Idris Elba Joins the Cast of Thor

I never would have thought of him, but I really like the actor, so I'll roll with it.

@ gtrman

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i really wonder how important the side cast are going to be in this movie. the warrior's three, sif, you KNOW enchantress will be in it (and she BETTER be smokin' hot!). but we've all heard that about 80% will be in asgard, and 20% in earth's realm. there's no way they will be able to flesh all these characters out, while juggling Thor AND Loki AND frost giants. i have a feeling the side cast are going to be kinda weak.

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@ LEEE David Wenham is an awesome actor. Loved him in LOTR. Loved him in 300. Hell, he could play a wall in a movie about watching paint dry & I'd probably go see it.

As for Thor, I can't wait to see it. I really do hope it's the LOTR of comic book movies, but we'll wait & see.

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Here we go again Im sure they could've found a big buff white guy to play Hemidall. Come on I hate when they do this someone mention they changed the Kinpin in Daredevil...they shouldnt have. When or if they do come out with Cage is he going to be some small asian guy? Listen Im down for some brothers getting parts on the big screen especially in my superheroe movies...surprise Im a black man that likes to see other blacks on screen. I just dont want to see them misused I dont want a black superman,batman,flash,lex luthor,or spiderman.
Why dont they just bring John Steward GL,Luke Cage,Black Panther,Black Lighting,ICON,AND A FEW OTHERS TO THE SCREEN.Hollywood seems to be having enough trouble as it is getting uniforms,storyline,and properly casted actors in place for most of our movies.They're adding a new wrinkle changing the race of a character that has no background to support it(source material). Sounds like they're already screwing with THOR and they havent even let the ink dry on the script.

CornDB: Did you really have to post those pics....lol.

My list of Black Superheroes to do well or not on T.V. or big screen.
BLADE- they're not giving us much so how about BLADE4

Mantis-he was cool as long as he didnt get wet(SciFi channel)mid-late 90's

Steele- GARBAGE

The black werewolf in underworld with the thunderous voice-Cool should do a movie surrounding his character.

WarMachine-next IRONMAN movie dont like Don Cheadle for the part I seen HIM try to do action-terrible.

Cyborg-smallville he sucks

Storm-find someone to actually capture who she is and to a team-up with Black Panther. She was O.K. in the X-Men movies and Im begining nice ,because Halle is SO FINE.

Hancock-I liked that movie.... KINDA. I'd like to see a part two make it a little darker and have him mix it up with a demon from HADES.

Awww I wanted him for Luke Cage, oh well and I agree Kingpin shouldn't have been Black especially when you can pull of the illusion of size in films like LOTR and Green Mile. Give me James Gandolfini as Kingpin

This is somewhat disappointing if Idris Elba's actually going to be Heimdall. I have nothing against Elba, but playing one of the Norse gods is not a good fit.

We're not talking about changing the race of a character that's been around for 40 years, like Kingpin or Nick Fury. We're talking about changing the race of one of the Norse gods, who are still worshiped in some circles on the globe. And even if you don't want to acknowledge that part of it, we're still talking about changing the race of a mythological deity that's been around in sagas for well over a thousand years. It's completely unnecessary if they're adding diversity for the sake of adding diversity.

This one might be well on it's way to bothering (or downright offending) people outside the comics world, much more than changing the race of the Kingpin (which I was grudgingly okay with) or Nick Fury (which annoyed me). This is much more far-reaching than just what comics fan boys want, and the issue probably needs to be examined a lot more.

Oddly enough, as I started reading this article, thunder and lightning started outside. A coincidence, for sure, but still not a good omen... >.>

Most of HOLLYWOOD don't give two sh1ts about source material or fans, best we can do is hope for the [frick]ing best!!

[frick]ing Hollywood! I blame you ARNOLD! : D

@BLADE. Damn fine points my friend, and I agree.

Oh and the Werewolf from Underworld is Raze. He was portrayed by the amazing Kevin Grevioux. Who actually wrote and came up with the concept of the Underworld series. He is now a writer for Marvel. And he used to be a microbiologist and genetic engineer. He is a talented and versatile guy. Oh and btw that was how his voice normally sounds in Underworld.

I am honestly disappointed about how few black heroes, or villians, have made it to the screen. I mean I can't wait to see John Stewart on screen, he is the only Lantern I actually give a shit about, he has emotions, is relatable you know an average Joe, not some amazing pilot or an artist or a jackass. He was a soldier turned architect, when do we get him onscreen? but no. We have to go through Hal and that annoying ass Guy Gardner before we even get Stewart!


And another thing what the hell is with Black Lightning? There have been four SHOWS that feature characters identical to him, right down to the costume, but they never call him by the actual character name. It Black Vulcan, Soul Power, and then Juice... the others I can handle, but Juice is just weak... its a drink, I mean the other ones had decent names in that episode of Jstice League (i.e. Apache Chief = Long Shadow) but he gets that.

And the only person in the movie world that has even mentioned him is Terrence Phillips, I hate him, but I give him props for actually acknowleging how under used the character is.

I got off on a tangent there I think.

TheDemonHunter: Yea after joking around one day about an issue of THOR where he lost his memory I pissed off one of my buddies. I didnt know he worshipped the NorseGods... their regilion is called ODINISM. I later went to his house where he showed me their bible and he had a replica hammer hanging on his wall.
I was shocked ,but out of respect to him I stopped the joking .Although I dont believe in anything like that I'd be offended\angried if someone spoke lowly or jokingly about JESUS in my presence.

@BLADE. Seriously? I thought that religion died out.

Hawk: That's a good question...when are we going to see a Black Lighting movie or star to dvd? I think they could do alot with ICON he's a knock off of Superman .He's black and his ship crash lands in Africa durning the 1800's. I think he ages slower than Superman does and their powers are similar but quite diffrent at the same time.
He's someone you could do alot with because he's not mainstream but he does have a solid background . It's a character that's easy to follow ,because you know he's a
diffrent take on Superman from a parrell universe.

@BLADE> I would see a Icon film, like you said he is a cool character, if a little stiff. BUt he has a crapload of powers and has an established backstory that could be worked with. I alsways liked him for that one DC Worlds Collide ting he was in, I enjoyed the fact that he gave Superman a long over due beaten. I really kinda hate Superman, I suppose it is because he is overdone. But anyway i think Icon would be pretty cool.

I'm glad they are finally bringing him into the mainstream Dc universe. I miss the Milestone comics.

I do wish we'd get the BL movie one day. And I still say Jamie FOxx for Lightning