‘Thor: Love & Thunder’: Taika Waititi Hypes Christian Bale As “One Of The Best” Villains In A “Mid-Life Crisis” Marvel Film

“Mad Max: Fury Road” a blockbuster juggernaut — now considered among viewers and critics alike to be one of the best action films of all time. She made her debut in the fourth installment of George Miller’s widely celebrated franchise, which began in 1979 with Mel Gibson starring in the title role.While the Oscar-winning movie offered some insight into Furiosa’s backstory, including her remembrances of the “Green Place” — an idyllic location from her childhood that predates the current post-apocalyptic wasteland — her self-titled film will uncover her origin story in depth.

William Earl Variety announced additional speakers to its Virtual TV Fest, including an “HBO Max Actors and Producers Roundtable,” featuring Zendaya (“Euphoria”), Kaley Cuoco (“The Flight Attendant”), Oscar Isaac (“Scenes From a Marriage”), Taika Waititi (“Our Flag Means Death”), Ben Foster (“The Survivor”), and Paul W. Downs (“Hacks”). Moderated by Senior Culture Editor Marc Malkin, the session will explore creating breakthrough characters.Other programming additions include the roundtables, “Meet the Makers: Showtime’s ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth'” featuring Executive Producer and Showrunner Alex Kurtzman and Supervising Producer Jason Zimmerman; and “Meet the Makers: Amazon Freevee’s ‘Bosch: Legacy,'” featuring Michael Connelly, executive producer and author of the books from which the series is based. Actor Mimi Rogers and Executive Producer Henrik Bastin will also join the discussion.

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

After the success of Marvel’s latest theater release, “Doctor Strange: In the Multiverse of Madness” (2022), fans of the MCU are looking forward to the studio’s next big outing, “Thor: Love and Thunder.” Directed by Taika Waititi, who’s been thought to have brought Thor back to greatness with his previous movie, “Thor: Ragnarok” (2017). Waititi is known for films such as “Jojo Rabbit” (2018), “What We Do In The Shadows” (2010), and “Our Flag Means Death” (2022).

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.

Marvel Studios have released the second trailer for Thor: Love And Thunder, showing off the first look at Christian Bale’s villainous Gorr The God Butcher.The trailer premiered during Game 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals, with director Taika Waititi (who also voices the ex-Kronan warrior Korg) teasing its inclusion with stars Chris Hemsworth (Thor) and Tessa Thompson (Valkyrie) over the weekend. His Korg character narrates the trailer, telling a group of alien children “the story of the space viking, Thor Odinson”.Have a look at the new trailer for Thor: Love And Thunder above.Featured prominently in the trailer is Natalie Portman as Jane Foster, whose appearance in Thor: Love And Thunder marks her first in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2013’s Thor: The Dark World.She was notably absent from 2017’s Thor: Ragnarok – an exclusion Portman opened up about two years after its release.

Christian Bale‘s Gorr the God Butcher has finally been introduced!

Sasha Urban editorWith Mjölnir in hand and some friends by his side, Thor is returning to the big screen in “Thor: Love and Thunder,” coming to theaters on July 8. The full trailer dropped during Game 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals, revealing a first look at Christian Bale as the film’s villain Gorr the God Butcher.The Taika Waititi-directed Marvel film is the sequel to 2017’s “Thor: Ragnarok” and marks Thor’s return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe following “Avengers: Endgame” in 2019.

 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.

After the success of Marvel’s latest theater release, “Doctor Strange: In the Multiverse of Madness” (2022), fans of the MCU are looking forward to the studio’s next big outing, “Thor: Love and Thunder.” Directed by Taika Waititi, who’s been thought to have brought Thor back to greatness with his previous movie, “Thor: Ragnarok” (2017). Waititi is known for films such as “Jojo Rabbit” (2018), “What We Do In The Shadows” (2010), and “Our Flag Means Death” (2022).

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorGeorge Miller has confirmed that he and composer Tom Holkenborg, aka Junkie XL, will work together again on the next installment of the Mad Max franchise, “Furiosa.”Miller made the reveal at Cannes where his film, “3000 Years of Longing,” debuted, which Holkenborg also scored.Says Holkenborg: “What a week in Cannes for George and ‘3000 Years of Longing,’which I sadly had to miss, but can’t wait for people to see this remarkable film. Also! Very grateful to continue my journey with George with his next installment of the Mad Max series: ‘Furiosa.'”Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II are set to star in “Furiosa,” the prequel movie based on Charlize Theron’s Imperator Furiosa character from 2015’s “Mad Max: Fury Road.” Taylor-Joy will play the title role, a younger version of Furiosa.Miller is set to  direct, co-write and produce “Furiosa,” along with his longtime producing partner Doug Mitchell.

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Wilson Chapman editorSeven years after the critically acclaimed “Mad Max: Fury Road,” George Miller is back in the director’s chair for the epic romance film “Three Thousand Years of Longing.”Based on the 1994 short story “The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye” by English writer A. S. Byatt, “Three Thousand Years of Longing” stars Tilda Swinton as Alithea, a brilliant scholar who encounters a Djinn (Idris Elba) imprisoned in an urn.

Aussie director George Miller is at the Cannes Film Festival to premiere his romantic fantasy film “Three Thousand Years of Longing” which is led by British actors Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton. Miller was specifically asked about his “Mad Max: Fury Road” prequel “Furiosa” where he gave a little bit of insight into the post-apocalypse action film.