"Thor 4" will land in North American theaters on July 8 this year, in the first trailer, "Thor" began to retire, and lost weight successfully, Natalie Portman played by the "female Thor" Jane Foster made a stunning appearance.
Thor is probably one of the most successful characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and remember the lukewarm market reaction after the launch of "Thor" and "Thor 2" that year, which almost made Marvel executives begin to doubt whether this role had the need to continue to develop.
However, under the style shift of Taiga Viditti, the superhero character finally showed unprecedented vitality and charm on the big screen.
With the increase in popularity and popularity, Thor's position in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is also becoming increasingly important, in "Avengers 3" and "Avengers 4", Thor has become the "Women's Federation" second only to Captain Marvel's firepower output, and his actions even deeply affect the direction of the entire storyline.
The first superhero to usher in a fourth independent film
After Iron Man, Captain America and Black Widow have their own story endings in "Avengers 4", the "Marvel Cinematic Universe" is facing an unprecedented opportunity, but also a development crisis.
It is said that this is an opportunity because the exit of the veteran superhero character has made enough room for other new hero faces to play, and it has also allowed the subsequent Marvel film project to alleviate the pressure caused by the huge salary and focus more on the movie story itself, rather than winning with the participation of big-name actors.
It is said that this is a crisis because in "Avengers 4", as many as three original Avengers members bid farewell to the screen and made such a decision when the new batch of superhero characters have not yet established a foothold, which can easily lead to the Marvel Cinematic Universe entering the dilemma of development from then on.
As a result, Kevin Feige and other Marvel executives announced the film production plans of "Black Widow" and "Thor 4" in order to smoothly pass this period of transition between the old and the new in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The former, as the second film work in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to feature female superhero characters as the protagonists of the film, undoubtedly has a profound meaning outside the storyline. Black Widow, played by Scarlett Johansson, has finally ushered in her own independent film project after playing a vase in several Marvel superhero series of movies, inadvertently satisfying the resentment of many audience fans for many years.
However, this "Black Widow" will not develop into a film trilogy starring Scarlett Johansson, because Scarlett Johansson will finally announce her farewell to the Marvel Cinematic Universe after starring in this movie, and her name of "Black Widow" will be officially passed on to the second generation of Black Widow played by Florence Bo in this movie.
Therefore, compared with "Black Widow", the role of Thor 4 in the new stage of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is more prominent.
Although Chris Hemsworth still has not answered positively whether he will bid farewell to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in some form in the near future like Robert Downey Jr., officially unloading the burden of Thor, chris, who is in his prime, is unlikely to opt out at present.
Compared with the Hulk, which is limited by Universal Pictures in the development of film projects, Thor's film and television adaptation rights are completely in the hands of Marvel, which means that Marvel can use this role in the movie universe at will.
For some time to come, Chris Hemsworth will succeed Robert Downey Jr. in the Role of the Avengers as the main backbone, and continue to stage the legend of Thor on the big screen.
The prodigal son of Asgard
Although the ending of the story will eventually be evil and invincible, Thor Odinson in the "Marvel Cinematic Universe" has never been a one-sided hero image.
In Thor, he disobeys his father Odin's wishes, disregards the lives of his friends, and ends up paying a terrible price for his arrogance. It can be said that in the first half of this movie, Thor is not a qualified hero or a god at all.
Deep down, Thor has never found his true destination in life, what should he do as a god, whether to use his divine power to decide the life and death of other races without authorization, or to take his own thunder hammer around to show off his might... Eventually, as a mortal, Thor understands that his innate divine power is not a capital to show off, but a tool to protect friends and lovers in times of crisis.
"Thor" presents the audience with a heroic character with flaws and growing up at the same time, and the film eventually stages the evil victory as always, but the end of the story is with a touch of sadness, and the brothers who grew up together finally part ways, and the originally harmonious family is thus cast a shadow.
The difficult choice between lover and throne, between the two worlds, also makes Thor, who has experienced the first test, have to face another test and growth, and continue to find his final destination.
If Thor in "Thor" began to gradually transform from the original blind arrogance, then Thor in "Thor 2" has to complete a more difficult transformation, he must gradually learn to become a king, and make the right choice between love, affection and responsibility.
From the transformation after losing his mother at the end of "Thor 2", to the nirvana after the tribulations of "Thor 3", from the "Avengers 3" under the eyes of the public, to the courage of "Avengers 4" to fight again, now Thor Odinson on the screen is no longer just the original thunder god who only solves everything with a hammer.
At the end of Avengers 4, he resolutely gave up his low-hanging on to the throne and chose to hand over New Asgard to the Valkyrie, while he and the Guardians of the Galaxy embarked on a distant and unknown interstellar journey... He was the prodigal son of Asgard and a true hero in the hearts of countless people.
Appearances of Thor and Horse-Faced Thor
According to previous reports by several foreign media, after the preparation of the first three movies of the "Thor series", Marvel finally decided to introduce more popular comic book characters in "Thor 4", including female Thor, horse-faced Thor, Minotaur and other characters.
What is currently certain is that the female Thor role in the film will be transformed by Jane Foster, played by Natalie Portman, which is also Natalie Portman's return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe after many years to play the original old role.
Along with the return of Darcy Lewis, played by Kate Dahlins, and Eric Schavig, played by Stranskarsgaard, with the return of these characters, it can be predicted that "Thor 4" will once again put the focus and focus of the story back on Earth, and Thor's love story will also occupy a lot of space in the movie, after all, this is the second time after eight years to see Thor and Jane's screen frame.
Compared with the heroes in previous Marvel movies to save the United States, female hero characters and the feminism they represent are destined to have an increasingly important position in the future Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The image of the horse-faced Thor has actually been glimpsed in "Thor 3" before, that is, when Thor was first brought to the High Heavenly Arena by the Valkyrie after his first arrival in Saka, the camera flashed several huge human head statues, including the statue of the horse-faced Thor.
In the original Marvel Comics, the horse-faced Thor, whose real name is Beta Ray Bill, defeated Thor and accidentally raised Thor's hammer in a battle with Thor, gaining the power of Thunder.
Odin, the father of the gods, therefore specially created a storm hammer similar to Thor's hammer for him, but in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the storm hammer became Thor's main weapon after the destruction of Thor's hammer, and it is not known how to deal with this detail if the movie really appears in the horse-faced Thor.
The horse-faced Thor in the comics has almost all of Thor's abilities, and even better than Thor in some ways, because he is a cyborg after the result of the transformation, so the horse-faced Thor has superhuman strength and speed, as well as super heat resistance, and can also locate other tribesmen or enemies anytime and anywhere.
As a comrade-in-arms who fought alongside Thor, the horse-faced Thor once fought with Thor against Surth's demon legion, and also fought against the Star-Devouring Messengers for the sake of his people, and against the Skurus for cosmic justice.
In the "Planet Hulk" comics, the horse-faced Thor also fought the angry Hulk in the arena, which was perfectly restored in "Thor 3", except that the Hulk's opponent in the movie became the fallen Thor who had just experienced the destruction of his homeland.
The villain who can alarm the female Thor, the horse-faced Thor, the Thor and the members of the Guardians of the Galaxy must not be a fuel saving lamp, according to foreign media, the villain who will appear in "Thor 4" is Dario Agle, who can transform into a Minotaur anytime and anywhere.
In the comic book series, Dario was born into a rich family, but lost both parents at an early age, of course, the tragic childhood experience did not make him eventually transform into a hero like Batman, but grew into a profitable businessman.
As CEO of Rawlson Energy, he used his authority to aggressively expand the company's mining range, even extending the tentacles of commercial development to space energy, and has repeatedly caused huge trouble for multiple superhero characters, including Thor. Interestingly, it is reported that this villain, who has the same tragic childhood experience as Batman, will be played by "former Batman" Christian Bell.
After "Avengers 4", Kevin Feige once revealed that in the future, Marvel Studios will no longer develop a super blockbuster like "Avengers 4" that gathers many heroic characters, but will adopt the story mode of "Captain America 3: Civil War" to maintain the linkage of the film universe by introducing other hero characters and teams in the independent movie of a single superhero.
"Thor 4" is undoubtedly a practitioner of this development strategy, as for what kind of box office results and audience reputation this movie will achieve, it is still an unknown before the official release of the movie, let us wait and see!