Looking forward to Thor: Ragnarok? Us too. With Chris Hemsworth and Mark Ruffalo reuniting, Tom Hiddleston returning to the MCU and the terrific What We Do In The Shadows' Taika Waititi overseeing it all, there’s a lot to get excited about. Even more, now Ruffalo has likened the third Thor outing to a classic odd-couple road movie. Only, you know, across the Nine Realms.
“There’s a little bit of Midnight Run, with [Charles] Grodin and [Robert] De Niro,” Ruffalo told Empire. "I feel like that’s kind of where we’re heading with this relationship between Thor and Banner.” So is it a road movie? “It is a universal road movie – that’s where we’re heading,” he says, adding cryptically: “It’s not where you'd think it will be, so it’s not your classic road movie but it has that structure, I think."
The actor, currently promoting his [Oscar-nominated drama, Spotlight](//members.stg.empireonline.com/movies/news/first-trailer-tom-mccarthy-spotlight/
), stressed that he hasn't yet read the script, "but this is what we’re talking about” in early discussions. The film, he revealed, will be shot in Sydney.
![Mark Ruffalo as Hulk](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/empire-images/articles/569f84f0e26dc77f04a744c4/planet-hulk-movie-mark-ruffalo-pic.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
If it’s too much to hope for Thor and Hulk pulling the [Litmus configuration](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxQrE0BpixI
) in an Alfheim diner, Ruffalo, intriguingly, hinted that his on-screen chemistry with his co-star has helped steer Marvel towards a more comic direction for Thor 3. "I love Chris [Hemsworth], and it’s not an accident that we’ve been put together because we have a good time together and we goof off. The fact that we’re moving towards the smart-comedic bent plays into our relationship.” And Banner will be heading to Asgard. “[Am I looking forward to that?] Hells, yeah.”
Stephany Folsom was hired back in December to work on a fresh draft of the script that previously had Christopher Yost (Thor: The Dark World) and Marvel exec Craig Kyle’s stamp. The movie is scheduled for a UK release on October 27, 2017.