By Odin’s Beard! Anthony Hopkins is Thor’s Daddy

Surprise? Don’t be. “Thor” is being directed by Kenneth Branagh, after all. Once Marvel Studios hired on the Shakespeare man, it was pretty much “anything goes” when it comes to the studio’s Asgard product. According to the trades, Hannibal Lecter himself has all but...

October 29th, 2009 | Read More

Stan Lee Likes Doing Cameos

Stan Lee has become the Where’s Waldo of cameos. It’s a kind of past-time just to identify him in each new Marvel movie. As long as filming is being done within pragmatic reach, Stan Lee tells Collider (he’s still very busy at 86), he’s inclined to do one. In the past he has been...

October 19th, 2009 | Read More

Some German Guy You’ve Never Heard of Says Jude Law and Robert De Niro are in Thor

Here’s the deal with these “as told to us by a guy from abroad” news — they almost always turn out to be false. Besides the fact that the “news” is second hand (some guy read it in a newspaper or saw it on TV), the original source was in a foreign language, and you...

October 18th, 2009 | Read More

Thor Casts Sif and Some Secret Villainous Guy

And yes, you can forget about that rumor that had Jessica Biel playing Asgardian babe warrior Sif, even though watching Biel flexing those perfect abs with a sword in her hands would have been so much more preferable than watching her chase Faceman and his pals. But oh well. Instead, THR reports that...

September 22nd, 2009 | Read More

Diora Baird in Thor? We Wish.

Chances are model turned actress Diora Baird won’t get a role in Marvel Studio’s upcoming “Thor”, but even if she did land one, it wouldn’t be a big enough role to warrant a credit in the title sequences. Or maybe she’ll end up on the cutting room floor, as she did...

August 19th, 2009 | Read More

Natalie Portman Joins Thor, More Plot Details

Natalie Portman has joined the cast of Thor, and will be playing the role of Jane Foster, a mortal nurse who falls in love (and vice versa) with the God of Thunder in the comics. According to Marvel, the role will be “updated” for the film, so she’ll probably end up a tough as nails...

July 13th, 2009 | Read More

Is Jessica Biel Thor’s Asgardian Warrior Babe Sif?

Maybe. The current rumor has Jessica Biel circling a role in Marvel Studio’s “Thor”. According to the boys over at NukeTheFridge, a source “from deep within” has told them that Jessica Biel is currently in negotiations to play Thor’s love interest in Kenneth Branagh’s...

July 2nd, 2009 | Read More

Update on Marvel’s Avengers-Related Movies

This morning there were about a half dozen different articles on the movie blogs focused on the same UGO article. Alas, that particular article has since been pulled. My guess is that UGO jumped the gun on the report, and Marvel has (probably not very) kindly asked them to take it down. It happens all...

June 5th, 2009 | Read More

Scott Pilgrim and Marvel’s Avengers-Related Movies Teaser Posters

Here are some very early looks at teaser posters for a slew of Marvel’s Avengers-related movies (”Thor”, “The Avengers”, “The First Avenger: Captain America”, and “Iron Man 2″), as well as an animated poster for Edgar Wright’s “Scott Pilgrim...

June 2nd, 2009 | Read More

Thor Writer Talks Grit, Being a God, and Battling Frogs

I have to admit, I’m not the biggest fan of Thor. Not that I have anything against the guy, but I just never warmed up to the speaking pattern and the whole God stuff. I was never really all that interested in the God stuff in comic books, to be honest with you, so Thor was always on the peripheral...

June 1st, 2009 | Read More

Has Thor Found his Loki? And is his Name Tom Hiddleston?

I have to admit, when we reported the rumor that Josh Harnett was up for the role of Loki in “Thor” back in March, I didn’t have a whole lot of problems liking the idea. Harnett has that sneaky look about him, or maybe it’s just those beady eyes of his. Either way, I thought then...

May 18th, 2009 | Read More

Chris Hemsworth is Thor! (Plus he’s Also the Lead in the Red Dawn Remake)

Who says nothing exciting ever happens in the movie world on Saturdays? Whoever said that didn’t hear that Marvel Studios and Kenneth Branagh have just cast their lead in their big-budget comic book epic “Thor”. According to Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood, who broke the story, it’s...

May 16th, 2009 | Read More

Natalie Portman as the Female Lead in Thor?

Natalie Portman holds a special place in the hearts of geeks. Or at least I’ve been told. I don’t really get it myself. Maybe it’s because she was once in Luc Besson’s “Leon” (aka “The Professional”) or … something. Anyways, they just seem to really...

March 17th, 2009 | Read More

Geek-gasms: Favreau to Direct Avengers Movie?

If Marvel and Jon Favreau have their way, Favreau will be finishing up another blockbuster “Iron Man” movie and moving right into production on the “Avengers” movie. This would also explain why “The Avengers” has been moved back a year — not only to get the finances...

March 13th, 2009 | Read More

Marvel Delays Thor, Captain America, and Avengers, Spider-Man in 2011

Well we sort of knew it had to happen. Let’s face it, Marvel’s initial idea of releasing both “Captain America” and “The Avengers” in the same year a few months part was way too optimistic. Today, the studio has revised their release schedule, and now instead of “The...

March 12th, 2009 | Read More

Josh Harnett as Loki in Thor?

On the heels of yesterday’s news that the unknown Alexander Skarsgard may be the frontrunner to play the lead in Kenneth Branagh’s “Thor”, comes this IESB story positing Josh Harnett as the comic book film’s villain, the trickster Loki, Thor’s half-brother and one...

March 11th, 2009 | Read More

Has Kenneth Branagh Found his Thor?

Has Shakespearean guy Kenneth Branagh found the perfect actor to play his 20-something Thor? Maybe, maybe not. But it sure looks like a perfect fit, doesn’t it? The actor in question is one Alexander Skarsgard, son of Stellan, who you might remember as the villain in pretty much every movie you...

March 10th, 2009 | Read More

Thor Release Date, Iron Man 2 Updates

It may be losing castmembers like the Titanic losing passengers post-iceberg, but that’s not gonna stop Marvel from moving ahead with “Iron Man 2″, as the studio has announced that principal photography on the sequel will commence in early April, with returning stars Robert Downey Jr....

February 24th, 2009 | Read More

Casting Notice for Thor

Still trying to wrap your head around the idea that Marvel Studios has tapped Shakespearean guy Kenneth Branagh to direct their “Thor” movie? Well get over it, because it’s happening. So what’s next, but to speculate on who will play Thor? A lot of names have already been tossed...

February 19th, 2009 | Read More

Daniel Craig Turned Down Thor Movie

So the interesting news from comic book land is that Daniel Craig, the latest James Bond, was actually offered the role of Thor by Marvel Studios, but has turned it down. As we know by now, Shakespearean guy Kenneth Branagh, in one of those WTF moments, has been hired to direct the live-action movie...

October 22nd, 2008 | Read More