Marvel’s Kevin Fiege reflects on Thor Ragnarok

Just when you think Marvel Studios cannot possibly surpass its own legacy, they manage to do it with flair. A case in point: Thor Ragnarok, which is all anyone can talk about since its trailer made its way across the Internet. With Cate Blanchett, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo and Tom Hiddleston getting together for this particular vehicle, fans can hardly wait for the film’s official release (November 3, 2017). The response can be gauged from the fact that the trailer has broken Disney’s record for the most viewed trailer in modern history. But as comic book geeks around the world have pointed out certain tonal similarities between Thor Ragnarok and The Guardians of the Galaxy universe, Kevin Feige who is the President of Marvel Studios, addressed those concerns and revealed that the film is indicative of the vision of its director.

“Well, I think I would say it’s, and as people see more of Ragnarok, it’s a Taika tone more than a Guardians tone. He’s really adding a very unique point of view to it, but certainly the success of Guardians just boosted our confidence to continue to go in new, fun, weird directions, and I think that led to Doctor Strange and certainly, ultimately, leads to the things we’re doing in Infinity War. You know we did the comic books as you well know do all sorts of fun, mind-bending, trippy storylines that you really hadn’t seen in any movies until we started scratching that surface with Thor and a little bit more in Avengers. A little bit in the quantum realm of Ant-Man. It was really Guardians and then Strange and now Guardians 2 which is saying, ‘Okay, the audience is gonna stay with us on this.’ Why even attempt to make a movie out of the Infinity Gauntlet if you can’t really do a lot of the crazy things that happen in that Jim Starlin imagination.”