’s MCU journey.
IfThor 5were to kill off the God of Thunder, then Earth’s Mightiest Heroes would lose one of their biggest weapons in the fight against Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom inAvengers: Secret Wars. That is whyI think Marvel would be willing to kill Hemsworth’s character inThor 5. The hero could solve his dispute with Hercules and then spend the rest of the movie defending New Asgard from either those on Earth against aliens followingSecret Invasion’s endingor perhaps villains sent by Doom.Thor 5featuring the hero’s sacrifice to save his people would be fitting.
Yet-unannounced sequel to Thor: Love and Thunder.
Avengers: Doomsday
Avengers: Doomsday is the fifth Avengers film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and will bring together heroes, new and old, to face off against Victor von Doom - played by the returning Robert Downey Jr. Avengers 5 will also mark the beginning of phase 6 of the MCU.
