The Director of THOR 3

[HammerDown]

Funny stuff from The Hunt For The Wilderpeople.
Taika has just a weird awesome sense of humor. He also wrote the movie that was based on a book which apparently had no humor but quite serious subjects.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86w_RV_fcEk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o00A-PQM7vk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C79_YGvCLQ
...

The hole damn movie is packed with this stuff. t:

 

[HammerDown]

Meanwhile on Twitter:

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
North Korea just stated that it is in the final stages of developing a nuclear weapon capable of reaching parts of the U.S. It won't happen!

Taika Waititi ‏@TaikaWaititi
Also, can you please delay World War 3 until I finish Thor? #EarthRagnarok

t:

 

[Mjölnir]

Waititi is awesome.

I finally got around to watch What We Do in the Shadows and I absolutely loved that movie. It had a uniquely funny feel to it, and it's both silly and clever at the same time. I didn't know of him before he got the job to direct Ragnarok, but now I'm a huge fan of his.

 

[scarlet-witch]

Waititi is awesome.

I finally got around to watch What We Do in the Shadows and I absolutely loved that movie. It had a uniquely funny feel to it, and it's both silly and clever at the same time. I didn't know of him before he got the job to direct Ragnarok, but now I'm a huge fan of his.

Did you see Hunt for the Wilderpeople? That one is amazing, one of my favorites of the year.

 

[Kane52630]

Yeah, I really enjoyed Hunt for the Wilderpeople.

 

[Mjölnir]

Did you see Hunt for the Wilderpeople? That one is amazing, one of my favorites of the year.

Yes, that was the first one of his movies I saw (I think I mentioned at some point in this thread too). Loved it as well, but I think What We Do in the Shadows tops it by a slight margin for me.

 

[Orba]

Just a quick mention that Netflix UK just added 'Hunt for the Wilderpeople' for those that are interested. Not sure about other regions.

 

[Finarfiniel]

Just a quick mention that Netflix UK just added 'Hunt for the Wilderpeople' for those that are interested. Not sure about other regions.

Awesome, thanks for the heads up! I think Hunt for the Wilderpeople is my favourite movie of 2016, it's definitely in the top 3 at least. I can't wait to watch it again.

 

[Moridin]

Just a quick mention that Netflix UK just added 'Hunt for the Wilderpeople' for those that are interested. Not sure about other regions.

*GASP*

I've been waiting to see that f***ing film for nearly a year!

*goes and checks Netflix*

Yes!

F*** Narcos, it's Wilderpeople tonight t:.

Thanks for the tip!

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Also:
Entertainment Weekly @EW
#ThorRagnarok pits Thor against the Incredible Hulk in a deadly gladiatorial contest. http://share.ew.com/hxVncOq

Taika Waititi Verified account
‏@TaikaWaititi
Finally! I've been waiting to find out this information for ages.

https://***********/TaikaWaititi/status/817177334105022465

 

[HammerDown]

In Taika we trust! Love this picture.
Thor with his gladiatorial armour probably filming some combat in the arena.

Gotta watch the Hunt For The Wilderpeople again! Thanks for the heads up Orba.

 

[HammerDown]

 

[Finarfiniel]

I love this dude.

 

[BoredGuy]

lol I think I want that as my new avatar

 

[HammerDown]

Behind the scenes for Thor Ragnarok.

Spoiler

 

[Ghostcrow13]

Behind the scenes for Thor Ragnarok.

Spoiler

Why does Dax Shepard's brother have a grenade?

 

[HammerDown]

Pretty interesting stuff from Taika Waititi.
What kind of director he is and what he chooses to focus on...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKlmIqwUU-A

t:
Unfortunately i don't know how to post the youtube videos here. I try and use the youtube icon but it just never works. Would appreciate some advice. Thanks.

 

[Moridin]

Pretty interesting stuff from Taika Waititi.
What kind of director he is and what he chooses to focus on...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKlmIqwUU-A

t:
Unfortunately i don't know how to post the youtube videos here. I try and use the youtube icon but it just never works. Would appreciate some advice. Thanks.

The part of the url that goes in the YT tags is everything after the "=". So from the link you posted it's GKlmIqwUU-A

[YT]GKlmIqwUU-A[/YT]

Good video

 

[HammerDown]

Much obliged sir.

 

[HammerDown]

http://ew.com/movies/2017/03/08/thor-ragnarok-exclusive-first-look-cover/

Still, despite a title that references an end-of-days-type battle in Norse mythology, Ragnarok marks a decidedly more comedic installment for the series, thanks in large part to director Taika Waititi (What We Do in the Shadows). “Taika has such a quirky, left-of-field sense of humor, which forced all the characters and the tone of the whole story to head in a new direction,” says Hemsworth. “Each day we were like, ‘Are we pushing it too far? Are we allowed to have this much fun?’”

Now the Ragnarok team just has to see if the Marvel audience is open to such a recalibration. “I think sometimes people mistake a tonal shift as ‘We’re just going to make some ridiculous broad comedy where no one gives a s— what happens and everyone gets stoned and sits around talking about saving the universe,’ ” Waititi says. “We want people to care what happens and care that the hero succeeds. I think tonally it’s like a slight shift. I don’t feel nervous — I feel good about it.”

 

[MbJ]

I'm glad he pointed that out and that "more comedy" and "they're turning the movie into a comedy and there's no stakes and nobody dies" is not the same thing.

 

[HammerDown]

Once Thor and Hulk unite, Ragnarok becomes a sort of road-trip film, with director Taika Waititi drawing inspiration from movies like 48 HRS., Withnail and I, and even Planes, Trains and Automobiles. The director particularly wanted to show off Hemsworth’s comedic abilities, only recently exploited in films like Vacation and Ghostbusters. “He’s so good and underutilized in that department,” Waititi says. “He’s legitimately one of the funniest things in this film.”

The events of Ragnarok will also help set up Marvel’s biggest Phase 3 installment, Avengers: Infinity War, the first half of which is due in May 2018. But Waititi is adamant that his film will not only stand on its own, it will reinvent the franchise. “A lot of what we’re doing with the film is, in a way, kind of dismantling and destroying the old idea and rebuilding it in a new way that’s fresh,” he says. “Everyone’s got a slightly new take on their characters, so in that way, it feels like [this is] the first Thor.” Just with a little less hair.

After TDW Thor really needed some change. And Taika is giving us just that... something new, fresh and different.

 

[HammerDown]

How Big Trouble in Little China inspired Thor: Ragnarok

Thor: Ragnarok marks a tonal shift for the Thor franchise with director Taika Waititi (What We Do in the Shadows) aiming for a more humorous tone — particularly in the relationship between Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and Bruce Banner/The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), both of whom find themselves stranded on planet Sakaar. But Waititi is adamant that it’s not a

But Waititi wants to make it clear that the third Thor film is not a straight-up laugh riot.

“It’s not really a comedy,” says the director. “There are some really great moments we’re going to have in the film. Knowing that it was Bruce Banner and Thor on kind of a road trip journey, that lends itself to a tone because those guys are both really funny. I was like you gotta exploit Chris’ comic abilities. He’s so good and underutilized in that department. He’s legitimately one of the funniest things in this film.”

The tone that the movie is perhaps closest to is the 1986 cult classic Big Trouble in Little China. The John Carpenter film about Jack Burton (Kurt Russell) battling sorcerers and demons in San Francisco’s Chinatown was one of the movies that Waititi presented when he pitched Marvel his vision for Ragnarok.

“Big Trouble in Little China was one of those films where Jack Burton is a buffoon but he’s lovable and you’re with him the entire way. I thought Thor has got to be the one you want to be with in every scene.”

As previously revealed in our EW cover story, the plot of Thor: Ragnarok picks up after the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron, where Thor left Earth and returned to Asgard after hearing about trouble on his home planet in the form of Loki (Tom Hiddleston), who has taken the throne by impersonating their father, Odin (Anthony Hopkins). Unfortunately, Loki’s rather lax governing leads to the reemergence of an imprisoned Hela (Cate Blanchett), who blasts Thor to Sakaar, a barbaric planet ruled by the charming but nefarious Grandmaster (Jeff Goldblum). Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), a tough, hard-drinking warrior hiding out on Sakaar brings the god to the Grandmaster, after which he’s forced into becoming a gladiator (and teams, eventually, with The Hulk).

http://ew.com/movies/2017/03/10/big-trouble-in-little-china-inspired-thor-ragnarok/?xid=entertainment-weekly_socialflow_twitter

 

[JtheDreamer]

LOL that picture is gold!

Taika is an eccentric - that means that this film will either be really good or really obscure.

 

[HammerDown]

I gotta say that it bodes well for the movie that all the actors have only great things to say about Taika Waititi. Having a great relationship with the director brings always the best in the characters i think. People seem to also trust/respect his personality and flair as a director wich is reassuring. It's not by chance that Taika is getting so much good press, Marvel has in their hands a gem and if things go well then we could be in something really special.

At the oscars when he was nominated. t:

 

[HammerDown]

A lot of "Ragnarok" talk in Taika Waititi's twitter page.
https://***********/taikawaititi

I'm wondering if that's some sort of count down to the "Teaser Trailer" release date. If my math and prediction is correct we are about a month away from getting Thor Ragnarok's first look. My guess is around the 20th of April for the release of the "Teaser Trailer".