Ever wondered how Marvel Studios keeps such a tight lid on all of their super hero films in development? Well, according to actress Natalie Portman, who will be appearing as Jane Foster in the live-action adaptation of the popular Thor comic book, that's because Marvel operates like a black ops government agency!
"I think everyone has gotten more secretive just because of the preponderance of technology that can scam just about anything. It's like you don't get a script anymore that doesn't have watermarks that would identify you if you ever tried to leak anything. The Thor script is hard to read because it's on some weird colored paper and they have your name in huge letters across every page. And any time you get a phone call from Marvel, it doesn't come up as a normal number, it's like a five digit code. I've never seen that before. I've had phone calls from people in the government and they don't have that. Marvel's like some like crazy underground world."
Thor will be directed by
Kenneth Branagh and is expected to begin shooting in January. Other actors rounding out the cast include
Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins, Tom Hiddleston, Jaimie Alexander, Ray Stevenson, Stuart Townsend, Tadanobu Asano, Idris Elba and
Kat Dennings.
Thor opens May 20, 2011!