Director Taika Waititi and star Chris Hemsworth have both recently discussed potentially doing a fifth Thor film. With the tagline at the end of Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) “Thor Will Return”, it’s clear Marvel isn’t quite done just yet with the former King of Asgard. Despite the series having kinda a mixed reputation, the Thor films have still been quite successful so another movie is in the realm of possibility. However, should there even be a fifth Thor movie? After 11 years and 8 movies, it might be time for Thor to hang up the hammer for good. 

Where does his story go after Love and Thunder?

By this point, Thor has been through a lot. Family and friends have come and gone. He ruled as King of New Asgard for a short while. He fell in love with Jane Foster. He was an Avenger, a Guardian of the Galaxy, and now most recently a foster father. One must simply ask, what else is there for Thor to do? Chris Hemsworth himself has said he wanted to find a way to reinvent the character in a way that’s “unpredictable” in his own words. Taika Waititi even talked about doing a road trip film in the style of the film Nebraska (2013). As mentioned before, Thor is now a foster father so maybe they focus a fifth movie on him trying to raise a kid. Possibly even delve into the fact that the kid is the daughter of Gorr (Christian Bale), who was the villain in Love and Thunder.  But with all that in mind, Marvel might not be in a hurry to greenlight another Thor film. 

Marvel’s schedule is a little full at the moment

As of right now, Marvel has 7 tv shows in development with 2 awaiting release and 7 films in the works with their recent film, The Marvels (2023), set to release this november. Needless to say, the MCU is quite stacked. Bob Iger, CEO of Disney, recently went on record saying that Disney was “pulling back” making content for both Marvel and Star Wars so Disney may not even want to move forward with a fifth Thor movie. There also is the concern of how this film would fit in their “Multiverse Saga” with the MCU trying to branch out into other universes before culminating in Avengers: Secret Wars (2027). Point is, a fifth Thor movie most likely won’t be a top priority for Marvel or Disney but Hemsworth and Waititi might not wait forever.