FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS Director Taika Waititi In Talks To Direct THOR: RAGNAROK

FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS Director Taika Waititi In Talks To Direct THOR: RAGNAROK

Well, this has come totally out of the blue! It has been revealed today that What We Do in the Shadows director Taika Waititi is in negotiations to take the helm of Thor: Ragnarok, but who did he beat to land the coveted gig? Hit the jump for further details!

By JoshWilding - Oct 02, 2015 01:10 PM EST
Filed Under: Thor: Ragnarok
Source: The Wrap
With Alan Taylor making his lack of interest in returning to the franchise clear earlier this year and Kenneth Branagh hard at work on Artemis Fowl among other things, who will take the helm of Thor: Ragnarok has been a mystery. Well, thanks to The Wrap, we now know that Flight of the Conchords and What We Do in the Shadows director Taika Waititi will take the helm of the God of Thunder's third adventure. He apparently beat Ruben Fleischer (Gangster Squad) to the coveted gig, and is another very surprising and unusual choice by Marvel Studios just as James Gunn was for Guardians of the Galaxy and the Russo Brothers were for Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Waititi is still in negotiations, but it sounds like a done deal at this point, so we'll likely hear something official from Marvel Studios soon. The filmmaker also wrote upcoming Disney animated movie Moana starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, but whether or not he'll have any input on Thor: Ragnarok's script remains to be seen. How do you feel about him taking the helm of this movie? Let us know below...
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CombatWombat
CombatWombat - 10/2/2015, 1:35 PM
This guy was in Green Lantern

MarvelFan15
MarvelFan15 - 10/2/2015, 1:36 PM
This could work.
MrAmerica
MrAmerica - 10/2/2015, 1:36 PM
Never heard of this guy.
Dotanuki
Dotanuki - 10/2/2015, 1:36 PM
The buzz on Moana is very good. Interesting choice. It will interesting to see how much of a stamp he can put on it.
Dotanuki
Dotanuki - 10/2/2015, 1:38 PM
Yo, that link from the Wrap goes to an article about Marvel getting the green light for a Damage Control series pilot at ABC. Big news.
permaturenut
permaturenut - 10/2/2015, 1:38 PM
ooooh yeah...im 5th
MrMartyMarvel
MrMartyMarvel - 10/2/2015, 1:40 PM
A comedy director…let's hope for another Russo Bros. situation.
CaptainA
CaptainA - 10/2/2015, 1:41 PM
I like this guy ad an actor and director. "BOY" was a great movie by him. Don't know if he can do a serious movie but whatever, all the best marvel movies came from directors who only had comedy movies under there belt.

I just hope he gives it a huge scale feel like LOTR.
JamesMann
JamesMann - 10/2/2015, 1:41 PM
That's... odd.

permaturenut
permaturenut - 10/2/2015, 1:42 PM
im hoping thor 3 will the best one EVER....like lord of the rings meets star trek meets willow/legend -lmfao i know some of you would think nawwww bruh you wrong but with the demon element....it could be epic
CaptainA
CaptainA - 10/2/2015, 1:42 PM
As*
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My bad on the spelling
SmellofDuty
SmellofDuty - 10/2/2015, 1:42 PM
Oddly, I'm extremely ok with this.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 10/2/2015, 1:43 PM
This is great news. Shadows is a [frick]ing masterpiece.
marccampos
marccampos - 10/2/2015, 1:45 PM
Wow... What We Do in the Shadows is great!!!
McGee
McGee - 10/2/2015, 1:46 PM
My favorite scene in Green Lantern is when Hal revealed himself to his character.



DAGuess
DAGuess - 10/2/2015, 1:46 PM
Which mean Wilding Fire (trying the Pun out) is working on the Damage Control story next.
KillWolfhead
KillWolfhead - 10/2/2015, 1:47 PM
He directed BOY, which was really good... What We Do in the Shadows was one of my favorites last year.... call me intrigued
DAGuess
DAGuess - 10/2/2015, 1:48 PM
I want Clive Barker to direct Ragnarok dang it!
JamesMann
JamesMann - 10/2/2015, 1:49 PM
So both Marvel and DC are now doing half hour single camera sitcom comedies about normal people living with the effects of superhero battles in comedic ways.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/14/9154987/dc-comics-workplace-sitcom-the-office
http://www.thewrap.com/marvels-damage-control-half-hour-comedy-gets-script-order-at-abc/
McGee
McGee - 10/2/2015, 1:49 PM
I'm surprised Gusto watches Flight of the Conchords. You'd think one of their songs would have gotten through to him.

KillWolfhead
KillWolfhead - 10/2/2015, 1:50 PM
ps Boy was not a comedy... so before people think he only directs comedies, he's done other work as well
DAGuess
DAGuess - 10/2/2015, 1:51 PM
@JamesMann dont worry, the DC one is on NBC so they will cancel it in no time.
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