Thor: Love and Thunder Cast Already Arriving in Australia for Production Start?

Thor: Love and Thundercould be starting production a bit sooner than originally thought. Actress Natalie Portman was spotted at a Sydney, Australia airport earlier this week, which is where it is believed that highly anticipated sequel will film. Portman, like most United States citizens, has been on lock down and remaining indoors, so it seems a bit suspicious that she would take her whole family out to Australia at this current time.

Chris Hemsworth wanted to shootThor: Ragnarokin Australia, and it’s believed that they will do the same forThor: Love and Thunder. Most productions in the U.S. are still halted, which means that projects have had to look for alternatives. However, if the upcoming sequel was already set to start shooting in Australia, which for the most part, seems to have the public health crisis under control, thenMarvel Studiosis ahead of the game. James Cameron also lucked out by schedulingAvatar 2shoots in New Zealand.

Natalie Portman previously said that she would be returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in early 2021, which means that either she is preparing forThor: Love and Thunderearly, or she is in Australia for another reason. At this point, it’s not clear until we start to see other stars from the movie, like Tessa Thompson, heading to Australia too. Director Taika Waititi has been working on writing new projects, including hishighly anticipated mystery Star Wars moviethat he is currently developing.

Taika Waititi shared some behind-the-scenes set photos of himself back at the beginning of August, though he did not specify what project it is for. Many have speculated that he was putting the final touches on hisupcoming soccer comedy Next Goal Winsstarring Michael Fassbender. This could throw a monkey wrench into theThor: Love and Thunderproduction rumors, unless Waititi is extremely fast when it comes to editing his projects. It would seem that the director would want to completely finish one project before jumping into the next, though a lot of directors like to work in a variety of different ways. Waititi could be a master multitasker.

Taking into account that Taika Waititi is more than likely still working onNext Goal Wins,Thor: Love and Thundercould be going into pre-production, which means Natalie Portman could be in Australia to get fitted for various costumes and work on different looks for her character. Marvel Studios isextremely private about their productions, so we’re not going to hear about it from them. With that being said, Waititi could share a few behind-the-scenes images to let everyone know that the gang is back together and working again. For now, we’ll just have to wait and see. You can check out some images of Portman exiting a plane in Sydney, Australia above, thanks to theHistory Marvel Instagramaccount.