Taika Waititi Teases Natalie Portman's Bigger Role in 'Thor 4': 'You Want Her to Be Part of the Adventure'

Christian Bale and wife Sibi are enjoying a night out with friends!

Mads Mikkelsen will star in an epic period drama called “King’s Land” and is reuniting with the director of “A Royal Affair” Nikolaj Arcel, making it Arcel’s first film since “A Royal Affair” in 2012. “King’s Land” (working title) is co-written by Arcel and Danish screenwriter Anders Thomas Jensen (“Riders of Justice”) and is based on the Danish bestseller “The Captain and Ann Barbara” from 2020.

This Is Us fans may be curious to know Mandy Moore‘s net worth after her run on the beloved NBC series. After all, it pays to star as family matriarch Rebecca Pearson!

After the audience-pleasing “Thor: Ragnarok,” MCU fans are excited to see Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman return to the franchise with “Thor: Love & Thunder.” The God of Thunder is sort of dealing with a mid-life crisis after the events of “Avengers: Endgame” as he discovers his ex-girlfriend has her own god-like powers now. This has led some to assume that the torch will be passed to her character, but that might not be the case.

Chris Hemsworth is back as the God of Thunder – and one villain is ready to take him down. The actor has returned as Marvel’s Thor in the latest film for the comic franchise titled "Thor: Love and Thunder." In a new trailer released on Monday, viewers got a sneak peek at Christian Bale, who is starring as the villainous Gorr the God Butcher. A clip from the trailer was first debuted during Game 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals.

Bale is crossing over to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the latest installment, playing the villain this time.On-screen, he portrays Gorr the God Butcher, who seeks to destroy all gods, going head-to-head with hero Thor, played by Chris Hemsworth.Hemsworth, 38, promised fans the movie “is gonna blow your mind” in a clip posted to Instagram – and true to his word, it didn’t disappoint.The film trailer showed a chilling first look at Bale, whose character appears bloodied and scarred. The sneak peek bewildered fans who described his look as unrecognizable, comparing him to Marylin Manson and Voldemort from the “Harry Potter” series.“Christian Bale as Gorr the God Butcher looking like the cover for some heavy metal album,” wrote one Twitter user.“I didn’t even recognize him,” tweeted another.In the trailer, Bale as Gorr emerges from what looks like a shadowy forrest before cutting to various scenes of fighting between Gorr and other heroes, as well as Thor reuniting with ex-girlfriend Jane Foster, played by Natalie Portman.“You are not like the other gods I’ve killed,” Gorr says to heroes Thor and Valkyrie, played by Tess Thompson, as they duke it out on screen.Within two hours of the latest teaser debuting on Monday via the official Marvel Entertainment YouTube channel, it had already garnered more than two million views.

Marvel dropped a brand new trailer for “Thor: Love and Thunder” on Monday, during Game 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference playoffs, and showed fans just what to expect from the exciting new instalment in the ever-expanding MCU.

 on Monday, during Game 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference playoffs, and showed fans just what to expect from the exciting new installment in the ever-expanding MCU.The new trailer gives fans everything they've been hoping for from the brief flashes of important moments from the first trailer in April.Natalie Portman's hammer-wielding heroism, Thor living up to his «Space Viking» title, and our first real look at Christian Bale's terrifying villain, Gorr the God Butcher!The fourth installment in the franchise was announced prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, all the way back at Comic-Con 2019, with Waititi revealing that Portman would be assuming the God of Thunder's powers and wielding the hammer of Thor in the new installment. He later told ET that his second go-around will be even more «crazy» than .«If you take , which I feel was a very outlandish and big, bombastic film, we're trying double down on everything we did with that and create something that is even more crazy and even more of a big adventure,» he said.  is in theaters July 8.

Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied are kicking off their day with a coffee run.

Lupita Nyong’o has exited Lady In The Lake, Apple’s limited series adaptation of Laura Lippman’s book. Nyong’o was to star alongside Natalie Portman, who remains in the series, sources confirm to Deadline.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterLupita Nyong’o has exited the “Lady in the Lake” series adaptation at Apple from Endeavor Content, Variety has learned exclusively.The show was first announced in March 2021. “Lady in the Lake” is currently in production and the hunt is now on for a new actress to take over her role.

We’re getting closer and closer to the premiere of Chris Pratt‘s upcoming series The Terminal List and the official teaser trailer has been released!

Carson Burton Amazon Prime Video has released the first teaser trailer for the new Chris Pratt action-thriller series “The Terminal List.”Based on the best-selling novel by Jack Carr, the series follows James Reece (Pratt) after his platoon of Navy SEALs is wiped out during a covert mission. Reece’s situation worsens when he returns home to his family and conflicting memories and questions about his culpability arise.

Chris Pratt can’t quite remember what happened in his new Amazon Prime Video series, The Terminal List. But he’s got eight episodes to figure it out.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is engaged to longtime partner Riley Roberts! The U.S. congresswoman confirmed the happy news on Twitter Thursday. «It’s true! Thank you all for the well wishes,» Ocasio-Cortez tweeted in response to a piece by  about the news.«We got engaged last month in my family's hometown in Puerto Rico,» the Democrat told the outlet via Twitter.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorFaith Hill will never forget one of her earliest auditions.She read for director Anthony Minghella for 2003’s “Cold Mountain” for the role that went to Natalie Portman. “I read, I believe, the rape scene and another one. It was intense,” Hills tells me on the new episode of the “Just for Variety” podcast.

Amanda Seyfried is getting a lot of praise for her performance as real-life tech entrepreneur-turned-convicted-fraud Elizabeth Holmes in the Hulu series. However, the actress says she doesn't think she'll likely hear Holmes' take on her or the series.Seyfried covers ’s forthcoming «Beauty Changemakers» issue, and the celebrated actress got candid about fame, Hollywood, and her transformative performance in the acclaimed drama series.According to Seyfried, when it came to playing the ex-Theranos CEO, «The look was as essential as knowing how to do the voice.»«I get it, [Holmes didn’t] want to waste time on how she looks. There’s a certain appreciation or acceptance of how she looks.

Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, another franchise is getting ready to hit theaters across the world.In two months, Thor: Love and Thunder will be released, making its way to a theater near you on July 8. While this is the fourth Thor film for Chris Hemsworth, it marks an important milestone fans are even more excited for: the return of his character’s former love interest, Natalie Portman.On Saturday, May 7, Empire magazine shared a first-look at Portman as Jane Foster in the upcoming film, holding the Mjollnir hammer while wearing gear that matches Hemsworth’s Thor.The film’s director, Taika Waititi, talked to the outlet about Jane’s return, letting fans know what they can expect from her character’s long-awaited and unexpected revival.