Natalie Portman to play Jane Foster in the movie version of "Thor"

Kenneth Branagh is directing? Never heard of Chris Hemsworth?

LOS ANGELES – "Star Wars" co-star Natalie Portman is storming back into action films with a role in the comic-book adaptation "Thor."

The 28-year-old Portman has been cast as Jane Foster, who was a nurse and first love of the title character in the Marvel Comics. According to Marvel Studios, the character is being updated for the movie version of "Thor," in which the Norse warrior is cast down to Earth to live among humans.

Chris Hemsworth stars as Thor in the movie, which begins shooting early next year. It is due in theaters May 20, 2011. Kenneth Branagh (BRAN'-nah) is directing "Thor."

The movie is part of an ambitious schedule for Marvel Studios, including "Iron Man 2," "The First Avenger: Captain America" and "The Avengers."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090713/ap_en_ce/us_people_natalie_portman

I love Marvel Superheroes. I can't wait for their next movies!

Never saw Kenneth Branagh as the superhero movie type of director?

dammit! x(

may i ask? and, why have at least 2 people unrecommended the thread?

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Strong%20Atheist/15

x(

I will admit to being a bit surprised that within a minute or two of me posting the thread, it already had an unrecommend on it.

newyawker99 would be unhappy with 100+ <0 threads in the lounge in less than 24 hours...

You can only unrecommend a thread that you have already recommended - I can certainly see somebody changing their mind. But, that's just me.

content if it went down to "0", and looked like an unrecommended thread. The software could keep track of <0, as long as it did not show it...

i'm pretty agreeable most of the time.

for the interesting news...

:D

Or, was it SyFy?

:yoiks:

Humor, I love it, wheeeeee!
:spray:

But Branagh's classier than that.

Though I think Vladimir Kulich (spelling?) -- the guy who played Beowulf in "The 13th Warrior" -- would be a better choice for Thor than the actor Branagh went with.

the actor from "13th Warrior" - and, I think you got the spelling correct. He is over 50, I think. Good choice if he was 20 years younger, though.

I hope this Thor with Kenneth Branagh doesn't become like Ang Lee's Hulk.