Budgeted at a whopping $150 Million, the upcoming movie production of Marvel Comics’ The Mighty Thor is expected to be something special. Recently, a script for the Michael Vaughn (Stardust) picture was leaked, giving anxious fans a glimpse into what could be the most ambitious super hero film ever made… aside from Steel of course.
The Marvel Comics series as envisioned by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby was a vision of super heroics featuring a Norse god thrust into New York City of the 1960’s. Bound to the human form of Doctor Donald Blake, The Mighty Thor must contend not only with super villains set on besting the god of thunder in combat but also the fact that he will never be allowed to admit his love for his co-worker nurse, Jane Foster. A typical slant of comics at the time for Marvel, the unrequited love angle kept the comic fresh and interesting. But it was not until the back-up feature ‘Tales of Asgard’ that things heated up for the monthly series.
Tales of Asgard was key in fleshing out the lush landscape of Marvel’s Asgard, with Kirby’s beautiful art used to retell stories right from Norse mythology. It was these back-up tales that added a level of grandeur to the Thor monthly comic, making it a whole universe in 23 pages.
Thankfully, the makers of the feature film are using this source material to base their film on.
Comics2Film has the skinny:
“Imagine, if you will, that ‘300‘ had a plot. Now imagine a version of ‘Lord of the Rings‘ that was a bit less artsy, with elves that were a little less pretty and a lot more badass. Now add a big freakin’ hammer that can summon thunder and lightning. Get the picture? That’s the movie I saw when I read this script. With any luck, that’s the Thor movie we’ll get.”
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