Has this news come out before? Because it's so very, very odd that I can't believe I missed it first time 'round. Tucked away into a Variety article detailing the distribution of future Marvel Comics films is word that Kenneth Branagh has been confirmed as the director of the upcoming Thor film. To which I can only say ... whu? I suppose it makes a certain amount of sense if Marvel is hoping Branagh will bring his Shakespearian sensibility to the character - probably the only way to avoid it being horribly, horribly bad as Thor is, in my opinion, probably the most difficult character to bring convincingly to the screen in any sort of contemporary setting - but, really? Branagh? What's he EVER done to show that he can handle effects and action on this scale? That's just weird ...
Sci-Fi Channels news site had it yesterday.
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?id=60730
Freaked me out too.
Adventures in Babysitting. Vincent D'Onofrio. That's as much Thor as I need, personally.
Don't know why people keep saying he can't handle it. Did people really think Joe F the guy from swingers, could handle such an expensive movie as Iron Man when we first heard that news. If anything this guy has more experiance than Joe does.
Jon Favreau, not Joe.
I think it'll make an interesting experiment.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure I had quite a bit of faith in Favreau back then. And Joe? Really?
Branagh has handled epic spectacle in his version of "Henry V", and has loads of special effects experience from projects like "Kenneth Branagh's Failed Amalgamation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and James Whale's Bride of Frankenstein".
He's actually not that bad a director. When he's set on an idea on what his movie should look, sound and play like, he sticks to it.
I just hope he has the right idea here.
Anyone seen him play Ivanov at the Donmar in the London West End yet? I'm going in a couple of weeks, and people are already calling it the best performance of the year. I will always have faith in this man.
I think Kenneth Branagh is the perfect director for Thor.
I have a lot of faith in Branagh as an actor but as a director his only forays into genre stuff - the aforementioned Frankenstein - have been pretty awful. And as for Favreau, yeah - I had total faith in him. Zathura anyone? That flick's great!
How about DEAD AGAIN? Great suspense, some really inventive set-pieces. One of my favorites from Branagh. Clearly an effort on Marvel's part to continue looking for unconventional talents to steer their projects. Good on them.
am i the only one here who liked frankstein?! i've read the book and Branagh did a faithful adaptation and sure not the movies monster but the true one. its a great movie in my oponion... and yeah i believe he can do a great job...
a choice for thor could be the guy from 13th warrior: Valdmir Kulich
Dam good director choice on Marvels part, never liked Thor much though.