No Donald Blake In Thor

When Variety did their report on Kat Dennings joining the cast of Thor, they said:

“Thor, scripted by Mark Protosevich, Zack Stentz and Ashley Miller, centers on a partly disabled med student who discovers his Norse god alter ego, the hammer-swinging Thor. Paramount will release the film on May 20, 2011.”

That’s interesting. This is the first any of us have heard Donald Blake, the disabled med student in question, would play a role in the film. Had Kenneth Branagh and his team kept that detail under-wraps? Did the trades just make an honest mistake? Hey, it happens.

Riding in to set everything straight, Ain’t It Cool News got word from one of their long-time contacts. So will we see Chris Hemsworth playing the God of Thunder’s once-human alter ego? That would be a “No” says their source. He winds up crashing to Earth after the evil deeds via that bastard of a step-brother Loki.

But while they had him on the phone or email (or however the Hell they got in touch), additional plot details (read: spoilers) were revealed for both Thor and The Avengers movie - assuming that hits in 2012 as planned. I won’t go any further into them here.

But it’s safe to say that Marvel Films is really sorting their shit out to make one big cinematic universe. Nice.