Anthony Hopkins will play Odin to Chris Hemsworth's Thor in the upcoming Kenneth Branagh-helmed adaptation of the Thor comic, reports The Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision.
Jude Law, Samuel L. Jackson and Robert De Niro are also listed as cast-members on the film's IMDb page. Whether they will all end up in the movie, which isn't slated for release until 2011, is something only Odin or some other supernatural being could know.
For those not familiar with Norse mythology, Thor is a big dude with an axe - or maybe a hammer - who dresses like an Olsen twin and dispenses justice...or maybe just randomly hits people with his axe or hammer, I don't really know.
Okay, I admit, I'm not familiar with Norse mythology either. No one is, except someone who studied it in college, or read a lot of comic books.
I am, however, familiar with the films of Kenneth Branagh. They tend to be a tad overwrought and the actors tend to spit a lot. Which means Thor will probably be big and loud and sucky, but with lots of British accents and spitting.
The accents and spitting may be enough to fool some people into thinking they're seeing something better than Bloodrayne 2.
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Friday, October 30, 2009
Posted by Melvin L. Crabbleberry at 3:29 PM
Labels: Anthony Hopkins, Chris Hemsworth, Jude Law, Kenneth Branagh, Robert De Niro, Samuel L. Jackson
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Yes but has the screenplay been written on paper? This is the critical kind of data I need to know.
Has anybody noticed Crabbie's been posting much less ever since he put a ban on C-list gossip? That just proves how little REAL show biz gossip is actually out there. When you get rid of reality show skanks and ex-stars now known for doing drugs, it takes away at least half the show biz gossip out there. Man, that is sad. The entertainment industry ought to be ashamed of itself.
Good point, anonymous.
like the thor comics i'll be mainly concerned with the trippy backgrounds.
Samuel L. Jackson?? It's Norse mythology, not multi-cultural let's-get-a-black-because-it's-PC mythology. NO BLACKS ALLOWED.
How come Anthony Hopkins, one of the greatest screen actors who ever was, is now in every shitty, Viking, werewolf, vampire, King Aurthur mythology piece of CGI shit that comes out? Anyone see Beowulf? Fucking bloody God awful! Anthony, this asinine Hollywood tripe is beneath you and you know it, so WTF dude? What's next up for you? Lethal Weapon 5?
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