Ode To Odin

Oscar-winning actor Anthony Hopkins is neotiating to join the upcoming comic book film Thor says The Hollywood Reporter.

Hopkins would play the Norse god Odin, Thor (Chris Hemsworth)’s dandy dad and reigning king of Asgard.

The film has Kenneth Branagh calling action from a script by written by Mark Protosevich and Zack Stentz. with production due to begin this January.

The film opens everywhere on May 20, 2011.

This move to nab Hopkins is a great one!--Sort of like Marlon Brando as Jor-El in Superman over 30 years ago