'Thor: Love And Thunder' puts the pedal to the (heavy) metal, again

Marvel's Thor: Love And Thunder follows in the footsteps of the much-loved Thor: Ragnarok.

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Both are directed by Taika Waititi, and both offer a lighthearted take on the godlike superhero, played again by Chris Hemsworth.

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The new film introduces Christian Bale as a villain named Gorr,

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The God Butcher, and brings back Natalie Portman as Jane Foster

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who now wields Thor's hammer.

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