Natalie Portman to Play Feminine Thor in Marvel’s 4th Movie in Franchise
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Natalie Portman is returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as…Thor?!
The 38-year-old actress had performed the Asgardian god of thunder’s love curiosity and main astrophysicist Jane Foster within the first two movies within the Thor franchise. She sat out film No. three, the comedic Thor: Ragnarok. However after footage of her from the second movie, Thor: The Darkish World, was proven on this 12 months’s Avengers: Endgame, together with a brand new voiceover. followers speculated the actress would make an official return to the franchise. And so they have been appropriate.
On Saturday, she made a shock look at Comedian-Con Worldwide: San Diego 2019, showing at Marvel Studios’ panel, the place it was introduced that she’s going to play the title superhero within the fourth movie within the franchise, Thor: Love and Thunder. Chris Hemsworth, who performed Thor within the first three movies and the Avengers motion pictures, can even return.
Director Taika Waititi advised the Comedian-Con viewers whereas they have been taking pictures Thor: Ragnarok, he learn from Jason Aaron‘s Mighty Thor comedian sequence, which depicts Jane as a feminine Thor
“So, there’s just one one who can try this,” Waititi stated, referring to Portman.
The actress then took the stage and was handed a duplicate Mjolnir hammer.
“This feels fairly good,” she stated. “I’ve all the time had a bit of hammer envy.”
Confused? Listed below are some comedian Spoilers. It’s unclear if Thor: Love and Thunder will observe their storylines.
Within the comedian books, Jane is identified with breast most cancers. Sooner or later, Thor–the unique Thor–is deemed now not worthy of wielding Mjolnir and amid an assault on Earth by Frost Giants, a lady picks up the hammer and turns into Thor: Goddess of Thunder. That girl is Jane, and with the weapon, she acquires Thor’s superpowers and fights the Frost Giants and different enemies.
Nonetheless, within the comics, utilizing Mjolnir additionally has a devastating impact; each time she picks it up, it neutralized the results of her most cancers remedies, and she dies. Don’t be concerned, we’re speaking about comedian books. She will get resurrected.
The brand new movie additionally stars returning star Tessa Thompson and is ready for launch on Nov. 5, 2021.
A slew of different new movies and extra tasks have been introduced throughout Marvel Studio’s Comedian-Con presentation, together with the ensemble movie The Eternals, starring Angelina Jolie, who additionally made a shock look on the panel. It was additionally confirmed Scarlett Johansson will return as Black Widow in a standalone movie.