Taika Waititi, the writer and director of 2017's Thor: Ragnarok, will be working on another project before he returns to Marvel Studios to helm Thor: Love and Thunder.
According to Variety, Waititi's secret project will be distributed through Fox Searchlight. Waititi will be writing and directing, and shooting is scheduled to begin in the fall. Meanwhile, Jonathan Cavendish, Garrett Basch and Andy Serkis will produce the film.
Fox Searchlight also worked with Waititi on his next film to release in theaters, Jojo Rabbit, a World War II-ear dark comedy/satire about a boy whose imaginary friend is Adolf Hitler. The film's first trailer was released last month.
It was announced at Comic-Con International in San Diego that Waititi would return to direct the next Thor installment, which will star Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson and Natalie Portman. Thor: Love and Thunder is set to release on November 5, 2021.
Written and directed by Taika Waititi, Jojo Rabbit stars Roman Griffin Davis as Jojo Betzler, Thomasin McKenzie as Elsa Korr, Taika Waititi as Adolf Hitler, Rebel Wilson as Fraulein Rahm, Stephen Merchant as Captain Deertz, Alfie Allen as Finkel, Sam Rockwell as Captain Klenzendorf and Scarlett Johansson Rosie Betzler. The film arrives in theaters October 18.