Chris Hemsworth is Marvel's Thor!

[a pretty girl is like]

Booo on Midgard!  Please to be keeping all the action in the Golden Realm.  Thnx.

[Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck]

Rough times for Marvel Films.....

Stuart Townsend leaves Thor over 'creative differences' a day before shooting begins
'Queen of the Damned' star was to play God of Thunder's ally Fandral
Published on Sunday, Jan 10, 2010 By Mike Cidoni (AP)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stuart Townsend has departed Marvel Comics' movie adaptation of Thor because of creative differences, according to sources close to the production.

Townsend had been cast as Fandral, an ally of Norse god Thor. He was replaced by Joshua Dallas, according to the two sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record.

The cast change came as production was about to begin. Shooting starts Monday on the movie directed by Kenneth Branagh.

Irish actor Townsend, 37, best known as the boyfriend of Academy Award winner Charlize Theron, starred in Queen of the Damned. He had been cast as Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings trilogy but was replaced at the last minute by Viggo Mortensen.

Dallas, an American actor who is a relative newcomer, appears in George Lucas' upcoming Tuskagee Airmen drama Red Tails.

Thor stars Chris Hemsworth in the title role, a warrior cast down to Earth to live among mortals as punishment for his reckless actions, which rekindled an ancient war in the realm of Asgard. Thor's troubles continue after dark forces of Asgard are dispatched to invade Earth.

The movie co-stars Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Renee Russo and Tom Hiddleston. Kenneth Branagh is directing.

Thor had been scheduled for release May 20, 2011, but Marvel has just moved it up to May 6, 2011.

First. Spidy 4 can't get a script and is delayed and now this....

Can we blame all of this stuff on Disney buying them?

[Doctor Who?]

Rough times for Marvel Films.....

Stuart Townsend leaves Thor over 'creative differences' a day before shooting begins
'Queen of the Damned' star was to play God of Thunder's ally Fandral
Published on Sunday, Jan 10, 2010 By Mike Cidoni (AP)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stuart Townsend has departed Marvel Comics' movie adaptation of Thor because of creative differences, according to sources close to the production.

Townsend had been cast as Fandral, an ally of Norse god Thor. He was replaced by Joshua Dallas, according to the two sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record.

The cast change came as production was about to begin. Shooting starts Monday on the movie directed by Kenneth Branagh.

Irish actor Townsend, 37, best known as the boyfriend of Academy Award winner Charlize Theron, starred in Queen of the Damned. He had been cast as Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings trilogy but was replaced at the last minute by Viggo Mortensen.

Dallas, an American actor who is a relative newcomer, appears in George Lucas' upcoming Tuskagee Airmen drama Red Tails.

Thor stars Chris Hemsworth in the title role, a warrior cast down to Earth to live among mortals as punishment for his reckless actions, which rekindled an ancient war in the realm of Asgard. Thor's troubles continue after dark forces of Asgard are dispatched to invade Earth.

The movie co-stars Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Renee Russo and Tom Hiddleston. Kenneth Branagh is directing.

Thor had been scheduled for release May 20, 2011, but Marvel has just moved it up to May 6, 2011.

First. Spidy 4 can't get a script and is delayed and now this....

Can we blame all of this stuff on Disney buying them?

He is making a name for himself being replaced on big budget movies

[mrbasehart]

He is making a name for himself being replaced on big budget movies

Someone get Viggo Mortensen on the phone, stat!

[Doctor Who?]

He is making a name for himself being replaced on big budget movies

Someone get Viggo Mortensen on the phone, stat!

I am kind of sad he has not become a bigger star.  He is a much better actor then most people in Hollywood today IMO.

[mrbasehart]

He is making a name for himself being replaced on big budget movies

Someone get Viggo Mortensen on the phone, stat!

I am kind of sad he has not become a bigger star.  He is a much better actor then most people in Hollywood today IMO.

Viggo? From what I've read, he has really no interest in being a star.  He just likes doing the movies he wants to, rather than taking the paycheck.

[Doctor Who?]

Yeah I am glad he is being choosy about his movies but at the same time I wish he was in more movies then Tom Cruise or Shia Lebouf.

[Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck]

Just makes you wonder how they could let whatever problem this is could go on festering until the day before shooting.  How somehow it couldn't either be solved before now or they wouldn't have replaced him.

Or maybe there's something about Townsend that these production companies really don't find out about him until the eleventh hour that makes it absolutely necessary that they bounce him.....but what the hell could THAT be?

Can't be drugs or spousal abuse...we know that doesn't really bother Hollywood much.

[CrowTeeRobot]

Did they even consider the guy on the right?

[Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck]

Did they even consider the guy on the right?

The site is having "creative differences" with Photobucket...

[CrowTeeRobot]

Oh phooey...

Here,

the guy on the right.

[Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck]

That doesn't work either.  What's the guy's name.....?

[mrbasehart]

Just makes you wonder how they could let whatever problem this is could go on festering until the day before shooting.  How somehow it couldn't either be solved before now or they wouldn't have replaced him.

Or maybe there's something about Townsend that these production companies really don't find out about him until the eleventh hour that makes it absolutely necessary that they bounce him.....but what the hell could THAT be?

Can't be drugs or spousal abuse...we know that doesn't really bother Hollywood much.

I think he just has a massive inferiority complex.  He is Mr Charlize Theron, after all. 

[Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck]

Just makes you wonder how they could let whatever problem this is could go on festering until the day before shooting.  How somehow it couldn't either be solved before now or they wouldn't have replaced him.

Or maybe there's something about Townsend that these production companies really don't find out about him until the eleventh hour that makes it absolutely necessary that they bounce him.....but what the hell could THAT be?

Can't be drugs or spousal abuse...we know that doesn't really bother Hollywood much.

I think he just has a massive inferiority complex.  He is Mr Charlize Theron, after all. 

Well, he's not the first actor she's dated....and they didn't have this kind of problem.

Could be as "Mr. Theron" he figures he can tell the world to fuck off because he's got his bills paid for life?

[Darth Geek]

Could this be a good sign, a la LOTR and Hugh Jackman in X-men?