Christian Bale in talks to star in Thor: Love and Thunder

There are a lot of cool Marvel movies on the horizon, and all of them sound exciting: Black Widow, The Eternals, Black Panther 2, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness…but the one I might be most excited for is Thor: Love and Thunder. With Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster taking over the role of Thor and the visionary Taika Waititi returning as director, this movie is poised to pop our eyes right out of our brains. Also that title is amazing.

Although come to think of it, that Doctor Strange title is pretty great, too, but this post isn’t about that. As far as the cast goes, Tessa Thompson will also return as Valkyrie and we assume Chris Hemsworth will be back as Thor, even if Foster has taken up his old role, as she does in the comics. And now, new and exciting news from Collider: apparently, Christian Bale is in talks to be in the movie.

Bale, of course, earned his superhero bonafides by playing Batman in Christopher Nolan’s trilogy, which ended with The Dark Knight Rises in 2012. He spent a few years away from capes and masks and powers to appear in more grounded movies like The Big Short and Vice, but if the Marvel Cinematic Universe beckons him back into the warm waiting arms of superhero stardom, who is he to refuse?

As for who he could play, I have no idea. Any big Thor fans out there who could take a guess? It’s also kind of funny that Bale may be taking on a new Marvel role while Robert Pattinson gears up to play Batman in a new film over at Warner Bros. Superheroes everywhere!

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