movies Thor 2 Looks to Mads Mikkelsen for Villain Role

[Rappy Veteran]

Mads Mikkelsen looks like he may be taking a trip to the Marvel Universe. Variety reports that the Casino Royale star is in talks to play a still-unspecified villain in Thor 2.

The film will mark the third big screen appearance of Chris Hemsworth's Thor and Tom Hiddleston's Loki following 2011's Thor and this year's Marvel's The Avengers. Natalie Portman, Jaimie Alexander and Idris Elba have been confirmed to be returning for the Alan Taylor-directed sequel as well, though even more of the first film's cast likely to be back as well.

Mikkelsen is no stranger to Norse legend nor to tales of gods and men, having appeared in Nicolas Winding Refn's Valhalla Rising and the 2010 remake of Clash of the Titans.

Featuring a screenplay by Robert Rodat and Don Payne, Thor 2 is scheduled to be released on November 15, 2013.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=90623

[LOC Veteran]

Nice. I liked him quite a bit in Casino Royale. Also, glad the original cast is all coming back for the sequel. It would have SUCKED hard if they had to recast any of them, let alone Natalie Portman (who I hope they do a bit more with story wise this time around, instead of her running around dumbfounded half the time lol).

[DrJohnSmitherson]

Im gonna be picturing him in a casino the whole time haha

[BoredBozirini]

Nice. I liked him quite a bit in Casino Royale. Also, glad the original cast is all coming back for the sequel. It would have SUCKED hard if they had to recast any of them, let alone Natalie Portman (who I hope they do a bit more with story wise this time around, instead of her running around dumbfounded half the time lol).

That's what the South Park episode was for.

[shakey]

I disliked Loki in Thor.. but just adored him in The Avengers. Was just so much more depth to his character it seemed. On that note, I'm really looking forward to the new Marvel movies. If they can just keep the same formula that made The Avengers good....

[Razorwing]

Interesting. Just wait till he says something in the lines of "Your move, Mr.Bond." lol.

[Rappy Veteran]

In the latest issue of Empire Magazine, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige has shared his thoughts on the massive box office success of The Avengers (which just yesterday became the fastest film to gross $500 million domestically). "I was just hoping it would beat the opening weekend of Iron Man 2, which was the biggest opening weekend for any Marvel Studios movie. We did 80 or 90 million above that. As the numbers started coming in on Friday night, Saturday night, Sunday night, they just kept getting bigger and bigger, into areas I would never in a million years have believed."

The Avengers was not the finale for us," he reiterates, making it clear that Joss Whedon's superhero ensemble is far from the conclusion of everything the studio has been working towards. "It was a giant, giant marker, but it was never the finale. We are already well into the plan for the next phase of our little cinematic universe." That next phase includes Thor 2, and Feige had this to say about what we should expect from the sequel. "We're going to see the other side of Asgard. It's not all polished and golden in this film. And the events of Avengers will have affected Thor for sure. His relationship with Loki will continue to evolve, and the biggest part is Natalie and Thor returning with Jane Foster."

After Loki failed Thanos in The Avengers, many fans assumed that he'll be heading to Asgard seeking his revenge and a chance to get his hands on the Infinity Gauntlet. Well, the Marvel Studios boss was quick to stamp that rumour out when the magazine put the idea to him. However, he did promise the introduction of an altogether different bad guy for the God of Thunder to face off against (who will presumably be played by Mads Mikkelsen). "No, future, future. But there will be a major new villain. A major, major new antagonist..."

http://www.empireonline.com/