'Thor 3' Lands New Writer (Exclusive) 

Taika Waititi, who co-wrote and co-directed the vampire spoof 'What We Do in the Shadows,' came on board as helmer in October.

Stephany Folsom has been tapped to work on the script for

It’s the first move on the Marvel Studios project since early October, when Taika Waititi, who co-wrote and co-directed the vampire spoof

, came on board to helm the project, the third installment of Marvel’s

Chris Hemsworth will be back as the Norse god of thunder for the film that is also due to feature a team-up with the Hulk.

Christopher Yost and Craig Kyle previously worked on the script.

Folsom is the latest female writer to be brought into the Marvel stable, whose stock in trade is a genre that many think of as male-oriented. Marvel already had Nicole Perlman as a writer on

Folsom is best known for her 2013 Black List script

1969: A Space Odyssey or How Kubrick Learned to Stop Worrying and Land on the Moon

. The drama earned high marks in its alternate-history telling of a publicist that convinces filmmaker Stanley Kubrick to work with NASA in order to fake the moon landing.

, Disney’s unique princess tale inspired by the true account of an American man claiming a territory in Africa and proclaiming himself and his family its royal rulers.

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