It may be old news, but Matthew Vaughn is directing.
The hammer drops June 4, 2010.
Marvel wants Brad Pitt. The track record of films in which Pitt plays mythological characters may not be very good, but I find it interesting, given that Ultimate Thor was stated in The Ultimates to look like Pitt (though I personally thought Bryan Hitch modeled him after Heath Ledger).
I've always felt that Triple H from the WWE was a good choice for Thor (especially as for years he used a sledgehammer as a foreign object when his skill couldn't beat an opponent). I heard he was one other choice for the lead recently.
I think whether the person cast has range as an actor should also factor in there somewhere.
Captain Kirk's dad is Thor.
Also, I guess we never updated it, but the link I posted in September of '07 is out of date. Kenneth Branagh is the director now.
Natalie Portman is Jane Foster.
Release date moved to May 20, 2011, two weeks after Spider-Man 4 comes out.
I hope they follow the origin faithfully.
Which one? That of the ancient myth, or Marvel's adaptation of it?
The Marvel one....
Where Dr. Blake gets trapped in a cave and finds an old wooden stick to try and pry the rocks loose. However, he fails, gets frustrated & strikes the stick onto the rock and becomes Thor.
But let's not have any Lava Men.
Loki is cast. So is Sif. And Colm Feore will be in it, but they won't yet say who he's playing.
Well, I hope he'th not too Thor to be a thave innothenth from the villainth!
Anthony Hopkins is Odin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Idris Elba of The Wire, The Office and Obsessed will play Heimdall, according to this source.
Meanwhile, Variety reports that Stuart Townsend (League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Queen of the Damned), Ray Stevenson (The Punisher: War Journal) and Tadanobu Asano (Electric Dragon 80.000 V, Ichi the Killer, Zatoichi) will play Fandrall, Volstagg and Hogun, respectively, otherwise known as the Warriors Three.
According to Natalie Portman, Kat Dennings will be in it, though she didn't specify who'd she be playing.
Perhaps Sif?
Kat Dennings, FYI, played Catherine Keener's daughter in The 40-Year-Old Virgin, and Nora in Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist.
Stuart Townsend is out, due to creative differences.
A synopsis is makng the rounds on the web.
Looks like the release date is showing May 6 next year.
First image of Chris Hemsworth as Thor.
No hammer? Why call the movie Thor?
Just because there's no hammer in the photo doesn't mean it's not in the film.
Sorry...I panicked. Sometimes directors don't care about the storyline.
Mjolnir's the storyline?
As far as Mjolnir goes, perhaps this quote from an Access Hollywood interview with Hemsworth will put your mind at ease, John:
“I have the hammer, it’s pretty true to the comics. I have a long blonde wig and a nice big red cape and all sorts of armor and interesting bits and pieces.”
High-res shots of the full costume!
Pity you didn't check my link, Luigi. It's the same one you posted. Or is it better because you posted it?
When I glanced at it and saw "first look", I thought it was the that one shot from a while back, since that was the first one. (I failed to look at the date.)
Scrolling up, I see that the one I was thinking of was the post JoshM made on April 30th.
This behind-the-scenes feature from Entertainment Tonight includes a shot of Anthony Hopkins as Odin (along with a couple of brief shots of what is apparently a set on Asgard), an interview with Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman, and another with director Kenneth Branagh. Goodstuff, and no spoilers.
Thor, All-Father Odin and Thor's half-brother, Loki, a first look.
So far...so bad.
Picture of Odin's throne room.
Helmets: Loki's, Odin's and Thor's.
All Father, Stan Lee, on Odin's Throne.
Trailer Addict has posted the leaked trailer. Looks epic.
Darn. It was removed before could see it.
In other Thor news, there will be a cameo by someone not known for acting work.
It will be..........Spoiler! (Highlight to read).........J. Michael Straczynski as a local townie who finds the hammer in a crater, and along with some cronies, tries to pick it up.End Spoiler.
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HOLY FREAKIN' COW!!!!! What an AWESOME 5-minute trailer!!!!!!!
That does look good.
I like how they made almost not significant changes to the Destroyer that it is instantly recognizable, even to non-Thor die-hards like me. I also liked how Coulson's subordinate wondered if it was one of Stark's.
I just realized, much to my slight embarassment, that Coulson is played by Clark Gregg, the husband of Jennifer Grey, both of whom I met November 30.
I found an online version of the first trailer.
I wish I had seen it first, when it originally came out in late July. It's a more concise clip, with more action scenes, and would've been a good introduction to the upcoming film.
White power group boycotting Thor over casting of black actor as "White-God" Heimdell.
Are these losers really so dense as to think that anyone cares about their opinion, or that their boycott will have any substantial negative effect on the film's box office?
Losers indeed. It's time to grow up. It's not the 1960's anymore
Here's the Super Bowl TV spot.
New Trailer. To be supplanted by one from Luigi of superior quality.
Looks good to me!
This French trailer has some footage not seen in the previous ones.
Two cool new posters!
(The first one is the cooler one, IMO.)
There will be a post-credits sequence, just as there was in other recent Marvel films. ComicMix posted a less-than-perfect video of it, but I don't want to spoil it for myself. For those of you who want to see it, it's here.
The video is no longer available 
Good news! Peter David says it's good, in a relatively spoiler-free review.
He says it's the best Marvel film since Iron Man. Given how enjoyable The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man 2 were, that's a pretty good measuring stick. (Then again, X-Men Origins: Wolverine was also put out between then and now, so that's not saying much...)
It is an amazing film. Very enjoyable with some wonderful performances.
Watched it today and I also thought it was very enjoyable! I didn't know a great deal about the comic version going into it so I had no expectations, and it did not disappoint. Much of the plot however was quite predictable. The effects were great but I'm on the fence about the wardrobe.
SPOILERS!
These are probably dumb questions that knowing just a little about the comic would clear up but I'm gonna ask anyway. Are the "good guys" immortal? It seems as though any injury can be healed but they still need to eat and obviously age so what is their life-cycle like? Also, what is the source of their power? I really should do some research, and watch the movie again
I don't think they're immortal, because Thor is led to believe at one point that Odin is dead. But they are very tough, and I believe they're long-lived.
I saw it today too. It was okay. I would've preferred seeing it at a $7 theater instead of the $12 I went to. I thought that Thor's battle with the Destroyer was good, but lacked the epic feel I expected of the denouement with the enemy, and the end of his time on Earth. I also saw the resolution to that conflict a mile away.
I also was a bit disappointed with the post-closing credits sequence, since I had hoped it would lead or allude to another as-yet-unseen Avengers character. Instead, it merely established something that I already knew.
I also didn't think the chemistry between Thor and Jane, while good, rang true when it was implied that Thor had fallen in love with her. Their exchanges seemed more flirtatious than anything else.
I did like most aspects of the film in general. The art direction will probably get an Oscar nom. The look of Asgard, the waters, the sky, the design of the bifrost, the gate, etc., will probably be spoken of by many people. I liked Idris Elba's portrayal of Heimdell, which along with the look of his armor, was far more compelling than the comics' version of them.
And I loved seeing the Hawkeye cameo. I like how they even gave him a bit of dialogue, which I loved, as it appears that they're depicting him closer to the Ultimate version of Hawkeye, much as with Nick Fury.
So, is the audience just not supposed to notice anything odd about Thor speaking English? He spoke English even before he knew which 'realm' (let alone country) he was in. So apparently all the Asgaurdians and Frost Giants speak English as well.
I think the immortal is as in "can be killed, but doesn't die of natural causes".
I saw it today and enjoyed it quite a bit. Had to see it in 3D, unfortunately, since that was the only show I could make before I had to work, but the credits sequence in space looked pretty awesome with the glasses.
Actually, much of the movie is beautiful, especially Asgard, but 3D didn't really enhance it.
I have to agree with Mr. David's assessment that it was the best Marvel movie since Iron Man. And I kind of liked Wolverine. Though not as much as Iron Man 2. Anyway, good movie, and the Cap trailer before the show made me excited for that one as well. Bring on him and the X-Men!
The only nit I can think of is Erik's decision to give up on Thor when the guy starts heading for his hammer. I get that he's acting crazy and that he's talking about being a Norse god and that's something to be concerned about, but this guy just landed on Earth through a wormhole. It wouldn't hurt to keep pressing him on what that was all about.
Hawkeye's part was pretty cool. I had forgotten he was going to be in it up until he went for the bow. Even my sister was pleases since she's a big Jeremy Renner fan.
According to ComicMix, the DVD of this film and Captain America: The First Avenger, which will be available for the holidays, will include two short films starring SHIELD agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg).
Here's a mostly positive review from "Eccentric Cinema."
Somehow, I missed the throwaway ref to Bruce Banners the first time around. I was pleased to hear that.
Where was the Bruce Banner ref?
In the scene early in the movie showing the battle in Jotunheim between the Asgardians and the Jotuns when Odin was a younger man and Loki was an infant, we see the Jotuns, powered by the Casket of Ancient Winters, use their freezing powers to freeze warriors solid and then crack them the pieces, killing them. But when Loki attempts to banish Heimdell from his post and from Asgard, Heimdell attacks Loki, and Loki merely encases him in ice, from which Heimdell is able to escape a short time later. Keep in mind that Loki is someone who stabbed his own brother in the chest in The Avengers. So why didn't he just freeze Heimdell and then kill him?
I finally got around to watching this last year...and I still can't believe Chris Hemsworth shot the scene in the pet store with a straight face.