Archive for the ‘Thor’ Category
The latest star to join the Thor movie cast is Idris Elba, who will be playing Heimdall, the guardian of Asgard. Filming for the movie begins in mid-January in Manhattan Beach, California.
Variety posted, then took down an article, which prompted Marvel to officially announce that Stuart Towsend, Ray Stevenson, and Tadanobu Asano have been cast the play The Warriors Three, in the upcoming Kenneth Branagh Thor movie. Good news for those who have been wanting to know who would play the Asgardians who fight alongside the Norse god. Rumors were tossed around the last couple of weeks that everyone from Robert De Niro to Jude Law would be playing the warrior team.
If you make it a habit to read USA Weekend, you may have seen the interview with Chuck star Zachary Levi, who said he had been cast as Fandral in the upcoming Thor movie to be directed by Kenneth Branagh. Unfortunately, NBC extended the third season, which means Zach had to drop out of the flick.
Levi was cast as Fandral, one of Thor’s Warriors Three in the comic book adaptation, and the actor had even been working out especially for the role, but had to walk away when they got the extra pickup. (Levi admits that producers had asked him to audition for the role of the usually beefy God of Thunder, but told them no. “I’m tall and in pretty good shape, but I’m not big and girthy like that,” he says.)
That’s the question Marvel is asking this morning, with the implication that Captain America and Thor will be teaming to save Tony Stark in the upcoming Iron Man #21, arriving December 09, 2009.
Apparently, it allows you to crash a floating city into an unsuspecting town in Oklahoma.
For some reason I’m on a Marvel kick this week, and I happened across this piece by Top Cow artist Stjepan Sejic.
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Yes, another teaser image from Marvel, this time with Thor getting smacked around by Osborne, and a mysterious silhouette.
For months the Intardwebz rumors have been flying as to who will be joining the cast of Kenneth Branagh’s Thor movie. While we’ve known Chris Hemsworth will be Thor, and Tom Hiddleston and Natalie Portman will play mortals, the Asgardians have been kept secret. That is until yesterday’s announcement that Sir Anthony Hopkins will be growing his facial hair out to play Odin, Thor’s father, and ruler of Asgard.
The Kenneth Branagh directed Thor cast might just get a little bit bigger if reports of new cast members is true. Matthais Schweighofer let slip that he, Jude Law, and Robert De Niro were all up for parts in the upcoming Thor movie. With all the Asgardians needed to fill roles, it wouldn’t surprise me to see other well known celebs make appearances, however with Loki already cast, I wonder what part Jude Law would play, let alone Schweighofer and De Niro.
Let your thoughts fly in the comment section!
There’s so much movie news coming out of H’wood this morning, that we’re bringing back the Rapid Roundup of Hollywood News. Some of it is clearly in the rumor category, while other entries are confirmed fact – we’ll leave it up to you to decide which is fact, and which is fan boy fantasy.
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Marvel’s Digital Comics Unlimited service just got a tad more interesting with the release of the exclusive three-issue mini-series Wolverine vs. Thor.
From veteran Wolverine scribe Frank Tieri and fan favorite artist Paco Diaz, begins a three part epic in which Logan confronts by an army of his greatest foes—all at the same time! How can Wolvie possibly survive? And will Thor join the fray as friend or foe?
Those who are already subscribed to the service, can check the issue out right here.
Here’s a bit of breaking news – Natalie Portman has just been signed to appear in the upcoming Thor movie directed by Kenneth Branagh. Portman will be playing Jane Foster, love interest to the Norse god.
From the Wiki
At first she was a nurse for Donald Blake, eventually developing feelings for him, not knowing that Blake and Thor were one and the same. The love triangle went on for a while, until Thor revealed his secret identity to Jane, and in return even took her to Asgard with him. There, Jane was briefly granted immortality and the power of gods until after failing to pass the tests of courage set forth by Odin. At this point, stripped of her new powers, Jane left Asgard to returned to Earth. Jane and Thor eventually broke up, and she later met her current husband Dr. Keith Kincaid and had a son with him. For a time, Odin even wiped the memories Jane had of Thor away from her, but she eventually gained them back. After that, Jane was occasionally seen assisting the Avengers when the need arose.
The movie is still scheduled to hit theaters May 20, 2011.
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Yup, it’s another one of those cryptic images Marvel sends out now and again to signal some big something coming down the road. This time it has to do with Thor and Hercules.
Incredible Hercules #136, arrives in October.
File this one way down in the rumor column, as word trickles out that Jessica Biel has been cast in the upcoming Thor movie. The rumor has Biel playing the “love interest” to Thor, which means she could play Jane Foster, Amora, or Sif.
I’m not sure the Intardwebz were aflame this week over the announcement that J. Michael Straczynski was leaving Thor in September, but it sure had a great number of you concerned – especially when it comes to dangling storylines. Fortuantely, Marvel released more information about the changes ahead, that you can read after the jump.
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