We had already heard rumors that Cate Blanchett would be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but as if that wasn’t enough we’re also gaining Creed‘s Tessa Thompson, Karl Urban, the return of Mark Ruffalo, and, wait for it… JEFF GOLDBLUM. Click through for more!
Cate Blanchett will be playing Hela, the Asgardian Goddess of Death, Urban will be Skurge – essentially an evil Thor but with a magical axe instead of a hammer – and Thompson will be Valkyrie! And of course Ruffalo will be back to add some sorely-missed Hulk.
But Goldblum? Goldblum doesn’t phase over from his home dimension for any old part, no: he’ll be playing The Grandmaster, one of the “Elders of the Universe”, a group that includes The Collector. And The Grandmaster… holds an Infinity Gem!
We can’t wait to see him and Hiddleston act at each other! You can check out the full cast list over at Marvel.
Given the build up to the Infinity Gems and the fact that we’ve already had the Collector in Guardians of the Galaxy and Thor: The Dark World, I suspect that we’ll be seeing both Benecio del Toro and Jeff Goldblum as the Collector and the Grandmaster, and maybe a bunch more Elders of the Universe, in the next two Avengers films…….
—Keith R.A. DeCandido
Hela? That sounds hella dumb; and I thought she was plain Hel.
sps49: The comic book character has always been Hela, going back to her first appearance in 1964.
—Keith R.A. DeCandido
What, no Zach Levi as Fendral? Bummer.
There is no mention at all of Sif or the Warriors Three, which I find hugely distressing……
—Keith R.A. DeCandido
@2 In Norse mythology and poetry, Hel is also known as Helja and Hela. Because Lee, Lee, and Kirby opted to refer to “the Halls of Hel” simply as “Hel” (likely for the “Hell” homophone, especially given the Dante-esque design that Kirby used to differentiate it from frozen Nifflheim), they used Snorri’s alternate spelling (likely also because it seemed more ‘feminine’).
(I’m reminded of when, after Set had been in play for years as one of the Elder Gods, the introduction of of the Egyptian Pantheon meant using the Greek version “Seth” for the villainous snake-themed deity among them)
@@.-@ The lack of mention of other actors like Levi might not rule out an appearance; I’m just guessing that it rules out a major role (these names seem to be the new main characters or the ‘name’ actors whose contracts are important enough to name – I don’t think that the actors behind the Warriors Three (as much as I love them) need to be mentioned in the same initial announcement as getting Cate Blanchett and Karl Urban.
That said, however, the possibility of Judge Dredd at Gjallerbru sets me a-quiver!
@@.-@ @5 Jaimie Alexander tweeted yesterday that she’s coming back, so I’d guess the W3 guys are back too, in at least some capacity
Ellisande: WOOHOO!
—KRAD
We’re going to get Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins, Idris Elba, Jeff Goldblum, Cate Blanchett, and Mark Ruffalo in the same film.
That’s outstanding. The Thor movies may not be quite as good as the Captain America and Iron Man movies, but they are still darn entertaining, and this could be amazing, especially if there is no Earth plot, beyond for Banner gets there.
I thought the first Thor movie was really well done, and the second was the worst in the Marvel series so far, so I’ll wait for a preview. But the lineup does sound very good.
Third worst, perhaps. I despised IM3, and Hulk was just plain awful.