THOR picks up a babe and a bad guy!

Hey folks, Harry here with news of Branagh's Asgardian marvel, THOR. The Hollywood Reporter and Borys Kit are reporting that Jaimie Alexander and Colm Feore are joining Kirk's daddy as THOR, Tom Hiddleston as LOKI and Padme as Jane Foster. The gorgeous Jamie Alexander is gonna armor up for the role of Sif, one of the fiercest and most lovely warrior women of Asgard. She has also been known to get all kissy face with Thor. A love triangle? We'll see. Meanwhile, Marvel is being coy with who Colm Feore is playing - with Borys Kit saying, "Feore's character is shrouded in mystery" Mhm. Well, looking at Colm - he has the perfect face and bone structure to play Mephisto if they go that direction in this film. In the originally wonderful Mark Protosevich draft, this character didn't exist. But then, neither did Jane Foster. The script has changed fairly radically - mostly due to Marvel's ambitious plan to move the various Marvel franchises into a collision course with THE AVENGERS. In addition, we have our first look at the "press release" version of the story of Thor.

The movie's story centers on Thor, a powerful but arrogant warrior whose reckless actions re-ignite an ancient war. As punishment, Thor is cast down to Earth and forced to live among humans. Once here, he learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends dark forces of Asgard to invade Earth.

Which sounds like a proper basic structure for a THOR film. THOR is literally my childhood favorite Marvel property. As a Harryhausen geek from birth, throughout my childhood I was convinced that one day Harryhausen would make a Thor movie. I used to tell everyone this. I was, of course, delusional, but right now - I'm extremely hopeful that Branagh knocks this out of the park.