Can there really be a Thor without Chris Hemsworth? One might theorize about Odin’s only son walking the realms anew, reborn with someone else’s face, but in today’s MCU ecosystem there has only ever been one thunder-god whose smirk can crack a universe and whose hammer swings like a born legend. Brother to Loki, heir to the Bifröst’s roar, Thor is Hemsworth.

And even he leaned in when asked about that legacy, knowing full well the world watches every syllable he drops.

In an off-beat promotional segment during Complex’s new series Family Style Fortune Cookies with co-star Halle Berry for Crime 101, Chris Hemsworth was handed fate by way of fortune cookies, each one a scripted prompt about cinematic destiny. One cookie read: “Is this the last we’ll see of Thor?” When Berry posed the question, Hemsworth did not deflect. 

“I’d like to do more [movies]. I love it.”, Chris Hemsworth admitted. 

But he went on to clarify that whether or not it happens, that “we just don't know.”

The moment functioned as something more revealing. When asked, by Berry who herself may appear in Doomsday, whether this would be the last time audiences see Thor, Hemsworth answered as someone fully aware of what Doomsday represents narratively: an inflection point, a potential endpoint, a convenient place for Marvel to close books.

His response makes one thing clear, he does not see Doomsday as Thor’s curtain call.

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And speaking of futures, Hemsworth is not waiting around for Asgard to call. He has already pivoted to something darker, sharper, and very terrestrial.

While comic fans speculate, Chris Hemsworth’s current film Crime 101 has already premiered and is turning heads. Directed by Bart Layton and adapted from Don Winslow’s acclaimed novella, this gritty L.A. heist thriller pairs him with Halle Berry and Mark Ruffalo. 

Hemsworth plays a cunning jewel thief whose run along the 101 freeway collides with a disillusioned insurance broker (Berry) and a relentless detective (Ruffalo), creating a tense, character-driven narrative that’s as stylish as it is kinetic.

The production pedigree underscores why Crime 101 is being read as a strategic pivot. The film is produced by Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan of Working Title, alongside Shane Salerno and Hemsworth himself, a key detail that signals authorship rather than obligation. 

If Doomsday is meant to be a turning point for the MCU, it does not have to be an endpoint for the God of Thunder. The question now is whether Marvel is willing to let him move forward instead of closing the book.

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So what do you think? Should Thor’s future be reinvention, reckoning, or a final saga worthy of thunder? Share your take.