‘Thor’ Sequel Writing Staff Recruits ‘Someone Great’s’ Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (Exclusive)

Following his Oscar victory for “Jojo Rabbit,” Taika Waititi has turned his focus to Marvel’s “Thor: Love and Thunder” and gained some help in shaping the script.Sources tell Variety that Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, who wrote and directed the Netflix pic “Someone Great,” has joined Waititi to work on the script prior to its production start date later this year.Marvel had no comment on Robinson’s involvement.Waititi is back as director after helming “Thor: Ragnarok,” the biggest film in the “Thor” series with $853 million at the worldwide box office.

It was a critical as well as commercial success, and Marvel was so impressed with Waititi that it announced “Thor: Love and Thunder” this past summer, with Chris Hemsworth returning as the God of Thunder and Christian Bale in talks for an undisclosed role.While details about the latest film are vague, during the 2019 Comic-Con announcement, Waititi not

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