Thor

Friday, November 20

Thor Update: Casting, Set Report, and Stan Lee's Cameo

Thor, which starts production in mid-January, seems to be on the fast track to complete its casting. Earlier this week, director Kenneth Branagh and Marvel cast the Warriors Three, and today, THR reports that Idris Elba has joined the cast as Heimdall, the guardian of Asgard.While the cast is coming together, the cameo role for Stan Lee isn't. Lee Told MTV that he has met with Branagh, but a cameo role has not been chosen yet.I had lunch... [more]

11.17.2009 Thor Casts the Warriors Three

Variety reports that Ray Stevenson (Punisher: War Zone), Stuart Townsend (Queen of the Damned), and Tadanobu Asano (Mongol) have been cast in Thor as The Warrio...[more]

11.16.2009 Jaimie Alexander Stunt Training For Thor

Thor starts production in mid-January, which means that there is still plenty of time to prepare for the movie. That's exactly what Jaimie Alexander is doing i...[more]

11.14.2009 Zachary Levi Turned Down Role in Thor for Chuck

The nerd-spy TV series Chuck faced down cancellation and came out victorious, even adding six more episodes to the thirteen already on order for its third seaso...[more]

11.13.2009 Thor Begins Production in January

ProductionWeekly used its Twitter account to announce that Thor was heading in front of the cameras early next year.Filming on Marvel's Thor is scheduled to...[more]

10.30.2009 Anthony Hopkins to Rule Thor

THR reports that Anthony Hopkins is in negotiations to play Odin in Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of Thor. This contradicts earlier reports that Branagh-regular ...[more]

10.21.2009 Dominic Cooper Could Be in Thor; Jude Law Isn't and DeNiro Probably Won't Be

Over the weekend, the Internet was abuzz with rumors that Jude Law and Robert DeNiro would be joining the cast of Kenneth Branagh's Thor, but GossipCop claims t...[more]

10.18.2009 Robert DeNiro and Jude Law May Be Joining Cast of Thor

The Kenneth Branagh-led live-action adaptation of the classic Marvel Comics character Thor may have just gotten another injection of star power. After little-k...[more]

10.14.2009 Jon Favreau Won't Direct The Avengers

Jon Favreau has left hints that he'd be directing the upcoming Avengers movie for some time now, saying his involvement was "yet to be determined." It looks lik...[more]

10.14.2009 Comic Scribe Says Thor Script Is "Very, Very Good"

In the past, comic book writers were the last people Hollywood would go to for advice about their adaptations. That's changing, though. With many of the top-gro...[more]