Thor

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http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/14965.html

Chris Hemsworth is close to being cast as the lead in Marvel’s Thor feature, according to the Hollywood trades. Hemsworth has been on the big screen the last couple of weeks as Jim Kirk’s father in the new Star Trek feature.

http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/14975.html

Tom Hiddleston will play Loki in Marvel’s production of Thor, the studio announced Monday. Hiddleston has previously worked with Thor director Kenneth Branagh (see “Branagh on Thor Movie”) in the London production of Chekhov’s Ivanov; they also starred together in the BBC series Wallander.

Hiddleston was nominated twice for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Newcomer in 2008, for his roles in Othello and Cymbeline; he won for Cymbeline. Hiddleston also played Winston Churchill’s son in HBO’s The Gathering Storm.

Click the links for pics of the actors. I'm waiting to see who will the play the female cast. They better fill out the costumes well.

[Dubird 6,815]

So George Kirk will be Thor? Wow, that's just....odd.

[Kuwabara 758]

Can't believe Marvel is actually making Thor... I don't see how this will work. It's kinda like a Wonder Woman movie, too much mythology to rake in the big bucks

[Sledgstone 8,672]

They're doing a Thor movie, because Thor will be in the avengers movie they're releasing in 2011. (I think its 2011 now.)

[Kuwabara 758]

Ah I forgot about the avengers movie... Man, DC is so behind.

I still dont think the Thor movie will be a success or even a Captain America movie. But an Avengers movie should be awesome, if they have a competent badguy.

[DeathscytheX 9,732]

Its better than casting Triple H as Thor.

[Kuwabara 758]

Triple H looks kinda like Thor though!

[Sledgstone 8,672]

Ah I forgot about the avengers movie... Man, DC is so behind.

I still dont think the Thor movie will be a success or even a Captain America movie. But an Avengers movie should be awesome, if they have a competent badguy.

I wouldn't be surprised if the first avengers movie ends up being the avengers vs an out of control Hulk.

[Eppy 3,446]

Hiddleston is a pretty good match for Loki hmm

[Kite 3,263]

i think it could work well provided they don't go too much into the mythology and ball's up the characters and story

[Kuwabara 758]

How can they not though? It's Thor after all, and I swear if he speaks like he does in comics and the animated movies!

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http://marvel.com/news/moviestories.8745.Thor_Update~colon~_Portman_Cast_as_Jane_Foster

Natalie Portman is going to be in the new Thor movie... She'll be playing Jane Foster. Who I guess was Thor's first love interest, but she never became a major character in the marvel universe.

[Kite 3,263]

if she gets kidnapped and Thor has to rescue her, ill walk out the cinema,

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http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/16142.html

Anthony Hopkins has been cast to play Odin in Marvel’s production of Thor, according to the Hollywood trades. Several other cast members have previously been announced for the Kenneth Branagh film, including Jaimie Alexander and Colm Feore, Natalie Portman (Jane Foster), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), and Chris Hemsworth (Thor). Production is slated to begin in January.

Sweet. If they put him in a helmet, a huge coat and put an eye patch on him, I could see him pulling it off.