Kenneth Branagh Talks Thor And Teases The Future Of Donald Blake!

Kenneth Branagh Talks Thor And Teases The Future Of Donald Blake!

The director discusses the decision to place Thor on Earth rather than in the Viking period, shares his thoughts about how the movie has come together and drops some hints about the future of Don Blake...

By JoshWilding - Mar 13, 2011 08:03 AM EST
Filed Under: Thor
Source: Total Film

On How He Prepared To Take On A Movie Like Thor:

They didn't want anybody coming in just slightly steering the ship, and that's ballsy of them. Certaintly Jon Favreau and Robert Downey Jr, they just let them run with it on Iron Man. We took about three months of dancing around each other asking, 'How does this work? How do we arrive at decisions?' It feels as though this is as much a picture of mine as any of the other pictures I've directed.


On The Original Plans To Make The Movie Set In Viking Times:

I didn't want to do that. I wanted it to have a contemporary Earth quality - at the very least you'd get some funny fish-out-of-water possibilities of Thor visiting Earth.


On The The Difference To The Comic Books And Possible Movie Future Of Donald Blake:

I haven't absolutely dispensed with it! But...we futz with it. When you have 50 years of comics and thousands of years of myths, both of them doubling back on themselves left, right and center, you keep doors open. You can't help thinking about ways in which storylines might develop in the future.


On Why He Thinks Thor Will Succeed:

Here's what I'm confident about. Every single day, I'm seeing the visual effects cooking, things that three years ago was a concept drawing, a conversation, 50 meetings. So I'm confident that great work has been done by that team, I'm confident that the performances are all extremely compelling. I'm confident that we found a way for it to be funny and that it wears itself pretty lightly...I'm confident that we've tried very hard! The signs are that we might have something.


Make sure to check out the latest issue of Total Film Magazine for much, much more!

With an all star cast which includes Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Tom Hiddleston as Loki, Anthony Hopkins as Odin, Natalie Portman as Jane Foster, Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Thor is set to be released in the UK on April 29 and shortly after in the US on May 6, later this year!




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marvel72
marvel72 - 3/13/2011, 8:39 AM
excellent,marvel should keep hold of branagh for future thor movies.
Necrophobos
Necrophobos - 3/13/2011, 8:42 AM
This is gonna be huge. Maybe even bigger than the first Iron Man. Bring on Thor 2.
jazzman
jazzman - 3/13/2011, 8:47 AM
good news

its funny we have not heard from awhile Martin Campbell on his Green Lantern movie :p.
marvel72
marvel72 - 3/13/2011, 8:53 AM
@ jazzman

no he lets the movies action figures do all the promoting. :D
Ashdm
Ashdm - 3/13/2011, 9:05 AM
I think Thor is gonna be the best lone-superhero movie in the MCU before the Avengers. Cant wait!
jazzman
jazzman - 3/13/2011, 9:24 AM
@marvel72

thats so true :P LMAO
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 3/13/2011, 9:24 AM
Haha good ol' BRANAGH wont let us down!

Sweet find @ JOSH buddy!!


P.S. [frick] Ultimate Thor LOL! : p
MovieMann
MovieMann - 3/13/2011, 9:30 AM
No everyone, you act like your so sure that this will be one of the best CBMs but you are confusing your great hope with certainty. You have no proof to back up your statements besides a trailer and positive word of mouth from the people who are trying to promote the movie.
If you can get past the fact that your favorite superhero is in action and actually look at the trailer for what it is you will realize that the trailer is not that good.
SmokinIndo
SmokinIndo - 3/13/2011, 9:33 AM
@MovieMann

"You have no proof to back up your statements besides a trailer and positive word of mouth from the people who are trying to promote the movie."

Your argument is rendered invalid.
jazzman
jazzman - 3/13/2011, 9:34 AM
@LEEE777

nah i like both 616 and Ultimate Thor. frick Norse Thor the red head Thunder God LMAO :P
marvel72
marvel72 - 3/13/2011, 9:36 AM
@ moviemann

thor is one of my favorite characters,the trailers are great & the script is pretty cool as well.

the green lantern has a poor trailer,hope the second changes my mind.
ImInteresting
ImInteresting - 3/13/2011, 10:09 AM
Lert
Lert - 3/13/2011, 10:12 AM
well i see THOR dropping into 3rd for sure
FoxForce5
FoxForce5 - 3/13/2011, 10:28 AM
I'm pretty psyched about Thor but if anywhere near half the movie is set on earth with a 'powerless' Thor, I'll be very dissapointed. I haven't read the script, nor do I want to ruin things for myself by doing so. Again, I've got high hopes, but so far, the trailers have made me kind of nervious.
skidz
skidz - 3/13/2011, 11:57 AM
Movieman: It's CONFIDENCE! I'm sure, deep down, a lot of us have that tiny worry that something will go wrong (my friend's husband still thinks it looks campy), but when you look at how many great people have gotten involved (lest we forget, J. Michael Stazcynski co-wrote the story the screenplay is based on. If you missed his run on the comics, you really missed out), that Kenneth Branaugh's been wanting to do this for YEARS and Marvel finally has creative control of much of the future work, it's exciting. Yeah, it could fail, but we BELIEVE that it won't. There's NOTHING wrong with that.
skidz
skidz - 3/13/2011, 12:07 PM
DosEquis211: Under Charlie Sheen's current circumstances, that photo is REALLY disturbing!!!
canadianturd
canadianturd - 3/13/2011, 2:18 PM
So, we're not linking from the source article anymore?
comics56
comics56 - 3/13/2011, 2:44 PM
I hope some where down the road he appears, but not as Thor´s secret identity. I want him to be just a doctor and ex-boyfriend of Jane.

Check out my Young Justice Fanfic Episode 1 Preview and Posters.
ManThing
ManThing - 3/13/2011, 6:39 PM
I've read the script. I have watched this movie evolve from an extravagant sounding rumor to now, and there has not been ONE THING about it that seems off or concerns me this entire time. Total WIN from start to finish. Box office numbers? That's debatable. I don't know what to expect. But this is a quality film with class, heart, timeless themes, and loads of imagination. It OUGHT to do very very well.
kakinurmawth
kakinurmawth - 3/13/2011, 7:44 PM
Wow. moviemann says one comment about Thor not being good and everyone bites his head off. Jeez, overreaction much. The truth is that Moviemann is right. We have little snip-its here and there that Thor might be good AND might be bad. Just don't attack people for bringing up the bad part. I thought the trailers were cool just because it's Thor and Asgard looks great, but that doesn't mean the movie will be good. I hope it is, but we will see.
l0rdleg0las
l0rdleg0las - 3/13/2011, 10:29 PM
i really don't want the Comics Donald Blake onscreen. the general movie going public is filled with idiots who wouldn't understand the Donald Blake into Thor moments.

i wouldn't mind a nod to the character though. something along the lines of Thor goes by the name of Donald Blake while on earth and not with the Avengers.
gaikinger
gaikinger - 3/13/2011, 11:02 PM
expectations are getting a bit high and wild in here....hope your right...looks a bit cheesy to me so far....hope im wrong...usually not.
kirbyfan
kirbyfan - 3/14/2011, 10:49 AM
The problem I have is when he says, they found a way to make it funny. Who wants The Mighty Thor to be funny?

Why do they always think these movies have to have funny moments? Thor should be hardcore and totally kickbutt!

The movie looks good, but please for once leave out the little funny moments.
flames809
flames809 - 3/14/2011, 3:03 PM
Godzillafart- x-men first class has a great trailer, cast, director and a good story to tell and ya think it will fail. know why is that? but then ya think this movie will succeed. and a script an cast, and director an trailer doesn't say a movie is good or bad.
MaximusRodd
MaximusRodd - 3/19/2011, 5:29 PM
First of all, Branagh is talented enough to avoid any awful Schumacher Batman & Robin campy humor. Real life, even when serious, has humor.

Also,he does go by Donald Blake in the film --- well at least for one scene. In the movie, Donald Blake was a doctor who worked with Jane Foster. He either had died or moved to another country. To hide Thor's identity from SHIELD, Foster tells them he is Dr. Donald Blake. So he poses as this Donald Blake in a scene to hide his true identity.
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