One trope in the world of media is the notion that because something is successful, it needs to keep going–no matter what. This leads to some franchises overstaying their welcome, and while no property in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has hit that wall just yet, it remains a distant possibility. The studio’s fresh characters and the directors that bring them to life have managed to keep Marvel safe, and one such creator is Taika Waititi, the director of Thor: Love and Thunder.
Taika began her work on Thor: Ragnarok, completely changing Thor and his world. With Thor: Love and Thunder, a lot of people are looking forward to what he’s going to do with both Thor and the returning Jane Foster. Due to his massive influence, many are already wondering if a fifth film is in the works.
“I haven’t thought about it as part of a new trilogy, because every time I make a film, I think, ‘I’m never doing that again…’ because they’re just too hard,” Waititi said in an interview. “There’s any film and I’ve done it eight times now. Eight times I’ve said, ‘I think I’m just going to pack it in. I had a good run.’ And then sure enough get lured back in with a Yankee dollar. Lured back in by them cookies… and them Oscars.”
That’s fair, given that both Ragnarok and Love and Thunder were atypical in terms of how the scripts came to be, the improv on set, and so on. What’s more, it might be that this film has an ending that Taika Waititi thinks is perfect and doesn’t want ruin with another addition.
We’ll just have to wait and see what unfolds.
Source: Fandango