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Thor director Kenneth Branagh confirmed to IGN.com the rumor that his Wallander co-star Tom Hiddleston is in the running for the title role: "Tom Hiddleston is a great actor, and he, amongst a number of others, has been part of the group we've spoken to, and all that's still a work in progress."
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Star Trek stars Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto (and Leonard Nimoy!) visited Saturday Night Live over the weekend to poke fun at Trekkies and themselves in the grand tradition of William Shatner, who memorably told fans to "Get a life!" on SNL.
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In an industry first, Warner Home Video is set to announce a plan to sync up "friend" networks on Facebook with the interactive community-screening features of Warners' Blu-ray disc releases, starting with Watchmen Director's Cut, according to The Hollywood Reporter; the studio partnership with the social network Web site will use the BD-Live interactive feature on high-def discs, allowing Watchmen purchasers to view the film simultaneously and share comments with their Facebook friends.
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Jimmy Kimmel Live's Guillermo is Mr. Spock in a trailer for the new Star Trek movie you've never seen:
By Ronin1013 at 10:29 PM ON 05/11/09
Thor is not going to be an easy movie to make, but...
Tom Hiddleston... are you kidding me? I 'm sure he's a great actor, but really... are you kidding me?
Does that guy look like Thor? Nope. Donald Blake? Maybe.
I really haven't been able to wait for news on Thor... now I fear Branagh, for all his talent, is going to screw this all up.
By Akuma63 at 10:33 PM ON 05/11/09
Tom Hiddleston???? Donald Blake maybe Thor? .....NO!
By Kryptonian Warrior at 8:37 AM ON 05/12/09
Guys, please re-read the IGN interview. It clearly states that Hiddleston is in the running for 'A' role in Thor, not 'THE' title role of Thor himself. Please don't scare us like that!
By Dugger at 11:01 AM ON 05/12/09
Warrior:
You need to go back and read. it does say that he is in the running for THE title role.
By Kryptonian Warrior at 3:15 PM ON 05/12/09
Dugger et al. Show me where in this copy and pasted section of the IGN interview below it says he's in the running for THE title role. It is clearly A role not THE role, I'm simply stating a fact:
Branagh also confirmed the rumor that his award-winning Wallander co-star Tom Hiddleston is in the running for a role in Thor. "Tom Hiddleston is a great actor and he, amongst a number of others, has been part of the group we've spoken to and all that's still a work in progress."
By mikehammer63 at 6:06 PM ON 05/12/09
KW,
I don't know where you are copying and pasting from, but when I copy and paste from above it says "Tom Hiddleston is in the running for the title role: "Tom Hiddleston is a great actor, ..."
By Stone at 7:13 PM ON 05/12/09
Kryptonian Warrior,
If you follow the ign story back to where it got the info from, it does indeed have him in for THE title role. http://movies.ign.com/articles/963/963006p1.html
By Kryptonian Warrior at 7:34 PM ON 05/12/09
I'm copying and pasting from the damned IGN link given at the top of this post!!! Where do you think I'm getting it from? Click on it & read it fully. If you post a link to a story, you should post the link that actually has the right info on it. Either way it doesn't matter. I was right about the post and you guys are right about the other article saying he's in the running. To finish the conversation; there isn't a one in Hell's chance he's going to be Thor in the new movie, it'd be like casting Mr.Bean as Captain America! (sorry Mr. Hiddleston). Bring back the Brad Pitt rumour, that's more believable...
By Ronin1013 at 10:11 PM ON 05/12/09
Yeah, yeah... we're probably getting worked up over nothing... breath, breath... I'm calming down... I'm ok now.
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