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Natalie Portman Announced As The First Female Thor

"Feels good"

Marvel’s Comic-Con panel over the weekend delivered some very exciting news. Natalie Portman was announced as the first female Thor in the franchise’s upcoming film, Thor Love and Thunder. The film, which will be the fourth in the franchise, is set to hit theatres in November 2021. 

“Feels pretty good. I’ve always had a little hammer in me,” Portman said. 

The upcoming film will also feature Marvel’s first LGBTQI superhero, Valkyrie, played by Tessa Thompson, who previously played the role in Thor: Ragnarok and Avengers: Endgame

“As new king [of Asgard], she needs to find her queen. That will be the first order of business,” she told fans during the panel.

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Angelina Jolie also confirmed that she’d be starring in the upcoming Ethereal, alongside Richard Madden, Salma Hayek and Kumail Nanjiani.

“I’m so excited to be here! I think what it means to be a part of the MCU, what it means to be an Eternal, what it means to be in this family,” she told the crowd. “We’ve all read the script and we know what the task is and so we are going to work very, very hard.”

Scarlett Johanson also announced she’d be reprising her role as the Black Widow in a standalone film. 

“I feel like a weight has been lifted,” she told Variety after the announcement, though she admitted she still couldn’t divulge much about the film. “We do about seven pages of dialogue this week so maybe [Black Widow] is a little different than most Marvel movies. There’s lots of talking. I get to talk more. I could tell you that.”

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