Dr. Frankenstein Brings Life to The Thunder God

According to Variety, actor / director, Kenneth Branagh is in talks to replace Matthew Vaughn at the chair to guide The Son of Odin in his first feature film.

“Thor” comicbook adaptation, penned by Mark Protosevich, follows disabled medical student Donald Blake, who has an alter ego as the hammer-wielding Norse god Thor.

Marvel will self-finance the film via its $500 million credit facility through Merrill Lynch. Marvel used that coin to fund both “Iron Man” and “The Incredible Hulk” and will do the same
for the “Iron Man” sequel that has director Favreau and star Robert Downey Jr. returning.

I found out today, Branagh also directed the 1994 adaptation of Mary Shelley’s novel aswell.

Now there is some bit of skeptism, cause he likes to star in his movies, having seen a recent profiled picture of him, I agree he’s too old to play either Donald Blake or his alter ego. Another concern that some people might have is the change in the draft of the human aspect, but in case with Marvel’s first film, Iron Man was well written and Robert Downey Jr. was great in handling Tony Stark’s nature.

I’m for it, he did a great job with Victor’s story, he can portray the grand and gritty aspects of Asgardian mythology very well in my book.