{"id":487299,"date":"2026-02-18T05:42:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T05:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/487299\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T05:42:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T05:42:29","slug":"hemsworth-teases-unique-future-for-thor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/487299\/","title":{"rendered":"Hemsworth Teases &#8216;Unique&#8217; Future For Thor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hemsworth-teases-unique-future-for-thor.jpg\" data-caption=\"Marvel\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hemsworth-teases-unique-future-for-thor.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"hemsworth-teases-unique-future-for-thor\"\/><\/a>Marvel<\/p>\n<p>Six months ago, Aussie actor Chris Hemsworth didn\u2019t seem clear about the future of his Thor character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe beyond the upcoming \u201cAvengers: Doomsday\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the BBC back in August, he said: \u201cI don\u2019t know. We\u2019ll see where [Avengers: Doomsday] goes, We\u2019re sort of unpacking all of that as we speak and figuring out where each of these characters goes\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cut to six months on and, out promoting \u201cCrime 101\u201d currently in cinemas, the actor seems more upbeat about Thor going beyond \u2018Doomsday and \u201cAvengers: Secret Wars\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/2ldoWHfWOmkXFsXaXAvuEJ\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SmartLess podcast<\/a> (via <a href=\"https:\/\/theplaylist.net\/chris-hemsworth-isnt-done-with-thor-marvel-star-teases-a-couple-more-post-doomsday-appearances-and-a-unique-evolution-for-the-god-of-thu-20260217\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Playlist<\/a>), Hemsworth indicates there could be a  \u201ccouple more times\u201d he\u2019ll get to play the character:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was talking to Kevin Feige about it, and he said it\u2019s cool because the audience now expects dramatic turns with the character, and whatever we do next \u2013 we\u2019ve got some ideas to do something pretty unique again and hopefully be [different].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hemsworth also says tone is a balancing act, and what they learned from the previous film was a great example of taking things too far in one direction:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou do need to be careful. When we made Ragnarok, it was quite a twist, with Taika\u2019s [movie]. And it was so fun. There was a huge appreciation for the shift. And then [with] \u2018Love And Thunder,\u2019 it was kind of like a Monty Python sketch, and we took the piss probably a little much, and then there was some backlash. There was this real kind of, \u2018Why is he a goofball and why is it like this?\u2019 And, [audiences] violently offended and we were like, \u2018Oh, we\u2019re just having fun or trying to try something different.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A fifth standalone \u201cThor\u201d film has yet to be announced.  \u201cAvengers: Doomsday\u201d arrives in cinemas on December 18th 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marvel Six months ago, Aussie actor Chris Hemsworth didn\u2019t seem clear about the future of his Thor character&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":487300,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,142132,134,344],"class_list":{"0":"post-487299","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-bigslider","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}