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05-02-2006, 06:19 AM
From Cinescape News:
Back in December of 2004, the talk of the town was that David Goyer (Batman Begins, Blade) was in talks to pen and direct Marvel's big-screen adaption of Thor. Avi Arad, Marvel Studios CEO, went on record at the premiere of Blade saying, "Thor is being written now. Actually, David is going to write it. He is a Thor fanatic for a long time. He's going to write it."
My how things have changed. Thor will now be hammering his way to the big screen via Mark Protosevich's (Poseidon, The Cell) mighty pen.
"In the comics, the stories that appealed to me most were the features called 'Tales of Asgard,'" Protosevich said. "I don't want to give too much away, but I will say the movie will take place in the world of myth and legend but will not betray some of the thematic elements of the comics that made them so appealing ... like the idea of a god growing to truly understand man."
The movie's budget is projected as high as $165 million, and is being funded via a $525 million fund from Merrill Lynch. The film is expected to be distributed under Marvel's arrangement with Paramount.
Fans of the comic were high on wrestler Triple H to play the part of Thor, but Marvel has released no word thus far on possible casting.
Triple H as Thor would work, but ONLY on a physical level.
Not on an acting one. Hearing 3H spout "Thee's" and "Thou's" in his dialogue
would not only come off as laughable, but downright unlistenable.
He can act on a basic level, but not enough to carry a film with any
epic weight to it. He looks the part, but that's about it.
Back in December of 2004, the talk of the town was that David Goyer (Batman Begins, Blade) was in talks to pen and direct Marvel's big-screen adaption of Thor. Avi Arad, Marvel Studios CEO, went on record at the premiere of Blade saying, "Thor is being written now. Actually, David is going to write it. He is a Thor fanatic for a long time. He's going to write it."
My how things have changed. Thor will now be hammering his way to the big screen via Mark Protosevich's (Poseidon, The Cell) mighty pen.
"In the comics, the stories that appealed to me most were the features called 'Tales of Asgard,'" Protosevich said. "I don't want to give too much away, but I will say the movie will take place in the world of myth and legend but will not betray some of the thematic elements of the comics that made them so appealing ... like the idea of a god growing to truly understand man."
The movie's budget is projected as high as $165 million, and is being funded via a $525 million fund from Merrill Lynch. The film is expected to be distributed under Marvel's arrangement with Paramount.
Fans of the comic were high on wrestler Triple H to play the part of Thor, but Marvel has released no word thus far on possible casting.
Triple H as Thor would work, but ONLY on a physical level.
Not on an acting one. Hearing 3H spout "Thee's" and "Thou's" in his dialogue
would not only come off as laughable, but downright unlistenable.
He can act on a basic level, but not enough to carry a film with any
epic weight to it. He looks the part, but that's about it.