The powerful but arrogant warrior Thor is cast out of the fantastic realm of Asgard and sent to live amongst humans on Earth, where he soon becomes one of their finest defenders.
Directed by Kenneth Branagh and set for release on May 6th, 2011 ‘THOR’ stars; Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Natalie Portman, Jane Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Jaimie Alexander, Colm Feore, Stellan Skarsgård, Renee Russo, Ray Stevenson, Tadanobu Asano, Josh Dallas, Idris Elba, and Justin Chatwin.
THOR and ODIN in a scene from 'THOR'
CHRIS HEMSWORTH (THOR), ANTHONY HOPKINS (ODIN), and TOM HIDDLESTON (LOKI) in a scene from 'THOR'
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CIARAN HINDS (ROME, THERE WILL BE BLOOD), VIOLANTE PLACIDO (THE AMERICAN), IDRIS ELBA (THOR, OBSESSED), and JOHNNY WHITWORTH (CSI: MIAMI, 3:10 TO YUMA) are all in talks or have been confirmed to join the cast of GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE.
Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor will direct the film, scheduled for release in 3D and 2D on February 17, 2012. Shooting is scheduled to start in November in Romania and Turkey.
The film “sees Johnny Blaze, aka Ghost Rider (Cage), hiding out in remote Eastern Europe and struggling to repress his curse. Blaze is recruited by a sect to take on the devil (Ciaran Hinds), who wants to take over his mortal son’s body on the kid’s birthday.”
Elba plays an alcoholic warrior monk tasked with finding Ghost Rider. Whitworth plays a criminal who is recruited by the devil to find the boy and is later turned into a demonic creature.
CHRIS HEMSWORTH as MARVEL's leading GOD OF THUNDER
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THOR has been filming for a few months now and the first official still from the movie with CHRIS HEMSWORTH as the Norse God Of Thunder has finally made it to the web – probably to help tease us further about one of the other big Marvel movies, ‘IRON MAN 2’, which is on deck for release next weekend.
‘THOR’ release date: May 6, 2011
The latest casting info:
Chris Hemsworth as Thor – the God of Thunder
Tom Hiddleston as Loki
Natalie Portman as Thor’s human love interest – Jane Foster
Anthony Hopkins as Odin
Jaimie Alexander as Thor’s Asgardian love interest – Sif
Colm Feore as a yet to be revealed villian
Stellan Skarsgård as Professor Andrew Ford
Renee Russo as Frigga
Ray Stevenson as Volstagg
Tadanobu Asano as Hogun
Josh Dallas as Fandral
Idris Elba as Heimdall
Justin Chatwin as Balder
Plot snopsis: Partially disabled medical student Dr. Donald Blake discovers his heretofore unknown alter ego, the Norse warrior, Thor.
Chris Hemsworth as Thor – the God of Thunder
Tom Hiddleston as Loki
Natalie Portman as Thor’s human love interest – Jane Foster
Anthony Hopkins as Odin
Jaimie Alexander as Thor’s Asgardian love interest – Sif
Colm Feore as a yet to be revealed villian
Stellan Skarsgård as Professor Andrew Ford
Renee Russo as Frigga
Ray Stevenson as Volstagg
Tadanobu Asano as Hogun
Josh Dallas as Fandral
Idris Elba as Heimdall
Justin Chatwin as Balder
Plot snopsis: Partially disabled medical student Dr. Donald Blake discovers his heretofore unknown alter ego, the Norse warrior, Thor.
The addition of Ray Stevenson is an interesting cast addition – actually kind of funny if you’re familiar with the comic book. The character Volstagg could end up being a sort of comic insert in some scenes a la Gimli from the Lord Of The Rings trilogy.
Odin is Thor’s father, the ruler of the Norse Gods, and one bad azz mamma jamma you don’t want to mess with.
ODIN
Other confirmed cast for the Kenneth Branagh directed THOR, which has a confirmed release date of May 20th, 2011, includes:
Chris Hemsworth as Thor – the God of Thunder
Tom Hiddleston as Loki
Natalie Portman as Thor’s human love interest – Jane Foster
Jaimie Alexander as Thor’s Asgardian love interest – Sif
Colm Feore as a yet to be revealed villian
Stellan Skarsgård as a top-secret as yet unrevealed role
For more info on all of these casting updates click HERE.
In an article in the German edition of Gentlemen’s Quarterly aka GQ, [Matthias Schweighöfer] states that he’s in the running for a role in Branagh’s THOR, but he also mentions that Jude Law and Robert DeNiro have joined the cast.
Stellan Skarsgård is ready for a role in action movie “Thor.” Everything is still secret about the project and Skarsgård can not reveal what role he will play.
So far the Kenneth Branagh directed THOR has Chris Hemsworth as Thor – the God of Thunder, Tom Hiddleston as Loki, Natalie Portman as Thor’s human love interest – Jane Foster, Jaimie Alexander as Thor’s Asgardian love interest – Sif, and Colm Feore and now Skarsgård as top-secret as yet unrevealed roles.
Skarsgård really is a spectacular and obvious choice for the movie. He was a major bad ass as the Saxon King Cerdic in the recent KING ARTHUR movie and would be great as any of the Norse Pantheon from the Marvel comic book.
David Goyer is in early talks to create the story and supervise writers for a [GHOST RIDER] film expected to once again star Nicolas Cage, who played the highly flammable cyclist in the 2007 original.
Through a spokesperson, Goyer said he hadn’t signed on yet. But plans are already under way to base the sequel on a “Ghost Rider” script written years ago by Goyer, whose superhero work includes hit screen transfers of DC’s “BATMAN BEGINS” and Marvel’s “BLADE” franchise. The original “Ghost Rider” was scripted by director Mark Steven Johnson.
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