{"id":63270,"date":"2023-02-08T18:22:11","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T18:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/08\/ragnarok-but-no-one-called-her-back\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T18:22:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T18:22:11","slug":"ragnarok-but-no-one-called-her-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/08\/ragnarok-but-no-one-called-her-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Ragnarok&#8217; But No One Called Her Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main \">\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>Elizabeth Banks <\/strong>is<strong> <\/strong>nonetheless comparatively new to the filmmaking sport. Since her directorial debut in 2015 (\u201c<strong>Pitch<\/strong> <strong>Perfect 2<\/strong>\u201d), she\u2019s solely launched one different movie, 2019\u2019s \u201c<strong>Charlie\u2019s Angels<\/strong>.\u201d And she\u2019s on the cusp of releasing her third characteristic, \u201c<strong>Cocaine Bear<\/strong>.\u201d But if she had her means, there may need been another movie on that checklist, and it might have been the most important undertaking of her profession up to now.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theplaylist.net\/call-jane-sundance-review-20220121\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">READ MORE: Elizabeth Banks Is A Housewife Who Finds An Unexpected Calling In \u2018Call Jane\u2019 [Sundance Review]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/film\/news\/elizabeth-banks-thor-ragnarok-marvel-1235516203\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Variety<\/a>, whereas selling the upcoming horror-comedy, \u201cCocaine Bear,\u201d Elizabeth Banks revealed that she flirted with the thought of directing \u201c<strong>Thor: Ragnarok<\/strong>\u201d for <strong>Marvel Studios<\/strong>. And by flirted, I imply she positively was  within the thought, however there have been no official talks. But nonetheless, it might have been fairly wild to see Banks leap from \u201cPitch Perfect 2\u201d to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She mentioned she was \u201creally interested\u201d in assembly with Marvel to pitch her model of \u201cThor: Ragnarok.\u201d However, for no matter purpose, the assembly by no means occurred and Marvel went with a special filmmaker\u2019s imaginative and prescient.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd nothing ever happened,\u201d Banks defined. She believes \u201ca call was made\u201d however \u201cno one called me [back],\u201d she added. \u201c<strong>Taika Waititi<\/strong> got the job. Rightfully so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It would seem that the identical purpose Waititi\u2019s tone and comedic chops labored with the \u2018Thor\u2019 franchise is the precise purpose why Banks was drawn to the thought of engaged on the character.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have an attraction to the sensibility,\u201d she mentioned. \u201cThat character being funny and knowing how good <strong>Chris<\/strong> [<strong>Hemsworth<\/strong>] is at making fun of himself, that\u2019s my vibe.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As for any potential superhero movies sooner or later, Banks appears to be content material with not dabbling within the style for now. However, she did discuss a pitch she has for a \u201c<strong>Catwoman<\/strong>\u201d movie, however she\u2019s not sure if it matches with the <a href=\"https:\/\/theplaylist.net\/dc-studios-james-gunn-says-ben-afflecks-batman-is-out-jason-momoa-wont-play-2-characters-gal-gadot-others-are-maybes-20230201\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">present<strong> DC Studios<\/strong> plans<\/a>, as had been laid out not too long ago by co-CEOs <strong>James Gunn<\/strong> and <strong>Peter<\/strong> <strong>Safran<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theplaylist.net\/dc-studios-james-gunn-says-ben-afflecks-batman-is-out-jason-momoa-wont-play-2-characters-gal-gadot-others-are-maybes-20230201\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">READ MORE: DC Studios: James Gunn Says Ben Affleck\u2019s Batman Is Out, Jason Momoa Won\u2019t Play 2 Characters &amp; Gal Gadot &amp; Others Are Maybes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had a pitch for a \u2018Catwoman\u2019 movie a while ago, but I don\u2019t think it\u2019ll fit into the mandate right now,\u201d Banks teased. \u201cBut maybe someday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For now, we\u2019ll simply should be comfortable for a Banks movie a few cocaine-addicted bear operating rampant via the woods. And  what, that may simply be adequate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"DuWEEKeJLMI\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cocaine Bear | Official Trailer [HD]\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DuWEEKeJLMI?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.0\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Elizabeth Banks is nonetheless comparatively new to the filmmaking sport. Since her directorial debut in 2015 (\u201cPitch Perfect 2\u201d), she\u2019s solely launched one different movie, 2019\u2019s \u201cCharlie\u2019s Angels.\u201d And she\u2019s on the cusp of releasing her third characteristic, \u201cCocaine Bear.\u201d But if she had her means, there may need been another movie on that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-63270","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}