Director Taika Waititi also recently revealed that filming of Thor: God and Thunder is scheduled to start in Australia in August, so we can expect to hear more casting news relatively soon.ġ. This news quickly led to speculation online about who Christian Bale might be playing, with the two most referenced characters probably being the alien Beta Ray Bill (probably voice only) and Balder the Brave, whose history in Marvel Comics is nearly as old as Thor’s.

Well, that’s exactly what happened this week, as we learned that Christian Bale will co-star in Thor: Love and Thunder () in a currently unrevealed role. One has to presume that an actor that has probably long been seen by Marvel Studios as a major “get” is Christian Bale, who starred in Christopher Nolan’s three Batman/ Dark Knight movies. There have obviously been many examples of actors who have been in movies for both Marvel and DC, but many of each studio’s biggest stars have usually avoided jumping those fences. Visit Shawn Lealos' website to learn more about his novel writing and follow him on Twitter From Shawn S.(Photo by Melinda Sue Gordon/©Broad Green Pictures) Shawn is also a published author, with a non-fiction book about the Stephen King Dollar Baby Filmmakers and has begun work on a new fiction series as well.

His work on the Internet has been featured on websites like The Huffington Post, Yahoo Movies, Chud, Renegade Cinema, 411mania, and Sporting News. He has work published in newspapers such as Daily Oklahoman and Oklahoma Gazette and magazines such as Vox Magazine, Loud Magazine, and Inside Sports Magazine.

Shawn is a former member of the Society of Professional Journalists and current member of the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle. He has worked as a journalist for over 25 years, first in the world of print journalism before moving to online media as the world changed. Shawn received his Bachelor's degree in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma with a minor in Film Studies. Lealos is a senior writer on ScreenRant who fell in love with movies in 1989 after going to the theater to see Tim Burton's Batman as his first big screen experience.

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