Thor Casting Update

Natalie Portman is in Thor. This happened last week, but July has been kind of crazy for me. I think this is a big deal for the Thor movie. Iron Man wasn't well known like Spider-Man, but people heard it had Robert Downey, Jr. and Gweneth Paltrow and they paid attention. Very little gets geeks to pay attention like Ms. Portman. To get you back up to date, here is the current cast:

Jane Foster - Natalie Portman

























Thor - Chris Hemsworth
























Loki - Tom Hiddleston
























Kenneth Brannagh is directing, and I have really high hopes that he'll be able to capture an entirely different tone from Hulk or Iron Man.

A Game of Thrones

Other than The Lord of the Rings, there's only one fantasy series that's ever really captivated me. The series is known as A Song of Ice and Fire, and it's written by George R. R. Martin. He's been called "the American Tolkien" by Time magazine, and now his novels are being produced as a TV pilot by HBO. This is a series about knights and rebellions and political intrigue and seasons that last for years. It's not about wizards, trolls, orcs or fairies. If any of this sounds interesting to you, go to the links for more info on the basic story line. Today, I want to talk about casting. And, so far, I'm very excited about who they've announced.

Eddard Stark

You know this guy. It's Sean Bean. He was Boromir in The Lord of the Rings. He was Odysseus in Troy. He was the bad guy in GoldenEye, and National Treasure. I'm excited to have him on the project, I think it will help HBO promote the series.
















Tyrion Lannister
This is Peter Dinklage, and most of you know him as the guy Will Ferrell calls an "angry elf" in the movie Elf. He was also Trumpkin the dwarf in the second Narnia movie, Prince Caspian. His character, Tyrion, is the only "dwarf" in this story, but he's not a member of some magical race. He was just born as a short person. He'll be one of everyone's favorite characters.














Robert Baratheon
This is Mark Addy. He was Roland in A Knight's Tale, and he had a sitcom for five years called Still Standing.











Three other characters have been cast, but I can't find any pictures or info on them. I'll do another post when I can find something.

John Carter of Mars

Andrew Stanton, the director of Finding Nemo and WALL•E, has found the leads for his first live action endeavor, John Carter of Mars. Taylor Kitsch and Lynn Collins, who recently co-starred in Wolverine, will be playing John Carter and Dejah Thoris, respectively.

Taylor Kitsch



























Lynn Collins

























John Carter is the star of a series of pulp adventures, the Barsoom series, written by Edgar Rice Burroughs between 1912 and 1964. Burroughs is more famous for his other pulp creation, Tarzan. Carter was a veteran of the American Civil War who found himself transported to the planet Mars. The novels follow his adventures with the native species of the Red Planet.

Casting for the Thor movie

I've always thought Thor was a cool character. Maybe it's because Norse mythology has never gotten the same amount of limelight in the US as the Greeks and Romans. I'm a huge fan of the two Marvel movies that have been released, and I'm really looking forward to their attempt at tying the whole world together in an Avengers movie. Anywho, here's the casting for Thor, so far:

Thor - Chris Hemsworth
























Loki - Tom Hiddleston
























Odin - Brian Blessed



















Kenneth Brannagh is directing, and I have really high hopes that he'll be able to capture an entirely different tone from Hulk or Iron Man.