THOR Starts Production Mid-January 2010 In L.A. And Then Moves To Santa Fe

The long wait is finally over! Marvel has announced, via Production weekly, that the principal photography for THOR live action movie will start in mid-January 2010 in Los Angeles and the scheduled four-month shoot will move to Santa Fe, NM from March through April. Who knows how long the post-production will last after that and if director Kenneth Branagh will have some awesome footage to show the fans at Comic-Con 2010 but I’m hoping that would be the case. The ball is rolling, next year we’ll have IRON MAN 2, the next year after that are SPIDER-MAN 4 and THOR and THE FIRST AVENGER: CAPTAIN AMERICA and the year after that is the ultimate gathering of Marvel superheroes, THE AVENGERS. Bring it on!…

Chris Hemsworth plays the hero with the mighty hammer and Tom Hiddleston as the villain Loki and Natalie Portman as THOR’s mortal love interest Nurse Jane. Jaimie Alexander plays Sif, the tough female Asgardian warrior, also starring Stellan Skarsgard and Colm Feore and the great Anthony Hopkins as Odin and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury.

The script was written by Mark Protosevich and Zack Stentz & Ashley Miller.This epic adventure spans the Marvel Universe; from present day Earth to the realm of Asgard. At the center of the story is The Mighty Thor, a powerful but arrogant warrior whose reckless actions reignite an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth and forced to live among humans as punishment. Once here, Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth
THOR opens May 20th, 2011