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Thor is an upcoming American superhero film based on the comic book of the same name appearing in Marvel Comics. The film will star Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Natalie Portman, Jaimie Alexander and Anthony Hopkins with Kenneth Branagh directing a script by Mark Protosevich, Ashley Miller, Zack Stentz and Don Payne.[2][3] Thor will be a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and is scheduled to be released on May 6, 2011.[4] The film is scheduled to be released in 3-D.[5]
The project of a film adaptation of Thor was in development hell for several years before Marvel Studios signed Protosevich to write its script in 2006. Matthew Vaughn
was to direct the film in late 2008 for a release in 2010. Branagh
replaced Vaughn in late 2008, and the film's release was rescheduled
into 2011. The main characters were cast in 2009 and principal
photography took place from January–May 2010. Premise
According to the studio's official synopsis: "The Mighty Thor, a
powerful but arrogant warrior whose reckless actions reignite an ancient
war. Thor is cast down to Earth and forced to live among humans as
punishment. Once here, Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when
the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth."[2]
- Chris Hemsworth as Thor: The god of thunder based on the deity of the same name from Norse mythology. According to Nikki Finke’s
Deadline Hollywood Daily blog, director Kenneth Branagh and Marvel
Studios chief Kevin Feige chose Hemsworth after a back-and-forth process
in which the 25-year-old actor was nixed early on, then given a second
chance to read for the part.[6] In an interview Hemsworth told Access Hollywood
that the film stays true to the comics stating; "There's so many
different versions of the comic books, they've sort of bonded quite a
few of them to form this particular story, but it's all very true to the
original stuff".[7]
On his take of the character Hemsworth stated, "We just kept trying to
humanize it all, and keep it very real. Look into all the research about
the comic books that we could, but also bring it back to 'Who is this
guy as a person, and what's his relationship with people in the
individual scenes?'"[8]
About approaching Thor's fighting style Hemsworth remarked, "First, we
looked at the comic books and the posturing, the way [Thor] moves and
fights, and a lot of his power seems to be drawn up through the ground.
We talked about boxers, you know, Mike Tyson,
very low to the ground and big open chest and big shoulder swings and
very sort of brutal but graceful at the same time, and then as we shot
stuff things became easier".[9]
- Tom Hiddleston as Loki: Thor's adoptive brother and nemesis based on the deity of the same name. Hiddleston was chosen after previously working with Branagh on Ivanov and Wallander.[2]
Initially Hiddleston auditioned to play Thor but Branagh decided his
talent would be better harnessed playing Loki. About the character
Hiddleston stated that "Loki's like a comic book version of Edmund in King Lear,
but nastier". Hiddleston also stated that he had to keep a strict diet
before the start of filming because "Ken (Branagh) wants Loki to have a
lean and hungry look, like Cassius in Julius Caesar. Physically, he can't be posing as Thor".[10]
- Natalie Portman as Jane Foster:
A scientist and Thor's human love interest. Marvel Studios stated in an
announcement that the character will be updated for the feature
adaptation.[11]
When asked why she took the role, Portman replied "I just thought it
sounded like a weird idea because Kenneth Branagh's directing it, so I
was just like, 'Kenneth Branagh doing Thor is super-weird, I've gotta do it.'"[12]
Portman also stated that she really wanted to do a big effects movie
that emphasized character, and getting to do it with Branagh was a new
way of approaching it, relative to Star Wars.[13]
- Anthony Hopkins as Odin: The ruler of Asgard, father of Thor and adoptive father of Loki based on the deity of the same name.[14] In an interview with MTV News Hopkins stated that he knew nothing of the comic. About the film he said, “It’s a superhero movie, but with a bit of Shakespeare thrown in”. He also revealed that the film uses all modern language.[15] In an interview with LA Times
Hopkins stated "I'm very interested in that relationship between
fathers and sons". "My father's relationship with me was cold. He was a
hot-blood character but to me, cold. When I was young, he expressed his
disappointment because I was bad in school and all of that. He didn't
mean any harm, but I felt I could never meet up to his expectations."
Hopkins also expressed that he finds a personal resonance in the Odin
role stating; "He's a stern man. He's a man with purpose. I play the god
who banishes his son from the kingdom of Asgard because he screwed up.
He's a hot-headed, temperamental young man... probably a chip off of the
old block but I decide he's not really ready to rule the future
kingdom, so I banish him. I'm harsh and my wife complains and I say,
'That is why I'm king.' He's ruthless, take-it-or-leave-it. Women are
much more forgiving; men are not so forgiving. I know in my life, my
karma is, 'If you don't like it, tough, move on.' And I move on. I'm a
little like Odin myself".[16]
- Jaimie Alexander as Sif: A warrior and Thor's Asgardian love interest based on the deity of the same name. Alexander is best known for her portrayal of Jessi XX on the ABC Family series Kyle XY.[17] Alexander expressed to Interview
that the part required hours a day in the gym noting; “I’ve trained
with lots of sharp objects for this role”. She also mentioned that
training is not a new gig for her as she was one of few girls on her Colleyville, Texas, high-school wrestling team.[18]
- Ray Stevenson as Volstagg: The comic relief of the Warriors Three known for both his hearty appetite and wide girth.[19] Stevenson has previously worked with Kenneth Branagh in the 1998 film, The Theory of Flight and with Marvel Studios as the titular character in Punisher: War Zone. Stevenson will wear a fat suit
for the role stating; "I've tried the suit on, and what they've done is
kind of sex him up: he's sort of slimmer but rounder.". About the
character Stevenson stated; "He's got every bit of that Falstaffian verve and vigor, and a bit of a beergut to suggest that enormous appetite, but he's not the sort of Weeble-shaped
figure he is in the comics. He's Falstaff with muscles. I've got this
amazing foam-injected undersuit that flexes with me. I can't wait!".[22]
- Idris Elba as Heimdall: The all-seeing, all-hearing Asgardian sentry of the bifröst bridge based on the deity of the same name.[23]
News of Elba's casting was met by online complaints from some comic
book fans who saw it as inappropriate for a Norse deity to be played by a
black actor.[24]
About his casting Elba remarked; "casting now is taking definitely a
more open-eyed approach to it. I was cast in Thor and I’m cast as a Nordic
god. If you know anything about the Nords, they don’t look like me but
there you go. I think that’s a sign of the times for the future. I think
we will see multi-level casting. I think we will see that and I think
that’s good". Elba also stated that he was inspired by the source
material; "I looked at the comic books actually because Heimdall, he’s a
very central character and I wanted to reflect him as he is in the
comic books".[25]
- Rene Russo as Frigga: The wife of Odin, queen of Asgard and the step mother of Thor and adoptive mother of Loki based on the deity of the same name.[26]
- Kat Dennings as Darcy: A co-worker of Jane Foster.[27] Dennings described her character as Foster's “little helper gnome”.[13]
Colm Feore has been cast as a Frost Giant in the film.[28] Feore stated that it took five hours for his makeup to be applied.[29] Stellan Skarsgård has also been cast in an unspecified role.[30] Adriana Barraza has been cast in an unknown role though is said to be a human.[31] Clark Gregg will reprise his role as S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Phil Coulson from Iron Man and Iron Man 2.[32] Actors Joseph Gatt, Joshua Cox, and Troy Brenna have also been cast in unspecified roles.[33] Joseph Gatt revealed in an interview with Screen Rant
that he will be playing a villain stating; "Marvel are really into
secrecy and protecting their scripts and characters, so there’s not much
I can say except that I’m playing a bad guy with a lot of action".[34] Stan Lee[35] and J. Michael Straczynski[36] will have cameo appearances.
[edit] Production
[edit] Development
"Thor's powers are godly, yes...But at the end of the day, he's a
man... Odin sends him to Earth because he's not perfect. He's brash,
arrogant. Even over-confident...he also bleeds. He struggles. Life kicks
him where it hurts the most... You want to feel Thor's rage when he
rages. You want to see him fight like hell, and take as much as he
dishes out -- maybe more. You want to have a visceral reaction to the
guy, and what happens to him. You don't want his adventures to be clean
and antiseptic. You want to see the dirt, and grime and blood. You want
to feel every bone crunching moment of every fight. And when he
unleashes the storm, you want to feel like you're seeing the power of a
GOD at work."
Ashley Miller, co-writer of Thor, about the project[37]
Sam Raimi originally envisioned the idea for Thor after Darkman (1990), meeting Stan Lee and pitching the concept to 20th Century Fox, but they did not understand it.[38] Thor was abandoned until April 1997, when Marvel Studios was beginning to rapidly expand.[39] The film first gained momentum after the successful release of the film X-Men. The plan was for the film to be made for TV. UPN was in talks for airing it; excited by the prospect, they pushed for a script and approached Tyler Mane to lead as Thor.[40] In May 2000, Marvel Studios brought Artisan Entertainment to help finance it as a film, but Thor was still laboring in development hell by April 2002, and in June 2004 the project still had yet to be optioned by a studio.[41][42][43] However, Sony Pictures Entertainment purchased the film rights, and in December 2004 David S. Goyer was in negotiations to write and direct.[44]
In 2005, though there were talks between Goyer and Marvel, it was
revealed that Goyer was no longer attached, though at this point the
film was still set to be distributed through Sony Pictures.[45]
Mark Protosevich, a fan of the Thor comic book, signed to write the script in April 2006, during which time Paramount Pictures acquired the rights from Sony.[46] That year the film was also announced to be a Marvel Studios production.[47] In December 2007, Protosevich described his plans for it "to be like a superhero origin story, but not one about a human gaining super powers, but of a god realizing his true potential. It's the story of an Old Testament god who becomes a New Testament god".[48] In August 2007 Marvel Studios signed Matthew Vaughn to direct the film.[49]
Vaughn then rewrote Protosevich's script in order to bring down the
budget to $150 million, as Protosevich's first draft would have cost
$300 million to produce.[1] He intended to start filming in late 2008[50] and after the success of Iron Man, Marvel Studios announced that they intended to release Thor on June 4, 2010, with Iron Man 2 being used to introduce the character of Thor.[51]
[edit] Pre-production
Vaughn was released when his holding deal expired in May 2008, at
which point Marvel set Protosevich to work on a new draft and began
searching for a new director.[52] By September 2008 D. J. Caruso had been discussing taking on the project, though he did not read the script.[53] Later that month, it was revealed that Kenneth Branagh had entered into negotiations to direct,[54] and in December 2008, Branagh confirmed to MTV News that he has been hired. He described it as "a human story right in the center of a big epic scenario.”[55] Branagh stated that he hoped to begin filming in January 2010[56]
and Marvel Studios set back the release date of the film from its
scheduled July 16, 2010 date to June 17, 2011, almost a full year later.[57] They later moved the release date to May 20, 2011, to distance the film's release from that of Captain America: The First Avenger, another Marvel Studios film which was scheduled to be released on July 22, 2011.[58] In February 2009, Samuel L. Jackson, who had briefly portrayed Nick Fury at the end of the film Iron Man, signed on to reprise the role in the film as part of an unprecedented nine-picture deal with Marvel Studios.[59] However, in an April 2010 interview, Jackson revealed that he will not be appearing in Thor.
When asked why not Jackson explained, "I have no idea. I'm not in
charge of making those kinds of decisions. I thought I was; they said I
was in the trades, and I was like, 'Ooh! I got a job!' I called my agent
he said, 'Naw, you're not in it.' I was like, 'Well shit, they need to
pay me if they're gonna put my name in it.'"[60]
In February 2009 a casting call went out looking for actors with certain physical attributes to audition for the role of Thor.[61] In May 2009 it was reported that Chris Hemsworth
was in negotiations to portray the title role after something of a
back-and-forth process in which the 25-year-old actor was nixed early
on, then given a second chance to read for the part.[6] The next day it was announced that Tom Hiddleston, who had worked with Branagh before and had initially been considered to portray the lead role, had been cast as Loki.[2][62] Kevin Feige of Marvel Studios confirmed in June of that year that both Hemsworth and Hiddleston had signed on.[63] Feige also mentioned that the film would take place on both modern day Earth and Asgard but Thor's human host, Dr. Donald Blake will not be included.[63]
With Hemsworth and Hiddleston in place, the rest of the cast began to fill out. In July it was announced that Natalie Portman was set to portray Jane Foster.[11] Jaimie Alexander and Colm Feore were reported to have joined the cast in September, with Alexander portraying Sif and Feore's role unrevealed, though it is thought to be a villain.[17] In an interview with Swedish news site Ystands Allehanda, Stellan Skarsgård stated that he had joined the cast, though he did not specify his role.[30] In late October it was reported that Anthony Hopkins had been cast as Odin in the film.[14] Several weeks later Marvel announced that they had cast the Warriors Three: Fandral was to be played by Stuart Townsend, Hogun was to be played by Tadanobu Asano and Volstagg was to be played by Ray Stevenson.[19] A few days later it was announced that Idris Elba had also joined the cast, portraying Heimdall.[23]
In an interview with MTV News, Natalie Portman revealed that actress Kat Dennings would be involved in the project.[64] According to Variety, Dennings will play Darcy, a coworker of Portman’s Jane Foster.[27] In December Rene Russo was cast as Frigga, Thor's adoptive mother and Odin's wife.[26] Later that month it was reported that actors Joseph Gatt, Troy Brenna, and Joshua Cox had been cast in the film, though none of their roles were revealed.[33] In January 2010 it was reported that Adriana Barraza had also joined the film's cast, in a supporting capacity. Her role was not revealed, but it was said to be a human.[31] Only days before filming began, Stuart Townsend was replaced by Joshua Dallas as Fandral, citing "creative differences".[21] When Spider-Man 4's production stalled, Paramount and Marvel Entertainment decided to push up the release of Thor by two weeks to the then vacated date of May 6, 2011.[4]
[edit] Filming
In October 2008, Marvel Studios signed a long term lease agreement with Raleigh Studios to shoot their next four films - Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger and The Avengers - at Raleigh's Manhattan Beach, California facility.[65] Production Weekly reported that filming on Marvel's Thor was scheduled to begin in LA mid-January, then move to Santa Fe, New Mexico from March until late-April.[66] Principal photography began on January 11, 2010.[3] A few days after filming began, it was reported that Clark Gregg had signed on to reprise his role from Iron Man and Iron Man 2 as Agent Coulson, as Marvel's film division preps for the eventual production of The Avengers.[32] In February it was reported that Paramount Pictures will enter negotiations with Del Mar, California to film a beach scene for Thor.
Paramount wants to use a 300-yard stretch of Del Mar beach for a scene
involving six horses running down the terrain. Paramount said this
coastline was ideal because its gradual slope of sand down to the
waterline creates excellent reflection opportunities on film.[67] On March 15, 2010 production of Thor moved to Galisteo, New Mexico, where an entire town was built for the shoot.[68]
In late March, an anonymous on-set source told the New York Daily News that actor Anthony Hopkins had been acting like a "divo"
by constantly trying to direct Chris Hemsworth and complaining that
they were shooting too many scenes inside the L.A. studio and not enough
on location.[69]
However Hopkins' wife Stella Hopkins was quick to dismiss the rumors as
a “horrific, vile lie,” and that they are going to “talk to [their]
lawyers”.[70] Director Kenneth Branagh also made a point to praise Hopkins in an interview with the Los Angeles Times stating; "[Hopkins is] an extraordinary actor with his Celtic
passion and incredible technique" and said he has been a binding force
for the film on the set and will do the same on the screen.
Branagh, a fan of the comic book since childhood, also commented on
the challenge of bridging Asgard and the modern world; "Inspired by the
comic book world both pictorially and compositionally at once, we've
tried to find a way to make a virtue and a celebration of the
distinction between the worlds that exist in the film but absolutely
make them live in the same world. It's about finding the framing style,
the color palette, finding the texture and the amount of camera movement
that helps celebrate and express the differences and the distinctions
in those worlds. If it succeeds, it will mark this film as different....
The combination of the primitive and the sophisticated, the ancient and
the modern, I think that potentially is the exciting fusion, the
exciting tension in the film".[71]
In April it was reported that the prospect for filming parts of Thor
in Del Mar, California had fallen through. Paramount Pictures sent a
letter informing the city that it has instead chosen an undisclosed Northern California
location to film a beachfront scene for the film. The letter cited cost
concerns with moving production too far away from its headquarters.[72]
[edit] Post-production
Chris Hemsworth revealed that the film ended principal photography on May 6, 2010 and entered post-production.[8] It was reported in February 2010 that France-based BUF Compagnie will be the lead visual effects house working on the film.[73] Digital Domain will also work on the visual effects.[74] In June 2010 some concept art surfaced of Chris Hemsworth's costume.[75]
In July 2010 it was reported that the film will be released in 3-D. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times,
Kenneth Branagh stated that the 3-D process initially made him cringe
but "We came to feel that in our case 3-D could be the very good friend
of story and character for a different kind of experience".[5]
Although 2-D was used for principal photography producer Kevin Fiege
stated that the "special effects for the film were conceived and
executed from the beginning in 3-D".[5]
[edit] Marketing
Iron Man 2 teased the film in a post-credits scene that depicts S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Phil Coulson reporting to Nick Fury that they had "found it", then shows Thor's hammer Mjolnir at the bottom of a crater.
The first publicity image from the film released depicts Hemsworth in
costume as Thor, illustrating elements taken from the comic character's
design.[76] In June 2010, the official logo for Thor surfaced on the internet.[77] A teaser trailer for the film was shown at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International[13] and was later leaked on the Internet.[78]
Marvel Animation announced a 26-episode animated series in November 2008, to air in late 2010 before the release of Marvel Studios' film.[79] An animated direct-to-video film, entitled Thor: Tales of Asgard is expected to hit shelves around the time Kenneth Branagh's live-action Thor hits theaters.[80]
A video game based on the film is being developed by Sega.[81] |
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