The first “official trailer” for Marvel’s Thor: Love and Thunder — not to be confused with the teaser that dropped a little over a month ago — debuted tonight during the NBA Eastern Conference Finals on ESPN.
While the teaser gave us our first glimpse of Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster wielding the hammer, tonight’s official trailer gives us our first look at Christian Bale’s much anticipated turn as baddie Gorr the God Butcher.
There’s also the obligatory transformation “from dad bod to God bod” as Thor gets back into action after his pizza and beer phase.
The new footage includes a trek to Olympus where Zeus (Russell Crowe) reigns supreme. Thor’s retirement is interrupted by a galactic killer known as Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale), who seeks the extinction of the gods. To combat the threat, Thor enlists the help of King Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), Korg (Taika Waititi) and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), who – to Thor’s surprise – inexplicably wields his magical hammer, Mjolnir, as the Mighty Thor. Together, they embark upon a harrowing cosmic adventure to uncover the mystery of the God Butcher’s vengeance and stop him before it’s too late.
Directed by Taika Waititi and produced by Kevin Feige and Brad Winderbaum, Thor: Love and Thunder opens in U.S. theaters July 8, 2022.
Watch the trailer above and see the new poster below.
