I’m glad he’s excited I guess, but at the same time I don’t know if making a movie in the most over-scrutinized franchise of all time is exactly the best move for Taika right now. Thor: Love and Thunder was an absolute disaster for Taika Waititi’s “brand”: people have begun to see him less as a funny guy who makes cool movies, and more as an immature manchild who doesn’t have the self-seriousness to handle a major franchise.
In my opinion, Taika needs to do what Robert Pattinson did after Twilight, and step out of the limelight for a moment. Make some good low-budget films, rebuild his image, and then, only THEN, do Star Wars and Akira and whatever else he has planned. Maybe then people will actually have confidence in him.
He’s made some great movies but I have no idea what went wrong on Thor… 4? Meanwhile he’s gone back to his usual schtick to make an underdog sports movie with Michael Fassbender. He should probebly move away from SW and that awful plan to remake Akira.