Looking at Facebook or Twitter or even casting so much as a brief glance at news headlines has become a daily source of despair. So if you’ve done any of those things today (and you totally have), you’re probably in the market for something a little more warm and fuzzy. Enter Chris Hemsworth with a heart-melting revelation about one of the funniest lines in the first trailer for Thor: Ragnarok.
It doesn’t matter if you’re some regular schmo or the Asgardian God of Thunder, living by yourself can get a little lonely. Thank Odin for Darryl, then, the milquetoast desk-jockey roommate of the Avengers’ resident hammer-thrower Thor. We first met the mild-mannered pencil-pusher in a short called “Team Thor,” directed by upcoming Ragnarok helmer Taika Waititi and bundled as an extra with the Captain America: Civil War home media release. That amusing glimpse into the tensions between the two cohabitants was a fan favorite, not to mention a brief preview of the comic sensibility that What We Do in the Shadows (another film about roommates sniping at one another) director Waititi would bring to the Marvel universe.
Late yesterday, Taika Waititi treated Marvel fans to a surprisingly lengthy video from the set of Thor: Ragnarok, which offered our first look at Tessa Thomspon’s Valkyrie makeup (or some of it) and showed off a few of the characters and props we’ll see in the new sequel (among other things). You might have missed a followup to that video over on Instagram, where Chris Hemsworth shared a photo to support the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe — and revealed his sleek new Thor costume.
Marvel really delivered the goods at Comic-Con last weekend, and while the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 footage got everyone in Hall H pretty pumped, nothing was as awesome as the short film Taika Waititi made for Thor: Ragnarok. Although that footage hasn’t made its way online (and probably won’t anytime soon), Waititi has shared a couple of pieces from the short, which shows us what Thor was up to while the Avengers were off fighting in their big Civil War.
Lafayette native and Eisner Award and Harvey Award-winning comic book artist Rob Guillory, co-creator of the New York Times best-selling comic book series Chew, can add Marvel Comics to his list of work. He will be illustrating "Thor Annual #1", which will be written by former WWE Superstar CM Punk, which also makes his Marvel debut.
The sequel to 2011's Thor is filming now. There's some pictures from the set of Thor: The Dark World that have been leaked. It looks like a Thor movie being made! My favorite is the guy in full costume with a bag of potato chips! Check out the pics!
So, I've just sat through one of the coolest experiences at the movies...ever! Marvel's The Avengers opened in theaters in the US today with much anticipation and hype. I am relieved to say...it was well worth it! This is most definitely a movie you should see, whether you are a fan of comic books or not.
Remember the Superbowl commercial with the Little Darth Vader? It's time for him to step down. Little Thor is here! Check out the video after the jump! Be sure to watch all the way to the end.