THOR 2 (News Update)

Chris Hemsworth IS THOR!!! on Avengers set

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Deadline has received word that Marvel Studios is gettingclose to naming Patty Jenkins as the director for Thor 2. She is best known fordirecting Monster, for which Charlize Theron won an Oscar, as well as the pilotfor AMC's "The Killing." Kenneth Branagh directed the first film,which earned an impressive $449 million worldwide.

The sequel has been set for a July 26, 2013 release, butThor will first be seen again in Marvel's The Avengers, opening May 4, 2012.

Thor & Loki on Avengers Set

Chris Hemsworth is currently filming Snow White and the Huntsmanopposite Theron and Kristen Stewart.

We have also learnt an interesting bit of news, Marvelpresident Kevin Fiege has given a brief description for the plot of the god ofthunders sequel film.

"[We're going to] take Thor literally to otherworlds," Feige told EW, "...[It will] primarily be the journey ofthat character, of he and Jane Foster and how the new dynamic with his fatheris working out, as well as what are the broader stakes for The Nine Worlds.”

The inclusion of Foster and Odin in the plot hints thatNatalie Portman and Anthony Hopkins are likely to reprise their respectiveroles, but leading man Chris Hemsworth is, at the moment, the only fullyconfirmed cast member for the July 26, 2013 release.