chris hemsworth – Geekfeed https://www.geekfeed.com Entertainment News, Celebrities and Fandoms Fri, 11 Oct 2024 11:15:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.geekfeed.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-Geekfeed-Favicon-White-32x32.png chris hemsworth – Geekfeed https://www.geekfeed.com 32 32 Transformers One Hype Account is Going Viral for His Audacious Marketing https://www.geekfeed.com/transformers-one-hype-account-is-going-viral/ Fri, 11 Oct 2024 11:15:26 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=84658 Transformers One is going down as one of the best-reviewed movies that no one is seeing in the box office, and while some are already admitting the film’s status as a flop, there is one little fan account that could that is making the movie go viral online.

@TFHypeGuy has been getting a lot of attention on the Twitter-sphere for their audacious takes in promoting Transformers One, even going so far as to make fun of other movies that have been getting poor reviews like Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis and Todd Phillips’ Joker: Folie a Deux.

Their posts have been getting thousands of likes on Twitter, and they’ve even made fun of other artists that aren’t promoting a movie:

Not even former president Joe Biden is safe from his marketing tactics:

For now, it looks like the page’s goal is just to make sure that the film breaks even, ensuring a sequel. One of their requests is to have Paramount delay the film’s digital release until November at least—allowing for good word-of-mouth for the movie to spread—which it already is.

The Streamr has even gone so far as to write an article about him (but Paramount has yet to reach out):

We don’t know if hype alone from this account is enough to get butts in seats, but if The Substance and Joker 2 are considered to be too artsy for your tastes, maybe a Transformers movie would be the perfect time in the cinema. Chris Hemsworth and Brian Tyree Henry are great as Optimus Prime and Megatron, and it’s a great return to animation for a retro franchise like Transformers.

If it still needs to be said, Transformers One is now out in theatres.

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Mad Max’s George Miller Open to Taking on Thor Franchise https://www.geekfeed.com/george-miller-open-to-taking-on-thor-franchise/ Tue, 27 Aug 2024 15:46:51 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=83957 George Miller of Mad Max fame may  be an auteur filmmaker, but he has never been one to shy from a big franchise movie—once being attached to direct a Justice League movie. Now it looks like Miller may be open to working with Marvel Studios down the line.

Talking to ComicBook, Miller talks about possibly taking on a fifth Thor movie with Chris Hemsworth, to which he replied, “I would work with Chris on anything. I really would. He’s a wonderful actor. He’s got the full range of all the skills… I mean, you’ve got to be athletic, physically… But, you also gotta be athletic emotionally and intellectually to take on these very, ultimately fairly complex, any role really.

As of now, nobody is in the director’s chair for the next Thor movie, and it looks like the audience has run out of enthusiasm for Thor: Love and Thunder helmer Taika Waititi. With Sam Raimi being able to take on Doctor Strange, there could be room for Miller to try on Thor, should he and Marvel come to some kind of agreement.

For now, Miller has managed to get a memorable performance out of Chris Hemsworth with the character of Dementus in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. With Miller’s penchant for dazzling visuals and costumes, he could very well be a perfect choice to take on another Thor movie—especially with the way they’ve evolved with Waititi’s direction over the past few years.

I’m just hoping Hemsworth has some enthusiasm left after the relentless bashing of the last film (which I thought was better than Ragnarok).

A fifth Thor movie has not been officially announced.

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Optimus and Megatron Join a Race in New Clip from Transformers One https://www.geekfeed.com/a-race-in-new-clip-from-transformers-one/ Sun, 25 Aug 2024 14:16:22 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=83931 The Transformers franchise may have blown up in the box office with the live-action movies, but Paramount is going back to form with an animated origin movie called Transformers One.

The movie is set to release in September, and we have a new clip which has Orion Pax (Optimus Prime) and D-16 (Megatron) joining a race filled with transformers. Check this out:

Based on the clip, it does look like the world of Cybertron has a class hierarchy, and Orion and D-16 are at the bottom of it as miners. Based on previous trailers it does look like the ability to transform with the robots is going to be a kind of privilege/rite-of-passage, that’s why so many people are amazed that the miners joined the race without even being able to transform.

With a call for a Cybertron-centric movie going around the fanbase for a while, Transformers One feels like it’s going to finally focus on the arc of solely the transformers as compared to previous movies where there has to be a human story shoehorned in.

Based on early reviews for the film, a lot of fans have been digging Transformers One, and this is sure to be a great entry for the franchise as more fans wait for the sequel to Rise of the Beasts. We haven’t gotten an update on that G.I. Joe crossover for a year, but hopefully One will be able to sustain interest in robots in disguise until Paramount is ready to drop an update.

Transformers One comes to cinemas on Sept. 20.

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Optimus Prime and Megatron are Brothers in Latest Trailer for Transformers One https://www.geekfeed.com/latest-trailer-for-transformers-one-released/ Tue, 20 Aug 2024 07:24:16 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=83791 Transformers: Rise of the Beasts may be setting up for a crossover with the G.I. Joe franchise, but while we wait for updates on that, Paramount is going to be releasing an animated prequel called Transformers One.

The film is set to come out next month, and we have a new trailer showcasing the brotherhood and eventual rivalry of Optimus Prime and Megatron. Check this out:

With the human element of the Transformers movies usually considered to be the weakest part, this animated film looks to do away with the human element and finally give fans a full story set in the world of Cyberton.

Though it’s expected that this movie is going to be in its own timeline, I wouldn’t be surprised if they made it so that this would also be taking place around the same timeline as Bumblebee. After all, the rebooted films have yet to tell the new origin of their Megatron.

Then again, the films have kind of become pretty jumbled with the continuity, so it’s probably best for Transformers One to just pave its own retelling of the Autobots/Decepticons story. So far, early reactions have been said to be great, and the live-action movies may have found a run for its money when it comes to storytelling quality.

TRANSFORMERS ONE is the untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever.

Transformers One rolls out into theaters on Sept. 20.

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Optimus and Megatron Attempt to Transform in New Clip from Animated Transformers One https://www.geekfeed.com/new-clip-from-animated-transformers-one/ Wed, 17 Jul 2024 11:29:16 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=83333 Transformers may not be as huge a franchise as compared to when Michael Bay was directing the movies, but it looks like Paramount is going back to basics with the animated film Transformers One.

Thanks to the Kids’ Choice Awards, we have a new clip from the movie, and it reveals Optimus, Megatron, Arcee, and Bumblebee transforming for the first time. Check this out:

It’s unclear exactly how the lore works in the Transformers franchise, but it looks like the robots didn’t have the ability to turn into vehicles in the first place, and we get to see them do that for the first time here.

When it comes to the live-action movies, there have been fans who have been calling for just a cybertron-set movie with no human characters, and it looks like Transformers One is going to attempt to scratch that itch.

I have to admit, I preferred that the keep to the aesthetic of the new timeline established by Bumblebee, but I am willing to give a chance to this new G1-inspired look for Optimus and the rest.

With no hints at Megatron returning in live-action, I would very much love to see his drama with Optimus play out in some way, and these animated movies could be the best place for one of pop-culture’s most iconic rivalries.

TRANSFORMERS ONE is the untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever.

Watch out for Transformers One when it releases in theaters on September 20.

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Chris Hemsworth on Marvel Actors Who Bash the MCU https://www.geekfeed.com/chris-hemsworth-on-marvel-actors-who-bash-the-mcu/ Wed, 15 May 2024 10:25:14 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=82411 It’s no mystery that the status of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has taken kind of a nosedive since Avengers: Endgame, and a lot of people—even MCU actors themselves—have been bashing the franchise.

Chris Hemsworth, fresh off of the divisive Thor: Love and Thunder, talks a bit about how those actors annoy him, and how he’s still thankful for getting to work with Marvel despite the decline in reputation. Hemsworth tells, The Times:

“It’s, like, ‘They’re films that are successful — put me in one. Oh, mine didn’t work? I’ll bash them…

“Look, I grew up on a soap opera, and it used to bother me when actors would later talk about the show with guilt or shame. Humility goes a long way. One of the older actors on Home and Away said, ‘We don’t get paid to make the good lines sound good, but to make the bad ones work.’ That stuck with me.

Though some people like to blame the superhero genre for tanking the movie industry, Hemsworth says that it’s more the fault of smartphones and social media. Hemsworth continues, “Cinema-going did not change because of superheroes, but because of smartphones and social media. Superhero films actually kept people in the cinemas during that transition and now people are coming back. So they deserve a little more appreciation.”

Even now, Hemsworth says he’s still open to return as Thor, if it can give him any chance to ‘redeem’ himself from the divisive nature of Love and Thunder. Personally, I did like Love and Thunder more than Ragnarok, but I was always eager for the Thor franchise to go back to its earlier tones—kind of like if the MCU had its own version of Lord of the Rings.

For now, Hemsworth is gearing up for the release of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga co-starring with Anya Taylor-Joy. Catch his Dementus when he rides into theaters on May 24.

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“I Didn’t Stick the Landing”: Chris Hemsworth Says He ‘Owes’ Fans Another Thor Film https://www.geekfeed.com/chris-hemsworth-owes-fans-another-thor-film/ Sun, 05 May 2024 17:47:02 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=82231 Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr. may have bowed out of the MCU, but Chris Hemsworth is still flying around as the God of Thunder Thor. We don’t know where he could show up next, but Hemsworth does assure fans that he needs to return as Thor after Love and Thunder.

Talking to Vanity Fair, Hemsworth says that it feels like he owes the fans another Thor movie, but not in the same vein as Love and Thunder. “I got caught up in the improv and the wackiness, and I became a parody of myself,” Hemsworth shared, “I didn’t stick the landing.”

Admittedly, Thor’s character and the way the studio has treated him has changed ever since he debuted back in 2011. Though he was a tad serious with some of his other-worldliness played for laughs, Thor: Ragnarok really leaned into the improv and the last two Thor films ended up like pseudo Guardians of the Galaxy comedy movies.

Even Hemsworth had shared that he was starting to feel ‘replaceable’ as Thor when it came to the Avengers lineup. “I would read everyone else’s lines, and go, Oh, they got way cooler stuff. They’re having more fun. What’s my character doing? It was always about, ‘You’ve got the wig on. You’ve got the muscles. You’ve got the costume. Where’s the lighting?’ Yeah, I’m part of this big thing, but I’m probably pretty replaceable,” says Hemsworth.

Despite that, his co-star Robery Downey Jr. does say that it takes a special kind of actor to play Thor. RDJ shares, “First off, Thor as a character was super tricky to adapt—lots of implied limitations—but he and Ken Branagh figured out how to transcend, make him somehow relatable but godlike… Hemsworth is, in my opinion, the most complex psyche out of all us Avengers. He’s got wit and gravitas, but also such restraint, fire, and gentleness.”

It’s unclear where Marvel wants to take the character moving forward, but it does look like they’re done with the comedy direction thatTaika Waititi went.

Personally, I thought that Love and Thunder did have a more relevant arc than Ragnarok, and I would love to see Thor’s next film actually grapple with his decision to become a father to his adopted daughter. Maybe ‘Love’ can become The Mighty Thor that Jane Foster only spent a few moments on.

A fifth Thor movie has not been officially announced. But in the meantime, you can catch Hemsworth in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga in theaters May 24.

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Mad Max Spinoff Furiosa Gives Look at Chris Hemsworth’s Dementus https://www.geekfeed.com/mad-max-spinoff-furiosa-gives-look-at-dementus/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 10:18:41 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=81386 It will be a while before we get the next Thor film, but Chris Hemsworth has teamed up with auteur director George Miller for a prequel to Mad Max in the form of Furiosa.

Hemsworth plays the lead villain Dementus, and we have a new look at him and a funky post-apocalyptic motorcycle. Check this out:

We don’t know exactlt what Dementus’ deal is in the movie, but as per the official synopsis, it’s his Biker Horde that kidnaps Furiosa from her home of the Green Place of Many Mothers. Since Fury Road had Furiosa already working for Immortan Joe, we’re going to be seeing Dementus go head to head with that warlord together with his group of fanatic War Boys.

With Hemsworth being a pretty recognizable star, it’s curious why they would decide to give him a fake nose for his role here. Maybe Miller just wanted everyone to focus on the performance rather than get distracted that the god of Thunder is now in the middle of the Wasteland leading a group of biker pirates.

As the world fell, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falls into the hands of a great Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the Wasteland, they come across the Citadel presided over by The Immortan Joe. While the two Tyrants war for dominance, Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home.

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is expected to release in theaters on May 24.

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Watch Chris Hemsworth and Jason Momoa Beef about Muscles on Tiktok https://www.geekfeed.com/hemsworth-and-momoa-beef-about-muscles-on-tiktok/ Mon, 04 Dec 2023 11:38:00 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=79930 Chris Hemsworth and Jason Momoa are leads of two huge superhero franchises, and it’s no mystery that both are also required to be absolutely stacked for their movies.

Just in, the two are having a funny little beef online with Momoa teasing Hemsworth about having to get buff for his superhero films. Here’s Momoa’s post teasing his padded superhero costume:

@prideofgypsies

Eat your heart out, @Chris Hemsworth

♬ original sound – Jason Momoa

“What’s up Hemsworth! Check that **** out! You had to work out, I didn’t! *laughs*”

And Hemsworth replied by showing of his huge arms with natural muscles:

https://www.tiktok.com/@chrishemsworth/video/7307039288129047851

“That’s a lovely padded costume you got there, Jason. I prefer a skinsuit myself, mate. I love you, Aquaman.”

Considering how Momoa had to get absolutely ripped for his Aquaman role, it would be a huge convenience for him to just have a padded suit. After all, a lot of his sequences are going to be CG, and it would still be a huge waste of effort if he was going to wear a full skinsuit covering himself up in the movie.

As for Hemsworth, he may not be working on the next Thor movie yet, but he has to get absolutely ripped to play the villain Dementus in George Miller’s upcoming Mad Max prequel Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.

Though it would have to take some kind of IP miracle for Aquaman and Thor to crossover in a film, it’s just fun to watch Marvel and DC’s arguably beefiest actors have some friendly online beef about being ripped.

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga comes out May 24, 2024. You can watch out for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom when it comes out Dec. 22.

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First Trailer for Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Brings Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth to the Wasteland https://www.geekfeed.com/first-trailer-for-furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-released/ Mon, 04 Dec 2023 11:16:35 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=79924 It’s been almost a decade since director George Miller gave us Mad Max: Fury Road, and while it’s going to be a while before we get to see Max onscreen again, we do have a prequel starring one of Fury Road’s standout characters, Furiosa.

Here’s the first trailer for Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth:

The synopsis reads:

As the world fell, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falls into the hands of a great Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the Wasteland, they come across the Citadel presided over by The Immortan Joe. While the two Tyrants war for dominance, Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home.

In Fury Road, we know that Furiosa ends up working for Immortan Joe, but I guess it would be interesting to see just how she takes on Dementus—who is being played by Chris Hemsworth with a fake nose.

We know that Fury Road was praised for its practical action and production design, and we should expect even more of it when it comes to Furiosa. We don’t know where Miller wants to take the story, but I would mind a flash forward with Charlize Theron reprising the role and discovering what happened to her life after Max showed up and helped defeat Immortan Joe.

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is set to come out on May 24, 2024.

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Rogue One Director Being Eyed for Thor 5? https://www.geekfeed.com/rogue-one-director-being-eyed-for-thor-5/ Wed, 29 Nov 2023 16:09:40 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=79865 Taika Waititi had been applauded for rebooting the Thor franchise with Ragnarok, but fans weren’t singing the same tune when Love and Thunder came out. We don’t have an official announcement for Thor 5 yet, but with Waititi allegedly out, a new director is said to be considered from the Star Wars camp.

According to insider Daniel RPK (via ComicBookMovie), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and The Creator director Gareth Edwards is being eyed for a fifth Thor film. We don’t have any details on what the story could be, but Chris Hemsworth himself has pitched that maybe the next appearance of Thor could be the last. He says, “I feel like we’d probably have to close the book if I ever did it again, you know what I mean?… You have this birth of a hero, the journey of a hero, then the death of a hero, and I don’t know…am I at that stage? Who knows?”

While fans thought that Love and Thunder would have Jane Foster taking on the Thor role moving forward, her character dying kind of caught everyone by surprise, and instead we have a Thor embracing the life of a single father with Gorr’s daughter becoming his ward.

We don’t know where Marvel plans to go with the character moving forward, but there have been comics about Thor outliving everyone and becoming an older god going up against cosmically gigantic odds.

Perhaps the MCU could just tell an alternate future timeline with an older Thor which would mark another hard reboot of the property, but we’ll just have to wait and see what happens.

Let’s also not forget his brother Loki is now the one holding all the timelines together. Maybe a reunion is possible with both variants uniting in some way?

A fifth Thor film hasn’t been officially announced.

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Taika Waititi on What He Would Want to See in a Future Thor Film https://www.geekfeed.com/waititi-on-what-he-wants-in-a-future-thor-film/ Wed, 23 Aug 2023 07:00:30 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=78355 Taika Waititi may have been universally praised for Thor: Ragnarok, but somehow a lot of Marvel fans weren’t too pleased with his last Thor adventure, Thor: Love and Thunder. We don’t know if Marvel is going to decide to push forward with another Thor soon, but Waititi already has some ideas of where the film should go.

In Titan’s official movie special book for Thor: Love and Thunder (via ScreenRant), Waititi speculates on a fifth Thor film, to which he says:

“What is left to do to him? It’s got to be something that feels like it’s carrying on with the evolution of the character, but still in a very fun way and still giving him things to come up against that feel like they’re building on the obstacles that he has to overcome… I don’t think we can have a villain that’s weaker than Hela. I feel like we need to step up from there and add a villain that’s somehow more formidable.”

Love and Thunder had Thor taking on a fatherhood role and adopting Gorr’s resurrected daughter, but it’s unclear where the character would be moving forward based on what’s established in the MCU. If you ask me, they should just follow his arc in the comics and have him resume leadership of Asgard in place of Odin, now that he’s gained much more experience and knows plenty more about caring for someone.

Whether Waititi is involved or not, he does think that Thor has potential to just keep going to crazier places. He says he would prefer to add “more and more outlandish and crazy beasts, monsters and aliens”. With the earlier Thor movies having him focus mostly on the conflicts of Earth and Asgard, it’s clear Waititi wants to have him explore more alien worlds—kind of like the Guardians of the Galaxy.

A fifth Thor movie hasn’t been officially announced.

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Chris Hemsworth Thinks His Next Thor Appearance could be His Last https://www.geekfeed.com/hemsworth-thinks-next-thor-appearance-may-be-last/ Fri, 18 Nov 2022 09:44:22 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=72091 Though Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr. may have bowed out of the MCU, Chris Hemsworth remains as one of the series’ ‘Big Three’. With Love and Thunder teasing a future for the Son of Odin as a father, it seems that his next appearance could be his last.

Talking to Vanity Fair, Hemsworth was asked if he was ever going to come back to the role soon, to which he replied:

“Yeah, for sure. I feel like we’d probably have to close the book if I ever did it again, you know what I mean? I feel like it probably warrants that. I feel like it’d probably be the finale, but that’s not based on anything anyone’s told me or any sort of plans. You have this birth of a hero, the journey of a hero, then the death of a hero, and I don’t know—am I at that stage? Who knows?”

For now, it doesn’t seem that Marvel has any plans for Thor soon, seeing as they’re probably busy setting up other characters like the Fantastic Four and the X-Men. If anything, we should expect Thor to make some kind of appearance in the next Avengers film, but maybe he can show up in any upcoming movie like The Marvels or Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.

My guess is, they want to completely reboot the female Thor character to have ‘Love’ take on the role rather than Jane Foster. While Foster would have been a fine version, I think it would be hard to build a franchise around a character that was slowly dying of cancer. By making Love a non-Earth local, she has the potential to have Thor’s outsider-type persona; plus, they could cast someone younger and build their career from there.

It’s just a guess.

No announcement has been made for the next Thor movie.

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Thor 5 Not Bringing Back Taika Waititi? https://www.geekfeed.com/thor-5-not-bringing-back-taika-waititi/ Wed, 07 Sep 2022 16:25:20 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=70901 Ever since the success of Thor: Ragnarok, Taika Waititi has found himself thrust in the spotlight, getting gigs for Star Wars and more Marvel. With the divisive reception of Thor: Love and Thunder though, could that film be his last in the MCU?

As per Giant Freakin Robot, Waititi is allegedly not coming back for the next Thor movie, and while no specific reason was given, it’s speculated that it was because of audience reception for Love and Thunder that Waititi hasn’t been asked to come back.

As a fan of Waititi’s work with Boy and Hunt for the Wilderpeople, I never really thought that Ragnarok was his best work, and the point was just driven home by Love and Thunder. Sure, the character moments between Jane and Thor are better, but the jokes have been pretty bland—especially for Waititi who has made some other, better films.

With internet troll culture being a thing though, I suspect that the negative reviews didn’t really change anything, and Waititi simply chose to not return. I mean, he still has a Star Wars movie to work on, and he’s expected to have a full time role in HBO’s hit series Our Flag Means Death.

If you ask me, they should return to form and attempt another serious fantasy take on Thor. You think Game of Thrones director Miguel Sapochnik would be up to the task? Dark World’s Alan Taylor was also a Thrones veteran.

Thor: Love and Thunder comes to Disney+ on Sept. 8.

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New BTS Featurette for Thor: Love and Thunder Spotlights on Taika Waititi https://www.geekfeed.com/thor-love-and-thunder-spotlights-taika-waititi/ Wed, 06 Jul 2022 08:53:38 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=69927 Marvel had took a chance with Taika Waititi with Thor: Ragnarok, but now they’re allowing him even more creative freedom for the upcoming sequel Thor: Love and Thunder. The film is set to come out later this week, and we have a new featurette taking a good look at the man behind the helm of Thor’s next adventure.

Watch the new Love and Thunder clip down here:

Hemsworth said about Waititi, “Taika is like a big kid, sort of genius child. There’s this imagination that’s second to none.” Natalie Portman, who is returning to play the Jane Foster’s version of the God of Thunder, says, “Taika is really good at refelecting the way life can be dark and comedic all at once.”

While Thor: Ragnarok was already pretty goofy by MCU standards, Waititi does say that he’s doubling down on the tone of Love and Thunder, and we can expect things to be more colourful and vibrant. Being a fan of Waititi’s more ‘serious’ work though, I am hoping that Love and Thunder manages to take the character arcs a lot more seriously, especially with Jane. Though the previews have only shown her getting her powers, comic readers will know that there’s actually a pretty tragic reason why she has to become the new wielder of Mjolnir.

Thor embarks on a journey unlike anything he’s ever faced — a quest for inner peace. However, his retirement gets interrupted by Gorr the God Butcher, a galactic killer who seeks the extinction of the gods. To combat the threat, Thor enlists the help of King Valkyrie, Korg and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster, who — to his surprise — inexplicably wields his magical hammer. Together, they set out on a harrowing cosmic adventure to uncover the mystery of the God Butcher’s vengeance.

Thor: Love and Thunder flies into theaters on July 8.

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Thor 4: Original Gorr Design Looked Too Much Like Voldemort https://www.geekfeed.com/thor-4-gorr-design-looked-too-much-like-voldemort/ Mon, 04 Jul 2022 04:09:40 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=69018 Christian Bale may look pretty freaky in Thor: Love and Thunder, but anyone whose read the comics knows that the character looks pretty different. When it comes to the change, Waititi explains that it had to do something with Gorr resembling a certain Dark Wizard.

Talking to IGN, Waititi reveals that they had to change Gorr’s look because he looked too much like Voldemort from the Harry Potter movies. He says: “His face in the comics, unfortunately does kind of resemble Voldemort. So I was like, people are just automatically going to make that connection. So we decided to depart from that design and sort of like, keep elements of the tone, and the fact that he had the sword—really it was about his story. That was the most important things for us.”

In the comics, Gorr had no nose and tentacles on the back of his head—kind of like a twi’lek from Star Wars. One thing was that he almost, always looked nude. With Christian Bale’s penchant for transforming his body, it was kind of a shame that they decided to cover up his entire body, but at least we really get to see Bale’s face and his expressions when it comes to the character onscreen.

While Marvel has been able to give us some memorable villains toward the end of the Infinity Saga, I think that the latest entries with Black Widow’s Dreykov and Eternals’ Ikaris  have been kind of forgettable, With Bale and Waititi onboard though, I’m hoping we have a memorable villain to really push Thor to his limits.

Catch Thor: Love and Thunder when it comes out July 8.

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Mad Max Spinoff Furiosa Gets Official Synopsis https://www.geekfeed.com/mad-max-spinoff-furiosa-gets-official-synopsis/ Fri, 01 Jul 2022 08:25:23 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=68272 We don’t know if we’ll ever get a follow-up to Mad Max: Fury Road, but director George Miller is working on a spinoff prequel focused on Charlize Theron’s Imperator Furiosa. Furiosa is set to come out in 2024 starring Anya Taylor-Joy, and we have an official synopsis teasing Furiosa’s arc in the story.

This comes from WB Pictures (via CBR):

As the world fell, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falls into the hands of a great Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the Wasteland they come across the Citadel presided over by The Immortan Joe. While the two Tyrants war for dominance, Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home.

Like I said, Taylor-Joy will be playing the younger version of Furiosa, but she will also be joined by Thor star Chris Hemsworth who everyone is assuming will be playing the Warlord Dementus. Since Hugh Keays-Bryne died in 2020, it’s possible the movie will cast someone else to play a youger Immortan Joe. Who knows, maybe this film can explain to us why Joe needs to keep on that mask in the first place.

Since Furiosa is one of Joe’s more trusted allies when we meet her in Fury Road, we can assume that we’re going to be watching her rise up the ranks over the course of the film. It’s possible that Miller could be planning more than just one film with the character, but for now it would be great if they just focused on telling a complete story.

Catch Furiosa when it hits theaters on May 24, 2024.

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Thor 4: Natalie Portman would Love a Captain Marvel Team-Up https://www.geekfeed.com/natalie-portman-wants-a-captain-marvel-team-up/ Sun, 26 Jun 2022 18:02:01 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=66652 With the MCU introducing us to a new roster of heroes, everyone is guessing what kind of team-ups we could have down the line. Thor and Hulk teamed up for Ragnarok, and new Thor Natalie Portman has an idea who she wants to share the screen with.

Talking to Variety, Portman was asked which team-up she would look forward to in her MCU future, and she says, “I love Captain Marvel. Brie [Larson] is a dear friend so that would be a fun one.”

Admittedly it’s unclear what kind of future Jane Foster has in the MCU. Though it’s said that she’s taking on the Thor mantle, it still feels like Chris Hemsworth is going to be hanging around for a while. If you asked me, I would like it if Jane became the lead of the franchise, with the OG Thor having a recurring role as her support—kind of like Odin in the early Thor films.

Despite all the previews, Marvel has been pretty secretive when it comes to Jane’s arc. So far, it’s just been revealed that she recently gained her powers and is coping with the responsibility, but if the comics are to be followed, we know that there’s a very serious reason why she becomes the Mighty Thor. I won’t spoil anything here, but I’m sure hoping Marvel chooses to stay true to that part of the character’s origin.

Catch Portman in Thor: Love and Thunder when it hits theaters on July 8.

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Christian Bale had No Idea What the ‘MCU’ was https://www.geekfeed.com/christian-bale-had-no-idea-what-the-mcu-was/ Sun, 26 Jun 2022 17:01:53 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=66637 While everyone is excited to see Chris Hemsworth back as Thor in Love and Thunder, a lot of people are curious what kind of performance ex-Batman Christian Bale has to bring to the table. Though some think he would have qualms entering an opposite comic universe after DC, he says he never really shut the idea down.

Talking to Total Film (via Games Radar), Bale was asked whether he was hesitant to join comic movies after the Dark Knight trilogy, to which he replied, “Absolutely not, no. That didn’t even enter into my head at all.” The funny thing is, Bale also had no idea what it meant when people were saying he joined the MCU. “I’d read that, and people would go, ‘Oh, look at this! He’s entered the MCU!’ And I’d go, ‘I’ve done what? I haven’t entered shit, thank you very much.’ I’m like, ‘The MCU?’ I had to ask what that was.” 

WIth Bale being known to be such an intense method actor, a lot of people were wondering how he was going to get in touch with the role of someone who wanted to murder gods. While he really wanted to iron something out with director Taika Waititi, it looks like they never got to be as extensive as they wanted to be. Bale says:

“There’s obviously sort of a Nosferatu slight attitude. Taika and I wanted to do a whole dance, which we didn’t get to do, but we had all this sort of Kate Bush stuff that we worked at. But I think he just realised he was never going to be allowed to put that in the final film. I would say that the most common thing I was staring at was the Aphex Twin video of ‘Come To Daddy’. But I don’t even know if that will be in the final film.”

Fingers crossed the trailers didn’t spoil too much. While I thought Gorr’s look was originally underwhelming, the trailers make me feel that Christian Bale is going to steal the scene whenever he shows up.

Thor: Love and Thunder hits theaters on July 8.

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Latest Thor: Love and Thunder Trailer Gives First Look at Christian Bale’s God Butcher https://www.geekfeed.com/latest-thor-love-and-thunder-trailer-gives-first-look-at-christian-bales-god-butcher/ Wed, 25 May 2022 14:06:38 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=65342 A month ago we got our first teaser for Thor: Love and Thunder, and though we expected to get our next preview sometime around June, Marvel Studios has just dropped a new trailer for the movie, and it gives us a good look at all the returning characters as well as Christian Bale’s new villain—Gorr the God Butcher.

Watch the new Love and Thunder trailer down here: 

Here’s the official synopsis:

The film finds Thor (Chris Hemsworth) on a journey unlike anything he’s ever faced – a search for self-discovery. But his retirement is interrupted by a galactic killer known as Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale), who seeks the extinction of the gods. To combat the threat, Thor enlists the help of King Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), Korg (Taika Waititi) and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), who – to Thor’s surprise – inexplicably wields his magical hammer, Mjolnir, as the Mighty Thor. Together, they embark upon a harrowing cosmic adventure to uncover the mystery of the God Butcher’s vengeance and stop him before it’s too late.

I’ll admit, I was initially skeptical about Gorr’s appearance after the toy leaks, but we can see that Bale is going all-in with the character’s look in the movie. While he does look a tad like Voldemort from the Potter films, I hope that Marvel allowed Bale some leeway when it came to bringing the God Butcher to life.

On the other side of things, we did get more of Natalie Portman in the trailer, but her arc is still pretty much a mystery. With her expected to take the Thor mantle moving forward, I wonder what kind of story they have in mind; because Jane Foster is admittedly one of the blandest characters in the MCU. I mean, who even missed her in Thor: Ragnarok?

Catch Thor: Love and Thunder when it hits theaters on July 8.

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