Taika Waititi Shares New Concept Art ‘Thor: Love And Thunder,’ Teases More Korg And Space Sharks, But No Silver Surfer
Space sharks, insect warriors, and Korg, oh my! DirectorTaika Waititi’slive-watch ofThor: Ragnarokoffered us a ton of new details from the upcomingThor: Love and Thunder, which the Oscar-winning filmmaker will return to direct. The director showed us exciting (but blurry) sneak peeks at concept art for the fourthThorfilm while teasing some tantalizing new details about the Marvel Studios film, like the new design of the insectoid warrior Miek, who returns after brief appearances inThor: RagnarokandAvengers: Endgame, as well as a script that is “over the top now in the very best way.” And of course, the return of Waititi’s best role to date, Korg.
See the newThor: Love and Thunderconcept art below, which gives us a glimpse at New Asgard as well as Miek’s character designs.
Thor Love and Thunder Concept Art
Waititi kicked off the live stream by sharing newThor: Love and Thunderconcept art (viaThe Direct) of New Asgard, which is still in Norway following the destruction of Thor’s home planet. The surviving Asgardians' new home sits on the former site of Tønsberg, the city built where an ancient battle between the Asgardians and Frost Giants took place, and where Red Skull found the Tesseract in the beginning ofCaptain America. While the design of New Asgard looks like any old Nordic town, if you look closely at the logo on the building, you can see the text “Mjolnir.”
Waititi also shared concept art of Miek, who he confirmed is female. We first met Miek briefly inThor: Ragnarokas a Sakaaran insectoid warrior forced to fight in the Grandmaster’s contests. Miek joined their escape from the planet and ended up in New Asgard, alongside one of Thor’s fan-favorite friends, Korg (played by Waititi), who Waititi confirmed will return inThor: Love and Thunderin an even larger capacity. They may even explore his origin!
See the concept art of Miek, who also seems to have taken on an office job, below.
If the sight of Miek in a business suit is weird for you, Waititi promises thatThor: Love and Thunderwill get even weirder. During the livestream, in which he was joined byThor: RagnarokstarsTessa Thompson(whose Valkyrie will be returning inLove and ThunderalongsideChris Hemsworth’s Thor andNatalie Portman’s Lady Thor) andMark Ruffalo, Waititi teased that the new film will be “over the top now in the very best way”:
“It’s so over the top now in the very best way. It makes Ragnarok seem like a really run of the mill, very safe film…this new film feels like we asked a bunch of 10 year olds what should be in a movie and just said yes to everything.”
One such crazy element: space sharks. “Look up space sharks and that should give you an idea,” Waititi said. Technically, they’re called “Starsharks” in Marvel Comics — shark-like creatures that live in space and first appeared inUncanny X-Men #162. So does this mean that there could be a possibleX-Mencrossover inLove and Thunder? Or maybe the appearance of long-rumored Silver Surfer? Sadly no, Waititi said, debunking the rumor that the popular cosmic character would appear. Waititi was also evasive on whether Tom Hiddleston’s Loki would return, and who Christian Bale is playing.
But it sounds likeThor: Love and Thunderwill be as wild as its logo. We’ll see once we get closer to theThor: Love and Thunderrelease date onFebruary 18, 2022.
