If you thought last month's Thor: Love and Thunder teaser was building a buzz, wait until you see its first official trailer, which premiered tonight during Game 4 of the NBA Playoffs.
The new trailer gives fans plenty to chew on, offering a more meaningful look at Jane Foster's Mighty Thor, while finally revealing the film's terrifying villain Gorr the Butcher God, played by Christian Bale under a heavy amount of makeup.
In addition to highlighting the reveal of Gorr and Jane's super-powered new form, the trailer also sees the return of other familiar faces from the Thor series, including Tessa Thompson's Valkyrie, now King of New Asgard, and director Taika Waititi's warrior Kronan. , Korg.
Additionally, the trailer also gives us an exact release date for the film, which is now expected to hit theaters on July 8, 2022. You can check out the excellent new trailer for Thor: Love and Thunder below:
Who is Gorr the Butcher God?
As his name suggests, Gorr the God Butcher is a supervillain who has dedicated his life to killing gods. Of course, Gorr's crusade began not on a whim, but out of an insatiable need for revenge.
In the Marvel comics, Gorr was born into abject poverty on an unnamed planet, a planet that saw him and his parents on the brink of starvation every day. To make matters worse for Gorr, his mother and his father would die while he was still a child, leaving him to fend for himself in an unforgiving world.