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Chris Hemsworth's Taking an Acting Break, and Maybe a Permanent Thor Break



The Marvel Cinematic Universe has managed to catapult several actors to stardom, and Chris Hemsworth is one of its best poster boys. Previously best known for playing Kirk’s dad in the opening minutes of Star Trek’s 2009 reboot, the first Thor movie from 2011 supercharged his career like a bolt of lightning, to the point where he’s got a new action franchise in the form of Netflix’s Extraction and the recent Disney+ series, Limitless.

Limitless recently premiered, and it’s during the fourth episode that Hemsworth learned he has a “strong” genetic pre-disposition to develop Alzheimer’s disease as he gets older. Both of his parents have the APOE4 gene, which is said to lead to an increased risk of the memory-losing disease. As a result, he’s announced a brief retirement from acting to spend time with his wife Elsa Pataky and their three kids.

“It really triggered something in me to want to take some time off,” said Hemswort to Vanity Fair. “And since we finished the show, I’ve been completing the things I was already contracted to do. I’m going home and I’m going to have a good chunk of time off and just simplify. Be with the kids, be with my wife.” Learning of his potential health-related future is surprisingly candid, and despite Disney’s offer to omit those scenes, he chose to keep them in. “My concern was I just didn’t want to manipulate it and overdramatize it and make it into some sort of hokey grab at empathy or whatever for entertainment.”

Even with this brief retirement, Hemsworth took time to acknowledge the possibility of coming back to be Thor in the future. After giving the stock “I’m open to it if there’s more” response, he was more specific in saying that he’d be fine if that possible Thor 5 would serve as his last one. “We’d probably have to close the book if I ever did it again, you know what I mean? I feel like it probably warrants that,” he said. “I feel like it’d probably be the finale, but that’s not based on anything anyone’s told me or any sort of plans. You have this birth of a hero, the journey of a hero, then the death of a hero, and I don’t know—am I at that stage? Who knows?”

One of his future roles is in George Miller’s Furiosa, a prequel film for the acclaimed Mad Max: Fury Road film. His comments on working with Miller, who he described as “a genius, but not the mad type,” are perhaps a little illuminating for what the Australian wants to do for the rest of his acting career. “I said to my agent, ‘That’s where I want to spend my work hours; with someone who is kind and collaborative and interesting.’ One that is very aware of how his energy affects others...and chooses for it to be a positive experience. The whole crew, everyone is in a better mood. It baffles me that some people in that position don’t understand that.”

 

Legion of Super-Heroes.
The animated film sees Supergirl (Meg Donnelly) show up on Earth and ready to fight alongside her cousin, albeit with the speed bumps that come with being a first-time hero. To help her get the hang of things, Superman (Darren Criss) takes her to the 31st Century, where the Legion Academy is happy to teach her the superhero ropes. Having Brainiac 5 (Harry Shum Jr.) as a classmate isn’t great for Kara Zor-El, but something she eventually learns to deal with if it means that she won’t level buildings while fighting crime. During her time at the Academy, Kara and her fellow trainees, like Mon-El (Yuri Lowenthal), Timber Wolf (Robbie Daymond), and Phantom Girl (Gideon Adland) learn that the school is being invaded by a criminal group called the Dark Circle. With the original heavy hitter Legion members missing in action, stopping the Circle and saving the school falls to Kara and the rest of the students.

 

The Teaser Trailer for Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

Directed by Steven Caple Jr. and starring Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback, the film arrives in theatres on June 9, 2023.

 

So there's an audience still for these live action Transformer movies? They need to retire this franchise for a good bit of time and then come back with a fresh reboot.

 

The Official Trailer for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny


Directed by James Mangold. Steven Spielberg and George Lucas served as executive producers.

 

Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 Official Trailer

 

Avatar: The Way of Water | Our Fortress (TV Spot)

 

The Last of Us

Based on the award-winning video game of the same name, The Last of Us takes place 20 years after a fungal pandemic decimated the global human population.

Joel (Pedro Pascal), a hardened survivor living in a Boston quarantine zone, is tasked by a rebel group called the Fireflies with smuggling a mysterious 13-year-old girl, Ellie (Bella Ramsey), out of the QZ.

 

The Witcher: Blood Origin

The four-episode miniseries will stream on December 25, 2022.

 

Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse Official Trailer

 

Cavill is officially NOT playing Superman in the next Superman film. Not sure if that’s the right move, but we shall see.

 

Superman has always held a special spot in me since Christopher Reeves stole my heart as a tween.

Seems the studio did him wrong, just one day after telling him he would return.
And Ben Affleck might direct the new project??
Interesting read...
Henry Cavill reveals he's been FIRED as Superman https://mol.im/a/11540167

*(Wonder Woman 3 is kaput, too)

 

So I guess they are going for a full reboot of the DCEU. Honestly, it's probably for the best. And Now that Henry Cavill is free from DC maybe the rumors of him getting a Marvel role will come true. It would be hilarious if he was cast as The Sentry or as Hyperion (they are both Marvel versions of Superman)

 

I suspect that like Elizabeth Olson . . . Henry Cavil will be joining the HotD cast and hired by HBO. Could we see Henry as Hugh the Hammer . . . Elizabeth as Alys Rivers in S2 of "House of the Dragon" which starts shooting in February 2023?!?