Published 10/29/2009
at ETonline - Breaking News
Great Odin's raven! Anthony Hopkins is ready to rumble with a Marvel Comics superhero on the big screen.
Hopkins will assume the role of King Odin, the father of hammer-wielding thunder god Thor ( Chris Hemsworth ), says Variety . The film co-stars Natalie Portman as Thor's lady love and is directed by Kenneth Branagh .
The movie is expected to charge into theaters in 2011.
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