‘Thor: Love And Thunder’ Adds ‘Someone Great’ Writer Jennifer Kaytin Robinson
Thor: Love and Thunderis getting a little more writing love from a new scribe.Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, who wrote and directed the Netflix dramedySomeone Greatand created the MTV dark comedySweet/Vicious, has been tapped as a new writer on the project, alongside directorTaika Waititi.She will help shape the script with Waititi, who just won an Oscar forJojo Rabbit.Varietyreports that Marvel has tapped Jennifer Kaytin Robinson to co-write theThor: Love and Thunderscript alongside writer/director Taika Waititi. Robinson has joined Waititi to work on the script prior to the film’s production start date later this year.
The new hire right after Waititi won a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for his war satireJojo Rabbit, which had also been nominated for Best Picture. Waititi had been focused on the awards campaign until now, but can now shift his attention to his highly anticipated Marvel project, a sequel to his own 2017 hitThor: Ragnarok. Marvel was quick to announce Waititi’s return forThor: Love and Thunderat San Diego Comic-Con this past summer, withChris Hemsworthreprising his role as the God of Thunder, andNatalie Portmanmaking a grand return as the new female version of Thor.Tessa Thompsonis also set to return as Valkyrie whileChristian Baleisin talksfor an undisclosed role.
Not many details aboutThor: Love and Thunderare known apart from the film’s focus on Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster’s journey to becoming the next Thor, which is based on the character’s comic book arc inThe Mighty Thor. The focus on Jane Foster may have influenced Waititi’s recruitment of Robinson as co-writer — Robinson has a handle on writing strong, complicated women, particularly for her MTV seriesSweet/Vicious, on which she served as writer for several episodes, which followed two college students who become vigilantes fighting sexual assaulters. Robinson’s brand of dark comedy, as well as her sensitive rom-com style that she displayed in Netflix’sSomeone Great, will likely gel well with Waititi’s offbeat humor.
Marvel has setThor: Love and Thunderfor theatrical release onNovember 5, 2021.
