At the recent San Diego Comic-Con, we caught up with Taika Waititi, the dapper director of Thor: Ragnarok, to ask him a few questions about the highly-anticipated Marvel sequel—though he soon admitted that one of the first things he did was toss aside the idea that he was making a sequel at all.
Source: Gizmodo – Taika Waititi Approached Thor: Ragnarok As a Standalone Movie, Not a Sequel