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Will Alter-Ego Donald Blake Be In THOR Or Not??

I am – Hercules!!

In today’s Variety:

"Thor," scripted by Mark Protosevich, Zack Stentz and Ashley Miller, centers on a partly disabled med student who discovers his Norse god alter ego, the hammer-swinging Thor.

In the Marvel funnybooks, a partly disabled med student named Donald Blake is Thor’s alter-ego.

Variety’s assertion contradicted some of what we’ve heard, so we contacted a 100% tested and solid source, someone intimately familiar with the movie Kenneth Branagh is making, and he or she tells AICN Donald Blake is definitely NOT in the movie.

Stay tuned.


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Sonds good to me
by medium_messiah
Nov 25th, 2009
01:10:14 PM
haha my first first
by medium_messiah
Nov 25th, 2009
01:10:45 PM
Is it supposed to be this easy?
by medium_messiah
Nov 25th, 2009
01:11:03 PM
The movie the untested source describes sounds awful
by IndustryKiller!
Nov 25th, 2009
01:11:22 PM
Odin was killed in the funny book?
by Karl Childers
Nov 25th, 2009
01:12:43 PM
SOUNDS SOMEWHERE BEYOND DREADFUL
by HaterofCrap
Nov 25th, 2009
01:14:25 PM
Loki's adopted? And kills Odin?
by Zardoz
Nov 25th, 2009
01:14:41 PM
The secret identity/alter-ego thing is played out.
by FlickaPoo
Nov 25th, 2009
01:17:15 PM
Robert Blake is disabled???
by Vic Twenty
Nov 25th, 2009
01:17:41 PM
Who are the ad wizards...
by wampa 1
Nov 25th, 2009
01:18:43 PM
What's this shit...
by TJ Donkey Show
Nov 25th, 2009
01:19:06 PM
Stellan
by Hallon
Nov 25th, 2009
01:19:24 PM
Well, it's Thorish, basically. Sort of.
by JasonPratt
Nov 25th, 2009
01:20:16 PM
Ultron makes more sense for the Avengers..
by Vic Twenty
Nov 25th, 2009
01:20:17 PM
Maybe Favreau got wind of this and said...
by Vic Twenty
Nov 25th, 2009
01:22:36 PM
Zardoz
by Hallon
Nov 25th, 2009
01:22:42 PM
Donald Blake isn't needed..
by Axl Z
Nov 25th, 2009
01:23:15 PM
Blade Thor
by Axl Z
Nov 25th, 2009
01:23:36 PM
Hallon
by Hercules
Nov 25th, 2009
01:24:56 PM
Why would you kill off Anthony Hopkins right at the beginning?
by manifestchaos
Nov 25th, 2009
01:26:10 PM
Axl Z: totally agreed
by manifestchaos
Nov 25th, 2009
01:27:56 PM
always thought Donald Blake was a pipesmoker!
by ZombieHeathLedger
Nov 25th, 2009
01:29:50 PM
Yea This Already is Bad
by MattHooper
Nov 25th, 2009
01:31:15 PM
Blake humanizes Thor.
by Dreadlock Holmes
Nov 25th, 2009
01:32:57 PM
Second that Ultron idea...
by Karl Childers
Nov 25th, 2009
01:38:20 PM
Reminds me of Howard the Duck.
by rev_skarekroe
Nov 25th, 2009
01:38:46 PM
Ultron
by gavdiggity
Nov 25th, 2009
01:39:46 PM
Also, do they even use Donald Blake in the comics anymore?
by rev_skarekroe
Nov 25th, 2009
01:40:27 PM
Will there be a Dr. Strange movie?
by fiester
Nov 25th, 2009
01:46:00 PM
AICN chickening out on Heimdall casting
by IAmLegolas
Nov 25th, 2009
01:46:04 PM
No Beta Ray Bill, No watchy.
by CatVutt
Nov 25th, 2009
01:50:16 PM
leave it to Branagh to fuck it up good and proper.
by venvariants
Nov 25th, 2009
01:51:10 PM
If This Plot Synopsis Is True, I Shall KILL YOU ALL
by CHRISTIAN_BALE_TRASHED_MY_LIGH TS
Nov 25th, 2009
01:52:40 PM
IAmLegolas
by rev_skarekroe
Nov 25th, 2009
01:56:57 PM
FUCK THIS FILM
by Kontarsky
Nov 25th, 2009
01:57:23 PM
Blake is in the comics right now.
by Dreadlock Holmes
Nov 25th, 2009
01:58:29 PM
JMS is crap and TRASHED_MY_LIGHTS
by Kontarsky
Nov 25th, 2009
01:59:28 PM
Herc!
by Hallon
Nov 25th, 2009
02:00:58 PM
I say thee nay!
by TurboPervo
Nov 25th, 2009
02:05:31 PM
I guess when you're an immortal....
by cookylamoo
Nov 25th, 2009
02:07:59 PM
skarsgard was announced like 2 months ago.
by alice133
Nov 25th, 2009
02:09:52 PM
boy you nerds are bitchy today
by spidercoz
Nov 25th, 2009
02:10:33 PM
I just don't see how this can work for non comic geeks.
by Ganymede3001
Nov 25th, 2009
02:20:26 PM
this is an improvement...
by arctor
Nov 25th, 2009
02:22:05 PM
Thor also has a mechanical suit, like Iron Man
by Phil Connors
Nov 25th, 2009
02:24:05 PM
It doesn't work without a mortal alter ego.
by ballyhoo
Nov 25th, 2009
02:24:26 PM
A Black Norse God isn't out of the realm of possibility.
by Ganymede3001
Nov 25th, 2009
02:31:01 PM
They KILL Odin?! Fuck that! And Colm Feore should be Loki!
by Drath
Nov 25th, 2009
02:34:18 PM
...comic book THOR's clean shiny-ness always bothered...
by FlickaPoo
Nov 25th, 2009
02:38:43 PM
if true, this is what Favreau was talking about..
by soup74
Nov 25th, 2009
02:42:40 PM
MattHooper
by MikeTheSpike
Nov 25th, 2009
02:48:02 PM
Do the Ultimate Version for Avengers
by Ky-El
Nov 25th, 2009
02:57:45 PM
...I believe MikeTheSpike is correct. I would bet...
by FlickaPoo
Nov 25th, 2009
03:03:49 PM
MiketheSpike
by MattHooper
Nov 25th, 2009
03:05:54 PM
How about this?
by Chain
Nov 25th, 2009
03:06:21 PM
Good! Always disliked Donald Blake
by Spacelab
Nov 25th, 2009
03:12:03 PM
And they already ruined it....
by jaysin420
Nov 25th, 2009
03:25:05 PM
Nice inversion of Milton's Paradise Lost.
by Ingeld
Nov 25th, 2009
03:35:01 PM
Wow sounds like a comic book movie to me
by DOGSOUP
Nov 25th, 2009
03:35:31 PM
Chain, that was the gist of Prostevich's original script.
by Ganymede3001
Nov 25th, 2009
03:42:10 PM
the source
by rodneyfaile
Nov 25th, 2009
03:42:58 PM
DITCH DON BLAKE
by milesdyson
Nov 25th, 2009
04:18:31 PM
The whole Loki using Banner ....
by I_Max_U_Mini
Nov 25th, 2009
04:29:19 PM

by MikeTheSpike
Nov 25th, 2009
04:40:05 PM
Max:
by MikeTheSpike
Nov 25th, 2009
04:42:01 PM
Please NO Donald Blake!
by Carl XVI Gustaf
Nov 25th, 2009
05:48:03 PM
Ok, read the spoiler parts (damn it!)
by Carl XVI Gustaf
Nov 25th, 2009
06:07:53 PM
Loki poessessing Hulk was just done in the recent "Hulk vs." DVD
by wampa_droppings
Nov 25th, 2009
06:24:05 PM
fiester... Doctor Strange
by wampa_droppings
Nov 25th, 2009
06:25:53 PM
For thos not in the Know
by Berserkr
Nov 25th, 2009
06:53:01 PM
Johnny Depp IS Doctor Strange!
by The Reluctant Austinite
Nov 25th, 2009
07:13:45 PM
Kenneth Branagh as Donald Blake
by ZombieHeathLedger
Nov 25th, 2009
07:25:21 PM
Considering Kenneth Branagh is untested ....
by darthllama
Nov 25th, 2009
07:26:15 PM
Oh, and Reluctant Austinite .....
by darthllama
Nov 25th, 2009
07:28:28 PM
I'm with, uh...Berserkr
by MR. MURDOCH
Nov 25th, 2009
07:59:31 PM
No Blake
by Norm3
Nov 25th, 2009
08:09:08 PM
I support this.
by hallmitchell
Nov 25th, 2009
08:31:22 PM
It would be pretty obvious pretty quick that Thor wasn't crazy
by ZombieHeathLedger
Nov 25th, 2009
08:39:47 PM
Ultimate Thor!!!!!
by omantortuga
Nov 25th, 2009
08:40:39 PM
The invisotext is gone?
by Carl XVI Gustaf
Nov 25th, 2009
08:50:58 PM
Mark Protosevich = shit writer
by m_prevette
Nov 25th, 2009
09:38:16 PM
Its Deluded...not diluted..
by Bootskin
Nov 25th, 2009
10:23:15 PM
So...
by Bootskin
Nov 25th, 2009
10:24:00 PM
inviso-text
by omantortuga
Nov 25th, 2009
10:38:50 PM
thank god
by antonphd
Nov 25th, 2009
11:15:32 PM
UGH!
by Berserkr
Nov 26th, 2009
12:03:34 AM
@m_prevette
by Berserkr
Nov 26th, 2009
12:05:05 AM
Who the fuck cares about THOR...
by Motoko Kusanagi
Nov 26th, 2009
12:25:22 AM
Zardoz, RE=Loki
by Continentalop
Nov 26th, 2009
12:28:33 AM
And I for one can see Donald Blake working
by Continentalop
Nov 26th, 2009
12:31:20 AM
No Donald Blake in Ultimate Avengers...
by Zardoz
Nov 26th, 2009
01:46:19 AM
Yes to Ultimate Thor
by BergerBoy
Nov 26th, 2009
01:52:32 AM
here we go again...
by emeraldboy
Nov 26th, 2009
01:53:13 AM
Matt Fraction
by BergerBoy
Nov 26th, 2009
01:54:32 AM
Hmm...
by Colin62
Nov 26th, 2009
02:18:03 AM
Donald and Blake are the names
by Dingbatty
Nov 26th, 2009
03:13:57 AM
It will be a hard sell without an alter ego
by Drsambeckett1984
Nov 26th, 2009
03:16:41 AM
Drsambeckett1984
by BergerBoy
Nov 26th, 2009
03:20:59 AM
Why couldn't they get Peter Jackson for this?
by Nerd Rage
Nov 26th, 2009
04:10:18 AM
The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same
by greygor
Nov 26th, 2009
04:12:37 AM
Hulk = Box Office Poison
by Nerd Rage
Nov 26th, 2009
04:13:12 AM
Whatever happens
by Drsambeckett1984
Nov 26th, 2009
04:14:54 AM
Hardly anyone complained about Iron Man's changes
by Nerd Rage
Nov 26th, 2009
04:21:38 AM
In many ways changing source material is a
by Drsambeckett1984
Nov 26th, 2009
04:28:16 AM
Multi-racial Norse gods makes sense
by Nerd Rage
Nov 26th, 2009
04:34:19 AM
Every other superhero has an alter ego...
by Nerd Rage
Nov 26th, 2009
04:41:56 AM
This guy flies around and hits people with a hammer, right?
by smackfu
Nov 26th, 2009
04:47:27 AM
Can anyone recommend a decent Thor comic?
by Drsambeckett1984
Nov 26th, 2009
05:27:17 AM
Drsambeckett1984
by Carl XVI Gustaf
Nov 26th, 2009
05:58:08 AM
Read Walt Simonson's run.
by Dingbatty
Nov 26th, 2009
06:34:14 AM
Someone's missing
by somdawg
Nov 26th, 2009
07:10:56 AM
no blake please!
by DavidCarradinesAutoEroticRobot
Nov 26th, 2009
07:23:13 AM
Actually he kills people, rapes their women, enslaves their youn
by BurnHollywood
Nov 26th, 2009
07:50:39 AM
THOR? Needing armor?
by BurnHollywood
Nov 26th, 2009
07:54:06 AM
THOR once came home to his native land...
by BurnHollywood
Nov 26th, 2009
07:58:06 AM
...little known fact about THOR. Yes, he kills, rapes...
by FlickaPoo
Nov 26th, 2009
08:11:21 AM
Agreed about WALT SIMONSONS' run in the comic
by ZombieHeathLedger
Nov 26th, 2009
08:44:29 AM
tehcreepythinman
by ZombieHeathLedger
Nov 26th, 2009
08:45:05 AM
His pipe turned into a cane
by BrandLoyalist
Nov 26th, 2009
09:16:15 AM
I don't have much confidence left in this project
by NippleEffect
Nov 26th, 2009
09:27:34 AM
Dingbatty
by Berserkr
Nov 26th, 2009
09:57:53 AM
avengers movie
by ORIONgods
Nov 26th, 2009
10:20:32 AM
Berserkr
by Carl XVI Gustaf
Nov 26th, 2009
10:24:11 AM
TehCreepyThinMan
by FleshMachine
Nov 26th, 2009
10:32:29 AM
The real question: Will Teen Brigade be in it?!
by Royston Lodge
Nov 26th, 2009
11:28:00 AM
After all that raping and pillaging and more raping..
by mr dark
Nov 26th, 2009
01:27:23 PM
So who is going to be the villain in the sequel?
by ominus
Nov 26th, 2009
01:58:16 PM
Royston Lodge
by wookie1972
Nov 26th, 2009
05:22:38 PM
Oh, and put an eyepatch and a skinny 'stache
by wookie1972
Nov 26th, 2009
05:27:58 PM
You know
by lead_sharp
Nov 26th, 2009
06:50:10 PM
I can sum up why this will suck in 4 words:
by Redmond
Nov 26th, 2009
08:06:16 PM
Ultron has to be in the Avengers movie
by MacReady452
Nov 26th, 2009
10:11:03 PM
WHAT AN ARTICLE!!
by lockesbrokenleg
Nov 27th, 2009
12:09:40 AM
lockesbrokenleg
by DidntPullOutInTimeCop
Nov 27th, 2009
02:53:26 AM
This movie is gonna suck so bad...
by ratpack223
Nov 27th, 2009
03:25:19 AM
Well
by Berserkr
Nov 27th, 2009
10:35:03 AM
GOOOOOOD. Than again I likes Ultimate THOR so there you go.
by the Green Gargantua
Nov 27th, 2009
01:59:37 PM
This site
by xXxJamiexXx
Nov 27th, 2009
08:20:44 PM
Donald Blake is the best choice for a Thor movie
by JonQuixote
Nov 27th, 2009
08:32:37 PM
Variety's Source
by GilesT
Nov 28th, 2009
06:03:37 AM
Asgard as hallucination
by trombone
Nov 29th, 2009
01:25:19 PM
Elin Woods for Valkyrie
by Thanos0145
Nov 29th, 2009
07:14:10 PM
Thor dressed like that because
by Dingbatty
Nov 29th, 2009
07:47:43 PM
Oh no!
by OSAMP1
Nov 30th, 2009
08:44:28 AM
didn't simonson...
by foree forehead
Nov 30th, 2009
03:29:36 PM
kmOgZeZx
by QcoIQh
Feb 11th, 2010
09:21:45 PM
wejglTr
by QcoIQh
Feb 11th, 2010
09:22:35 PM
???
by Orcus
Feb 12th, 2010
07:32:51 AM

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