Rumor has it that Odin has been cast in the Thor film and it's...

[Doc Beechler (mod-MD)]

...Brian Blessed!

I so hope this turns out to be true...

[Rich Lane]

Zounds! T'would be awesome if true!

[Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod)]

Oh, that would be *perfect*!

[Doctor Hmmm?]

Rich Lane said:

Zounds! T'would be awesome if true!

If he gets to wear his outfit from the "Flash Gordon" movie, that would be awesomer!

[Doc Beechler (mod-MD)]

The rumor is TRUE! HUZZAH!

[Jeff Walklin]

Be honest, was there ANYONE else who would look the part? In the Thor movie that plays in my head (yeah, I know) Blessed is Odin. John Rhys-Davies plays the Exocutioner, or Fandrall.

[Rich Lane]

Jeff Walklin said:

Be honest, was there ANYONE else who would look the part? In the Thor movie that plays in my head (yeah, I know) Blessed is Odin. John Rhys-Davies plays the Exocutioner, or Fandrall.

Gary Oldman as Loki
David Hyde Pierce as Balder
Morena Baccarin as Sif
Jorge Garcia as Volstagg

[Batmatt Beyond]

Rich Lane said:

Jeff Walklin said:

Be honest, was there ANYONE else who would look the part? In the Thor movie that plays in my head (yeah, I know) Blessed is Odin. John Rhys-Davies plays the Exocutioner, or Fandrall.

Gary Oldman as Loki
David Hyde Pierce as Balder
Morena Baccarin as Sif
Jorge Garcia as Volstagg

David Hyde Pierce as Balder? I guess I don't know Balder that well as a character. I was hoping for Blessed as Volstagg. I totally heard Blessed's voice for Volstagg's dialogue in Thor #601.

[Jeff Walklin]

ARRRRRRG! I meant Rhys-Davies as Volstagg!

But you all knew that...right?

[Doctor Hmmm?]

Cool cast photo from Bleeding Cool News here.

As article author Brendon Connelly says, Sir Anthony Hopkins "seems to be having a whale of a time there - indeed, I doubt there’ll be a single piece of furniture in the entire movie that doesn’t bear his teeth marks[.]"