Thor: Love and Thunder is setting records and making MCU history ahead of its July release, which goes far beyond it being the first time an MCU solo hero has gotten a fourth film.

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Tessa Thompson will represent the LGBTQ+ community as King Valkyrie and Natalie Portman‘s Jane Foster becomes the new Thor in the MCU during her first starring MCU role in nine years.

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To many, Jane lifting Mjolnir looks like Marvel’s way of phasing Chris Hemsworth‘s God of Thunder out of the Avengers roster.

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This, combined with the movie’s main villain being Gorr the God Butcher, has many fans questioning whether Chris Hemsworth’s Thor will make it out of his fourth MCU movie alive.

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Despite this, a popular industry source is claiming that the MCU still has more in store for the Thor that fans adore.

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