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We Have A ‘Thor 2′ Villain: Christopher Eccleston To Play Malekith The Accursed

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday August 1, 2012 @ 5:53pm PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Christopher Eccleston, Thor 2, Thor: The Dark World
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Christopher Eccleston has been set for the villain role in Marvel Studios’ Thor: The Dark World, starring opposite Chris Hemsworth in the role of Malekith The Accursed. If you don’t know who ThorMalekith is, your Hall H privileges at Comic-Con are officially suspended. He is a super-villain in the Marvel Universe, the ruler of the Dark Elves of Svartalfheim. In the Marvel Comics, he clashed mightily with Thor, and will go up against the hammer-wielding son of Odin in the film directed by Game of Thrones‘ Alan Taylor. He once wielded the Casket of Ancient Winters. We know Eccleston from Doctor Who, and he is repped by Principal Entertainment.

Related: Marvel Sets Dates For ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’, Captain America And ‘Thor’ Sequels

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Disney Shifts ‘Lone Ranger’ and ‘Thor 2′ Release Dates On Heels Of Alan Horn Hiring

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday May 31, 2012 @ 1:48pm PDTTags: Disney, Lone Ranger, Thor 2

Disney just said that it is moving Lone Ranger to the Fourth of July holiday in 2013, securing a July 3, 2013 date for the update of the Western hero starring Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp. It originally was scheduled … Read More »

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Anthony Hopkins Up For ‘Red 2′ Villain; Can ‘Thor’ Sequel Dates Work?

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday May 24, 2012 @ 10:40am PDTTags: Anthony Hopkins, Big Deals Film, Red 2, Summit, Thor 2
Mike Fleming

Anthony Hopkins Red 2EXCLUSIVE: Summit Entertainment wants Anthony Hopkins to join the cast of Red 2. And Hopkins wants to do it. The sticking point is whether or not he can make the dates work with Thor 2, … Read More »

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Robert Rodat To Rewrite ‘Thor 2′

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday January 10, 2012 @ 5:34pm PSTTags: Chris Hemsworth, Thor 2
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Marvel Studios has set Saving Private Ryan scribe Robert Rodat to rewrite Thor 2 for director Alan Taylor. Rodat is reworking a draft by Don Payne. Disney will put the film into production later this year for release in … Read More »

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‘Thor 2′ Director Will Be ‘Game Of Thrones’ Helmer Alan Taylor

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Saturday December 24, 2011 @ 11:24am PSTTags: Chris Hemsworth, Marvel Studios, Thor 2
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Marvel Studios has found its Thor 2 director. I’m told that Marvel has set Alan Taylor, who was widely rumored to be on the short list to replace Patty Jenkins. Taylor is an accomplished TV director whose recent credits … Read More »

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Director Patty Jenkins Exits Marvel’s ‘Thor 2′

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday December 6, 2011 @ 3:48pm PSTTags: Chris Hemsworth, Marvel Studios, Patty Jenkins, Thor 2
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Director Patty Jenkins is leaving Thor 2. Best known for directing Charlize Theron to an Oscar in Monster and the pilot of AMC’s The Killing, Jenkins had been set to helm the film in late September. I’m told … Read More »

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TOLDJA! Patty Jenkins Confirmed As ‘Thor 2′ Director

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday October 13, 2011 @ 1:03pm PDTTags: Chris Hemsworth, Kevin Feige, Patty Jenkins, Thor 2
Mike Fleming

Deadline broke the news when Patty Jenkins was the surprise choice to direct Chris Hemsworth in Thor 2, and Marvel has just confirmed that her deal closed. Jenkins, who directed Charlize Theron in her Oscar-winning Monster performance, also directed the pilot of the AMC series The Killing. Still, she … Read More »

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Disney Shuffles Calendar To Fit ‘The Lone Ranger’ Into May 31, 2013 Release Slot

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday October 13, 2011 @ 8:10am PDTTags: Disney, Film Release Dates, Gore Verbinski, Jerry Bruckheimer, Johnny Depp, Phineas and Ferb, The Lone Ranger, Thor 2
Mike Fleming

BREAKING: Disney has confirmed that the Gore Verbinski-directed Johnny Depp-starrer The Lone Ranger has come back on track, with the studio setting the film for a May 31, 2013 release. As Deadline revealed yesterday, the film will begin production February 6. The film was originally supposed to get underway this fall for a December 21, 2012 release, but all that changed when Disney shocked Hollywood by unplugging the film over fears that its budget could reach $275 million. Deadline revealed that news exclusively on August 12. It was a surprising move, considering that Bruckheimer is a cornerstone producer and Depp has starred in the studio’s highest-grossing films, with both of them teaming with Verbinski on the first three installments of The Pirates Of The Caribbean.

Verbinski, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Depp rose to the challenge, though, even though it was a painful one. They reworked their compensation deals and figured out ways to save money in the production budget. They brought the budget down to a figure that is around $215 million, I’m told. Taking responsibility to bring the film in for that price was the only way that the studio was going to make the film. Considering that most Westerns don’t travel overseas as well as some other genres (Cowboys & Aliens has proven to be an offshore disappointment), The Lone Ranger is still a big bet by a studio that is backing John Carter, a film that costs more than $250 million, and Oz The Great And Powerful, which hovers at around $200 million. At least now, Disney’s risk on The Lone Ranger has been contained. Read More »

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Marvel Mulls ‘Monster’ Helmer Patty Jenkins For ‘Thor 2′

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday September 22, 2011 @ 9:04am PDTTags: Chris Hemsworth, Disney, Kenneth Branagh, Marvel, Marvel Studios, Patty Jenkins, Thor 2
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Marvel Studios is getting close to naming a director for Thor 2, and I’m hearing they might go with a surprise: Patty Jenkins, best known for directing Charlize Theron to an Oscar in Monster, and also for directing the … Read More »

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‘Thor 2′ To Be Scripted By Don Payne

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday July 1, 2011 @ 8:40am PDTTags: Chris Hemsworth, Kenneth Branagh, Thor 2
Mike Fleming

As Deadline told you yesterday, Marvel Studios needs a director for Thor 2 with Kenneth Branagh departing, but they have got a writer. Marvel has set Don Payne, one of the credited scribes on the first film, to script … Read More »

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Marvel And Disney Setting ‘Thor 2′ For Summer 2013; Chris Hemsworth’s Back But Kenneth Branagh Won’t Return

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday June 30, 2011 @ 1:41pm PDTTags: Chris Hemsworth, Joss Whedon, Kenneth Branagh, Marvel Studios, Robert Downey Jr., Thor 2
Mike Fleming

UPDATE: Disney has set a July 26, 2013 release date for Thor 2.
EARLIER EXCLUSIVE: Marvel Studios, which is in production on the Joss Whedon-directed The Avengers, is making a full commitment to Thor 2, with Chris Hemsworth … Read More »

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