Sam L. Jackson Pretty Much Confirmed for Thor

This is how Furry will meet Thor:

After the credits we see Furry sitting with Iron Man, Ant-Man, Bruce Banner, and Hawkeye and be like, "Hey guys we got a guy from the past, a rich man, a monster, and a really really short guy. What else do we need? Oh yeah A GOD" Then Banner will be like, "Furry are you sure thats smart. What if one of the gods has an evil brother that will wish vengence on his brother, and that leads to him fighting us and hurting our team?" Then Hawkeye's like, "Dude Banner, no one cares what you think, your a [frick]en nerd with no powers. You know when we'll care? When you become a green [frick]en monster. Till then you're no one."

so furry's all like "Dude I'm going to fly this mother [frick]en plane to this mother [frick]en fantasy world." (you say its impossible. I say nothing is impossible for Samuel L. [frick]en Jackson)

so he gets to asgard, kicks the warriors asses and is like "Take that mother [frick]ers. I'm 60 [frick]en years old but somehow in movies i still look and kick ass like I'm 40."

Next we see Thor standing in his castle after banishing Loki, and Loki be all like "I'll be back for you one day you little [frick]er". Nick walks in with a worriers head in his hand and says. "Alright, I'm a [frick]en Bad Ass and you're a god. I don't need any more tough monologues or shady looks to get you on my team. I used up those in Iron Man and Iron Man 2. So to save some time GET IN MY [frick]EN SHIP." Thor be like "Ok Bro, why didn't you just ask dude, I got to go get some Midgard pussy"

So they're on the way home and we see the back of their heads from inside the plane. And Furry says "Thor, take off that stupid [frick]en hat." "Alright man" "By the way you might want to go by a different name in Midgard, so people don't think your some escape mental." "Alright man, whats my name" "Donald Blake, don't ask me why, that's just what its going to be cause i'm [frick]en Nick Furry" "Alright bro, but i still look like a beast" "S.H.I.E.L.D. will take care of that, they can do anything"

The jet zooms away from sight and the movie ends

That's obviously how it will happen.

I thought he was already confirmed ages ago????

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BatmanKnight @ Lol!

@Betty: seriously! my god BatmanKnight! at least take a mili-second and scroll up to see how to spell the name!!! furry?!!! seriously!

this movie is a def. trilogy non comic book fans are gonna love this movie 2 and i can already tell its gonna be extremely hyped up, theyneed to rush a teaser trailer for ironman 2

@DarthMulder- lol Ultimate Thor is terrible, I'm glad Branagh is a shakespearen actor since eh will see the story of an arrogant God sent to learn humility much morwe interesting than some whack job with superpowers thinks he;s thor...I HATE ULTIMATE THOR, 616 people 616

RYDEN @ Exactly man, exactly!!

The next ones to cast are:
Enchantress
Executioner
An important Asgard Warrior
Marcy Lewis (if she wasn't replaced by Darcy)
Isabel Alvarez
Kate Spelling (a scientist)
Balder
and Frigga

Marvel made the best choice possible going with Ultimate's Fury. The original Fury would have been a waste of film, and money. Ultimate Fury is so much deeper then the original, any asshole wearing an eye patch could have played original Fury. Only a small handful of actors could pull off Ultimate Fury, and Jackson is the man, get used to it. Ultimates would be the right way to go to explain things better in a more grounded Marvel film universe. The movie will still be awesome, so please no more bitching about the Ultimates.

I'm excited.

MarvelFresh- You forgot to put "Red Skull" next to Colme Feore :P

Im starting to get excited for this flick. This may top iron man 2.

i can't wait to watch this movie too. but man...Ray Stevenson is Punisher... i for one don't like it when they make the same actors act in different marvel movies...it sort of throws of the marvel universe for me. what do you guys think?

This movie is gonna be so good.

is it just me, or out of that list of actors, does Heimdal not stick out like a sore thumb??? lmao. i mean he's basically the token black asgardian.

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punisher war zone isn't in continuity with these movies, so i think its fine. its not like i'm going to be watching Thor and say, "oh i didn't know the punisher was in this movie."

HEIMDAL is african-american? really? So an ancient religion that was created by the whitest white people in the universe has an african-american god? When this religion was started they didn't even know black people existed. I think Dave Chappel would agree this is a case of "when keepin' it real goes wrong"

batmanknights comment was the best i have ever read on any article on this entire site! thats professional script writing right there.

question does anyone know how many films samuel L jackson has been in ? cuz im thinking its a $hit load !

Okay okay...i have been on this site for the past 6-7 months and havent said anything about any of the comments i have read on here because i thought i would leave it all for you guys to banter/battle about. I was happy to have my opinion and only intruigued about others opinions.
But now i feel i have to say something....this movie THOR....is gonna be fricking awesome i dont know how some of you guys can complain about minor, irrelevant issues i.e A black Hemidal, Sam Jacksons involvement, Original Thor vs Ultimate Thor...i mean WTF??!!!? Really?? I mean, Kenneth B has done a sick job in getting this group of major actors together for what looks like its gonna be a fricking amazing movie. We know all of these guys can act and there is no-one in that group that has not been in a major film or TV series. I mean IDRIS ELBA, this guy is a very good actor and regardless of his skin colour you know he will make the part his own and do a sick job, the guy was a ledgend in The Wire and everything else he has done has been above par in terms of performance. Yeh Hemidal isnt black in the comics...so the hell what. I assume when the whole concept of Asgard/ the norse gods etc was being devised, black people probably didnt even get a look in, let alone be a God. I mean yeh it would be weird if they had picked a black guy for the part of THOR, of course!! I mean he is the main character and everyone knows of him as being white so yes i would disagree if they flipped the switch like that. But for a smaller character like heimdall whats the problem with him being black...can someone explain to me?? Does Heimdall have his own comic series...NO! I mean you ask someone going into the cinema if they cared that Heimdall is going to be black in the film...you think that will turn them away from the cinema..i heavily doubt it! Its 2009...nearly 2010 jeez, are people still so set in their ways that something minor like this will spoil their experience of the film?? Bottom line....its not political correctness gone crazy...far from it!! Its picking the right guy/best guy for the job and i trust KB to do that!! I mean people were worried that KB was directing this film in the first place...but look at the actors he has amassed for it...no-ones piping up now are they??? Im not even gonna start on the Sam Jackson/Fury debate. Sam Jack is awesome....i mean, the guys wakes up and pisses excellence...okay, granted he cant turn down a script sometimes but whatever, he's been class in the majority of films he's been in, you know he can kick ass, you know he can act and finally in regards to the Fury debate READ THIS..."Jackson gave his consent for Marvel Comics to design their "Ultimate" version of the character Nick Fury after his likeness"... it only made sense that he be employed as nick fury for the films by MARVEL!!! Come on people open your eyes and your minds!!
I apologise if i have offended anyone but i just felt i had to add my thoughts. I love comics...i love what Marvel have done and are doing right now in the comics and the films. If they manage to keep a worthy association between the comics and the films...us comic book lovers are in for a sick ride!!I mean look whats going on in the comics right now with Dark reign etc..if they manage to bring just an iota of whats in the comics to the big screen, we will be more than content.
Bit of a rant...but it had to be said, i thank you all for reading!

Welcome to the discussion. For the record, getting Kenneth Branaugh on board with this project is what made me think they were taking it seriously, given his dramatic theater background and got me lurking around this place again to begin with. The man deals with Shakespearean roles, seriously heady and dramatic stuff. That's the kind of guy we need for a character like Thor if we're involving all the myths, legends, and grandeur of the gods.

For me, it's about the details. Getting the details right should be what we all want now. We should all be past just being happy to see they made a movie for *insert hero name here* and realize that unless the details are looked at and handled in a sensible manner, we're stuck with Ghost Rider, Superman Returns, and X3 instead of Batman Begins, Iron Man, and Dark Knight.

I'm not saying you need to follow a comic script word for word. Make the characters and characterizations recognizable by more than just the people who read Marvel or DC's books this month. Which one do you think will be more recognizable and relatable for the masses? Classic Thor, who is based more in myth as a warrior and hero, or Ultimate Thor, who sometimes refuses to help fight whatever evils are out there unless the federal government alters its budget to fit his agenda?

You want long-term viability for these projects? Do the damned things right, from the start. CBMs are a mainstream movie genre now. Take advantage of that while it lasts. Movie tastes tend to run in cycles. If these movies aren't done properly, and we're stuck with more CBMs that are disjointed, poorly conceived plots that are just there to give pretty eye candy on the big screen, the genre will fade away faster than usual. Why do you think the Superman and Batman franchises went away for so long? Because they were so badly borked in their final films (Supes IV and Batman & Robin) that they were all but toxic for the studios to make more after they were commercial failures.

I'm among those who questioned Idris Elba's casting for Heimdall, and my reasoning is purely about the character, not his acting. Heimdall is the guardian of Bifrost and has been around in Norse mythology for over a thousand years. As much as he might be a great actor, he doesn't fit the look of a Norse god whose sister is Sif. Last time I looked, they cast a white girl as Sif. That's not being racist or whatever -- it's simple common sense.

As for getting Jackson's consent to make Ultimate Nick in his image, I'm familiar with that comment.

What exactly happens if the two sides fail to see eye-to-eye on an issue about Nick now that he's a Sam Jackson clone and he wants to rescind that permission as a result? Is it a written contract somewhere, in the form of a personal likeness license? Is there a time limit on it if there is, where it needs to be renewed eventually? These are the business issues I bring up, because anyone with half a brain for licensing should know that this needs to be taken into consideration when setting up something like that.

Also, in establishing that Sam Jackson was Nick Fury before there ever was a movie, how many rabid fan boys are going to come in here frothing at the mouth about how much a movie is going suck the first time something happens where he can't be involved in a project they want him for? You're now in a situation where recasting a role, which does happen from time to time in these deals, is a bigger issue than it ever needed to be for a supporting character. If someone ever has to replace him in these movies, for any reason, they're condemned to failure in the eyes of the people who think Ultimate Nick walks on water because he's Samuel L. Jackson. See the problems that can lead to now?