The Thor section of the panel has literally just finished in San Diego. Once again our friends at Newsarama have provided us with some great detailed info about what the director and cast had to say as well as what exactly was shown in the footage from the upcoming movie!
Hemsworth says getting to figure out how to use Mjolnir was a challenge, because the hammer is such a character in the film. He talked about learning how to hold it, and how he would use it to hit people, and swing it around.
Portman talks about playing Jane Foster, a character who hasn't always been well defined in the comics. "I was really looking forward to play such a beloved character," she said, adding that "it was really exciting to play a scientist onscreen."
Denning is playing a character named Darcy, a protege of Jane Foster, "who doesn't really know anything."
Tom Hiddleston says playing the God of Mischief, Loki, was enjoyable and complex.
Gregg says the scene in IM2 where he finds Mjolnir in the desert, he was clueless about what was going on with it and asked Feige about it. He says feige was shocked. "No one told you? It's for THOR!"
3D footage shows Thor and Odin have a strained relationship, and the All-Father casts out his son to earth, hoping he learns to become worthy of his name, powers, and title. Sweeping shots of the Golden REalm of Asgard are shown, the Asgardians in battle gear, including Thor.
Thor is seen being interrogated by Gregg's S.H.I.E.L.D agent, about who he is, and where he comes from, and where he learned his fighting techniques.
At one point, Thor tells Portman, who found him in the desert after Odin banished him, about his past and his powers: "your ancestors called it magic. You call it science. In my land, it's one and the same."
In response to an audience question, Branagh says don't assume Don Blake won't be part of THOR in some fashion. He enjoys taking parts of the comic's history and interlocking them in surprising ways.