If you’re a Marvel fan and you go to the annual San Diego Comic-Con then you know exactly what I’m talking about when I mean by the “Cup O’ Joe” panel. Every year chief creative officer at Marvel comics Joe Quesada gets up on stage and gives some pointers to the audience on how to break into the comic book industry. Along with that, he normally updates the crowd on what big events will happen with their favorite comic series within the next year. Whether fans like him or not, you can’t deny the fact that his panel is one of the staples for Comic-Con every year for Marvel fans….

Alexander Skarsgard, who plays Eric Northman in the hit HBO series “True Blood”, recently addressed the rumors surrounding him in the helmet and with the hammer as Thor for Marvel’s upcoming film adaptation of their Norse god character. When doing press for Season 2 of “True Blood”, SkarsgÃ¥rd responded to questions about him as Thor; “No, I don’t think so. I haven’t gotten the call”. SkarsgÃ¥rd was one of several names floating around in casting rumors for the role of the blonde God of Thunder. Marvel’s “Thor” premiered in 1962 and was created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, and Jack Kirby. The true Asguardian thunder god, Thor is banished to…

A slew of rumors regarding casting for the upcoming “Thor” movie for Marvel, which is being directed by Kenneth Branagh, have hit the internet, according to Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood. Rumors point towards the studio pushing to cast Josh Hartnett in one of several roles, including nemesis and Asguardian trickster god Loki. Several other names that have popped up are actress Natalie Portman, Charlie Hunnam (“Sons Of Anarchy”), and Alexandar Skarsgard (“Generation Kill”, “True Blood”). Marvel’s “Thor” was created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, and Jack Kirby, and first appeared in Marvel’s “Journey into Mystery” #83 in 1962. The Asguardian god of Thunder and son of that All-Father Odin,…

Marvel Comics’ Editor-In-Chief Joe Quesada recently spilled the beans to MTV News on a conversation he had with actor and director Kenneth Branagh, who has recently agreed to helm the live-action adaptation of Marvel’s “Thor”, the Norse god of thunder. “We spent seven or eight hours with Kenneth where he meticulously took us through the beats of the ‘Thor’ movie along with [Marvel Studios head] Kevin Feige and our friends at Marvel West, [...] We just sat there, and it was almost like he acted out the entire movie. [...] He was reciting Thor stuff from the past, continuity events, quotes from different books, little bits and pieces from stories…