Thor

[Rappy Veteran]

Townsend, Stevenson, & Asano Are Thor's Warrior's Three

Marvel's movie about the winged-helmet clad hero Thor is shaping up to be quite an intriguing flick. While I don't particularly have an invested interest in the character himself, I'm mystified by the assembly of talent from Kenneth Branagh directing his first comic book movie to up-and-comer Chris Hemsworth picking up the hammer as Thor and most recently Anthony Hopkins in negotiations to play Thor's father Odin. Now even more intrigue builds as Variety reports that Stuart Townsend, Ray Stevenson, and Tadanobu Asano (Mongol) will play the Warrior's Three, a trio of Asgardian adventurers who fight alongside Thor.

Warrior's Three is made up of Fandral, Hogun and Volstagg, who are original characters created by Marvel and not based on Norse mythology like most characters in the Thor series. This must mean those rumors about Robert De Niro and Jude Law joining Thor (as the Warrior's Three) weren't true after all. These three, however, are formidable alternatives. Of course we'll have to wait quite awhile to see the Warrior's Three in action anyway, as Branagh's Thor won't hit theaters until 2011. This also stars Tom Hiddleston, Natalie Portman, Jaimie Alexander, Stellan Skarsg?rd, and Samuel L. Jackson.

[LOC Veteran]

Sam Jackson is playing his character from the other movies though right, not a different seperate character in Thor?

[Rappy Veteran]

Yeah he's playing Nick Fury

[LOC Veteran]

Sweet. That'll be neato!

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

Sweet. That'll be neato!

You actually want Sam L to play him? :huh:

Worst character casting in a looooooong time :no:

[Rappy Veteran]

You actually want Sam L to play him? :huh:

Worst character casting in a looooooong time :no:

what Nick Fury?, granted he had only a small role in Ironman he will have a bigger role in IM2

[LOC Veteran]

You actually want Sam L to play him? :huh:

Worst character casting in a looooooong time :no:

Well I'm not a huge fan of Jackson's either, but he is a very high profile actor to be in these types of movies (sorta the same if DeNiro signed on) and adds alot of weight to it's profile imo.

I just like that they are going to keep continuity between these movies and keep Fury in and Jackson in as Fury.

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

what Nick Fury?, granted he had only a small role in Ironman he will have a bigger role in IM2

Not looking forward to it one bit :(

Not that I care much about Nick Fury to begin with, he's hardly a favourite of mine, but still terrible casting imo. Sam L is an awful actor, I can't think of one role I've liked him in.

As long as the rest of the movie is in line with the first (and improved obv), I'm happy.

[Rappy Veteran]

I am a bit worried because I think the Thor story isn't that great :unsure: but I have faith!

[rathefeare]

Jackson is okay by me. He has only had like 2 minutes of screen time total though, so I don't know how good or bad he will be as Fury. By this time though he is established in 2 or 3 films though so might as well stick with him if possible and if he doesn't break the bank.

Natalie Portman actually disappoints me. I had her pegged as the perfect Wasp in the eventual Avengers movie. I figure when they do Avengers they will want at least 2 female members. Portman as Wasp and Scarlett as Black Widow would work out pretty well. This role is pretty minor for her and effectively keeps her from a bigger role in the Marvel universe.

[Rappy Veteran]

Marvel's Joe Quesada and comics writer Brian Michael Bendis have been tweeting about the sets they visited for Marvel Studios' Thor. Quesada wrote:

I could listen to Branagh talk about Thor all day long. Cast is in place, sets are being built and screenplay is brilliant. Marveldom rules!

Bendis added the following in two tweets:

Broadcasting live from marvel west. Thor movie meeting with Ken branagh was over the top amazing. Visited the sets! I was in Odin's chamber!

U should get in line for the Thor movie today. Just saying.

Sounds like things are well underway. Thor, to be directed by Kenneth Branagh and opening May 20, 2011, stars Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Jaimie Alexander, Colm Feore, Samuel L. Jackson, Stellan Skarsgard, Stuart Townsend, Ray Stevenson and Tadanobu Asano.

SHH

[Rappy Veteran]

Idris Elba, whom fans of The Wire know as Stringer Bell, has been cast as Heimdell, the Asgardian who stands guard at BiFrost Bridge, always ready to defend Asgard from intruders. [/Film]

[Rappy Veteran]

Natalie Portman let slip that her friend Kat Dennings (Nick And Norah's Infinite Playlist) will be in this film with her ? and speculation is, she'll play Enchantress. [MTV via Cinematical]

[Rappy Veteran]

Natalie Portman let slip that her friend Kat Dennings (Nick And Norah's Infinite Playlist) will be in this film with her ? and speculation is, she'll play Enchantress. [MTV via Cinematical]

Variety has confirmed that Kat Dennings? will be in Marvel?s Thor and the role she will be in the film and is reporting that she will play Darcy, who works with Natalie Portman?s character, Jane Foster.

MTV Splash Page recently spoke with Thor star Natalie Portman, who was promoting her newest film Brothers, and she revealed that Kat Dennings (Nick and Norah?s Infinite Playlist) had a role in Thor as well saying:

?Well I?m really excited,? Portman told MTV News. ?Kat Dennings is going to be in it with me and she?s a good friend and an amazing actress, so I?m looking forward to that.?

At the time Portman wouldn?t reveal the role but that has since been confirmed. Dennings is just a long line of people who have hit the Thor cast which includes the following;

Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Sir Anthony Hopkins as Odin, Natalie Portman as Jane Foster, Jamie Alexander as Sif, Tom Wilkinson as Loki, and many more will bring this comic book adaptation to life. Kenneth Branagh is directing the film.

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Renner As Hawkeye?

Casting news for Kenneth Branagh's Thor has been hitting the internet news table hot and heavy for the past few weeks, but so far, it's all about the characters within Thor and Dr. Donald Blake's general circle of friends and foes. What about something to tie that into the planned (and already scheduled!) Avengers movie that's to follow?

In the latest Empire Magazine, actor Jeremy Renner was asked something during an interview to which his reply seemed to indicate that Marvel Studios is looking for an actor to appear, albeit briefly, as Hawkeye in Branagh's movie as a teaser for when all the Marvel heroes band together, similar to Samuel L. Jackson's cameo at the end of Iron Man.

"Hawkeye could be interesting," he told them. "They're going to send me some stuff on it, see what it is, but I think they're pretty awesome, trying to make superhero movies almost plausible and not just some fantasy thing."

Some may remember that when ComingSoon.net/Superhero Hype spoke to Renner much earlier this year, he had mentioned he was interested in doing a movie based on a graphic novel, and that he was looking at taking a part in Sylvain White's The Losers. (Remember that?)

That never happened, and yeah, this basically sounds like the same thing, which means that he hasn't gotten or taken the part as of yet, but anyone who has seen Renner in Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker will realize that playing a hotshot soldier on an Iraq bomb squad and playing a hotshot superhero with mad skills with the bow and arrow is not that far removed. Here's hoping this is one role he takes and gets, because we'd love to see Renner butting heads with Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man.

Either way, Renner's comment does seem to point that we'll be seeing Hawkeye on the big screen very soon (and let's hope that Brian Michael Bendis doesn't suggest they kill him in one of those crazy Marvel movie production summit meetings we keep hearing about!)

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

Ah, Jeremy Renner. He starred in The Hurt Locker. It might be a little weird seeing him as Hawkeye but I think he'll fit the role well. I'm not so sure about Kat Dennings though.

[McCordRm]

I'm not so sure about Kat Dennings though.

I am. Have you seen her photos? I'd pay just to watch her run around in an amazon suit with the mute button activated.

:)

[detoxa]

I cant wait to see this , Sounds very cool. Slightly off topic i know, but id love to see a "Marvel - Civil War" film. (It'd never happen tho' :no: )

Civil War

[Rappy Veteran]

Someone posted a ton of rumors about the plot of these upcoming Marvel movies. Thor apparently starts with six warriors in Asgard: Thor, Loki, the Warriors Three and Sif. Loki, Odin's adopted son, usurps the throne and Thor is cast down to Earth. Thor crashlands in the desert, where he's run over by a PhD cosmology student (Natalie Portman) and her Norwegian professor (Stellan Skarsgard), who are driving out to study a strange cloud in the cosmos through a telescope.

When they realize that Thor really is the Norse thunder god, Skarsgard, who grew up with Norse mythology, can't deal with it and he goes on a drinking binge.

The screenplay ends with a five-page battle, showcasing Thor's and Loki's contrasting fighting styles ? Thor is all about raw power, but Loki is all about the fluid grace and slipperiness. And the closing battle is the first thing they'll film.

But Loki survives the end of that movie, to become either the main villain in The Avengers, or one of the main villains. The Avengers opens with twenty minutes of Loki mind-controlling Bruce Banner and sending the Hulk on a murderous rampage, thus causing Captain America, Iron Man and Thor to come together.

Bear in mind, these are Internet rumors, so the usual wheelbarrow full of salt is indicated. [Comic Book Movie Fansites]

[Rappy Veteran]

What version of Marvel's Norse God superhero are we going to see in the movie version of Thor? From out of nowhere, a rumor comes that it's not the one we've all been expecting. Spoilers?

Ain't It Cool offers this surprising tidbit:

[W]e contacted a 100% tested and solid source, someone intimately familiar with the movie Kenneth Branagh is making, and he or she tells AICN [Thor's comic book alter ego] Donald Blake is definitely NOT in the movie.

Stay tuned.

To which we say: Wait, what? Our first reaction is, that has to be wrong. For one thing, we know that Natalie Portman has been cast as Jane Foster, who's long been Donald Blake's love interest in the comics. For another, Variety has described the movie as

center[ing] on a partly disabled med student who discovers his Norse god alter ego, the hammer-swinging Thor.

If that doesn't describe Donald Blake - who, admittedly, was a partially disabled doctor, not a med student, in the original comics - then we have no idea what it's meant to describe. But if AICN's source isn't wrong, then are we to look forward to a movie Thor similar to, but not, either the regular or Ultimate universe Thors? Stay tuned, indeed.

Will Alter-Ego Donald Blake Be In Thor Or Not?? [Ain't It Cool]

[LOC Veteran]

Someone posted a ton of rumors about the plot of these upcoming Marvel movies. Thor apparently starts with six warriors in Asgard: Thor, Loki, the Warriors Three and Sif. Loki, Odin's adopted son, usurps the throne and Thor is cast down to Earth. Thor crashlands in the desert, where he's run over by a PhD cosmology student (Natalie Portman) and her Norwegian professor (Stellan Skarsgard), who are driving out to study a strange cloud in the cosmos through a telescope.

When they realize that Thor really is the Norse thunder god, Skarsgard, who grew up with Norse mythology, can't deal with it and he goes on a drinking binge.

The screenplay ends with a five-page battle, showcasing Thor's and Loki's contrasting fighting styles ? Thor is all about raw power, but Loki is all about the fluid grace and slipperiness. And the closing battle is the first thing they'll film.

But Loki survives the end of that movie, to become either the main villain in The Avengers, or one of the main villains. The Avengers opens with twenty minutes of Loki mind-controlling Bruce Banner and sending the Hulk on a murderous rampage, thus causing Captain America, Iron Man and Thor to come together.

Bear in mind, these are Internet rumors, so the usual wheelbarrow full of salt is indicated. [Comic Book Movie Fansites]

That sounds quite awesom:D:D

What version of Marvel's Norse God superhero are we going to see in the movie version of Thor? From out of nowhere, a rumor comes that it's not the one we've all been expecting. Spoilers?

Ain't It Cool offers this surprising tidbit:

[W]e contacted a 100% tested and solid source, someone intimately familiar with the movie Kenneth Branagh is making, and he or she tells AICN [Thor's comic book alter ego] Donald Blake is definitely NOT in the movie.

Stay tuned.

To which we say: Wait, what? Our first reaction is, that has to be wrong. For one thing, we know that Natalie Portman has been cast as Jane Foster, who's long been Donald Blake's love interest in the comics. For another, Variety has described the movie as

center[ing] on a partly disabled med student who discovers his Norse god alter ego, the hammer-swinging Thor.

If that doesn't describe Donald Blake - who, admittedly, was a partially disabled doctor, not a med student, in the original comics - then we have no idea what it's meant to describe. But if AICN's source isn't wrong, then are we to look forward to a movie Thor similar to, but not, either the regular or Ultimate universe Thors? Stay tuned, indeed.

Will Alter-Ego Donald Blake Be In Thor Or Not?? [Ain't It Cool]

Uh, no. NO.

[Raktael]

I'd like to see the alter-ego side of things because it just sits better with the characters they are using and would allow him some semblence of a normal life when he's not being Thor...if you see what I mean.

[Rappy Veteran]

Jeremy Renner, who might be playing Hawkeye, says we won't be seeing a traditional version of the archer's costume:

"It's going to be modernized, it's not going to be the guy with the big purple [mask], it's not going to be a guy in tights. It's going to be a guy in sunglasses and a vest. He's going to be more modernized and I'm gonna say 'a cooler-looking version' and not the big weird costume he had on. I don't think they're going that route."

[Xero]

I think the idea of modernizing it is required for The Avengers movie to make sense with the universe Iron Man has created but I'm worried when he says **** like sunglasses and a vest, and cooler in the same sentence. :no:

[Rappy Veteran]

[M_Lyons10]

I've grown to really enjoy Stan Lee's cameos... lol I liked seeing Lew Ferigno in Hulk too.