Thor. God of Thunder and weilder of the hammer mjolnir. Son of the
all-father Odin, the sovereign of Asgard, home to the norse gods of
legend. He is Odin's favoured son and half-brother to Loki, god of
mischief.
Kenneth Branagh the acclaimed director and Shakespearen actor is
already confirmed as having taken on the mantel of director for the Thor Movie due sometime in
2011. He will be working with, Brian Blessed (Odin), Christopher
Helmsworth (Thor, and recently of Star trek) Tom Hiddlestone (Loki) and
few a other actors rumoured to be appearing in the motion picture (S. Jackson, anyone?)
Signed on to play Thor's mortal (Dr Donald Blake) love interest is none other than Natalie Portman, adding some more weight of an already promising and impressive looking cast. Portman will play Jane Foster, and will play her as a scientist rather than the nurse that comic book readers will be used to seeing the character being. Jessica Biel meanwhile is rumoured to play Thor's wife, the goddess Sif.
I can't deny that I'm very interested in seeing this one, I'd like to see what the group involved brings to this.
Would anybody like to share their views on the casting so far?
The news on this film just gets better and better as the months roll by. Branagh is a great director and actor and he will bring a high level of quality to this film. I have to temper my enthusiasm so as I won't have too high expectations, but I still think this is going to be one of the best Marvel hero films.
