Wonder Woman franchise director Patty Jenkins, who was once attached to direct Thor: The Dark World for Marvel Studios, has explained why she departed the project following previous reports of creative differences.
During an appearance on the WTF with Marc Maron podcast, Jenkins explained that she believed she couldn’t make a good movie out of the story the studio was wanting to tell.
“They wanted to do a story that I thought was not going to succeed, and I knew that it couldn’t be me. It couldn’t be me that had that happen. I was like, if they hired any guy to do it, it was going to be no big deal. But I knew in my heart I could not make a good movie out of the story they wanted to do.”
Jenkins continued to discuss why she attached herself to the Thor sequel, which would have been her first feature film since 2003’s Monster, before moving on to direct both Wonder Woman and Wonder Woman 1984.
“It was just something I wanted in, I wanted to do a big superhero film, and I started saying that right away after Monster. People were confused by [that],” Jenkins said. “I got every woman film, a story about women who blah blah blah. I want to make movies about women, but I don’t want to make movies about being a woman. That’s so boring (laughs). I want to make movies about women doing all kinds of things.”
Jenkins continued, “So people were kind of confused, but word got out that I wanted to do a superhero film. And to Marvel’s credit, [they hired me] on a movie that did not require a woman at all, so I’ve always been super grateful to them even though it didn’t work out.”
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Following the departure of Patty Jenkins from Thor: The Dark World, Alan Taylor took over directorial duties on the film which would later become the worst-received MCU title to date. The franchise was later reinvigorated by director Taika Waititi with his colour and comedic instalment, Thor: Ragnarok. Waititi is also set to helm the fourth instalment in the series, titled Thor: Love and Thunder, which is set to based on The Mighty Thor comic book and will incorporate Jane Foster’s cancer storyline.
