Thor 2 movie director announced

[sherkahn]

It's all over the web, but I will show it from the first place I found it on Google, ScreenRant has the announcement of the mortal who would command gods.




The search for Kenneth Branagh‘s replacement is at last over – and Patty Jenkins has emerged as the filmmaker that Marvel has deemed worthy of directing its fantastical comic book sequel, Thor 2.

Jenkins emerged as the frontrunner to helm the Thor followup about three weeks back. Game of Thrones series director Brian Kirk was being talked about as all but a lock for the job of directing Thor 2 prior to then, but a deal between him and Marvel was never finalized.

While she doesn’t have an immensely long resume, Jenkins’ previous directorial efforts are all pretty solid. Case in point: she helmed episodes of Arrested Development and Entourage, sat in the director’s chair on the feature-length film Monster (which earned star Charlize Theron an Oscar), and received an Emmy nod for her work on the first episode of AMC’s The Killing TV series.

I've been impressed with her work on the Killing. She can do it, so long as she keeps up a sense of wonder through it all.

For legality.

Comments

[glprime]

Read it as entries on a page, it may not make sense, but then, neither would Branaugh or Favreau at first glance. But all together, her credits look pretty solid in understanding characters and understanding actors. Look forward to Thor as we'll see him after Avengers.

[mrstatham]

I think bringing in a fresh director is a good idea, and she's got some solid credentials behind her. I don't see the need to bring Branagh back, good a job as he did. Unless he had a drastically different story to tell with the second one, and I don't think he's much of a sequel guy anyway, I think it would likely run into the same problems as Iron Man 2; being more if the same being that films biggest issue.

I just hope we get less of Jane being a mugging idiot once Thor dons his armour in the next one, because nothing says professional scientist like immediately turning into a googly-eyed lump the second a guy pulls you close.

[proteus_lives]

I hope she's open to including Balder in the next movie!

[charlottesmtms.livejournal.com]

Odin's Eye, THIS!!?!

[mullon]

She directed The Killing? The movie is doomed.

[omgwtflolbbqbye]

She only directed the premier episode, which was I think was pretty good and gave the series a tremendous start out of the gate (although I heard it was basically a verbatim copy of the original series' first episode).

But she didn't have any other involvement with the show past that, where it became increasingly obvious that the showrunners were really just winging the 'mystery' and the show was fizzling into a dud.

[kenn_el]

Chris Hemsworth. Shirtless.

[sir_mikael]

Yes.