[SciFiWire] Vaughn Talks Thor

[Cassie Hughes]

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/news_thumbnails/thor_tn.jpg Matthew Vaughn, who will direct a film version of Marvel Comics' Thor, told Empire Online that his version will have a comic-book sensibility.

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[goldenboy]

I always thought Thor was the most ridiculous superhero when I was a Marvel kid. The "thees" and "thous", the long blonde locks. This movie could be a really fun fantasy though, especially since it's set in Asgard.

[prydain]

Yeah it could be fun, plus this guy did fantastic work on "Stardust" so I'd definitely be willing to give the movie a shot simply based on that.

[goldenboy]

“When I went into Marvel for my first X-Men meeting, I saw a figure on the desk and said ‘are you guys are going to make Thor?’ They said, ‘We’re just going to commission a script. We want to do it like Gladiator with Norse mythology and the birth of a superhero’. That really stuck in my mind. And when Marvel saw Stardust, they asked me to do it. So here I am, back again and prepping Thor.”

It's sad to think Vaughn was so close to doing X-Men 3. Wasn't bad, but could have been improved. Thor's sounding good, if he's a badass warrior.

[prydain]

Oh I'm sure X3 would have been better with him (although I loved it anyway). And glad to see they wanted him even more after seeing Stardust.

I might actually start getting excited about this movie. :)

[goldenboy]

A spoilery script review, here (http://www.comics2film.com/index.php?a=story&b=31371). Not sure if it's for real or not, but it sounds like fun.

[prydain]

Sounds interesting. Hm.

Will be interested to see how this movie works on the big screen.