{"id":17785,"date":"2020-01-06T22:33:09","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T06:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=17785"},"modified":"2020-01-13T23:32:43","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T07:32:43","slug":"christian-bale-might-be-cast-in-thor-love-and-thunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=17785","title":{"rendered":"Christian Bale Might Be Cast in &#8220;Thor: Love and Thunder&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/bale-ferrari-1024x573.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/bale-ferrari-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/bale-ferrari-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/bale-ferrari-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/bale-ferrari.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to an exclusive from <a href=\"https:\/\/collider.com\/christian-bale-thor-love-and-thunder-cast\/?utm_campaign=collidersocial&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_source=twitter\">Collider<\/a>, the star of the <em>Dark Knight<\/em> trilogy might be returning to comic book movies, this time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, rather than with DC.  If this is true, this news is huge for a couple reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This would be Bale&#8217;s first time in a superhero film since his portrayal of Batman in 2012&#8217;s <em>The Dark Knight Rises<\/em>, in a world much tonally different than the MCU.  Also, as an acclaimed actor and Oscar winner, Bale would be one of the most prominent names attached to a comic book film in recent years.  Since the release of <em>Ford v Ferrari<\/em> in November, Bale is free for a project, so it is a possibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bale&#8217;s role is being kept under wraps, so it can only be speculated what character he could be playing.  Generally, there really isn&#8217;t much known about the fourth installment in the Thor franchise.  The only details we know are that Natalie Portman will return as Jane Foster and will be expected to take the Thor mantle, and Tessa Thompson&#8217;s Valkyrie will be &#8220;find[ing] her queen.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Thor: Love and Thunder<\/em> releases in theaters November 5, 2021. <em> Ford v Ferrari <\/em>is in cinemas now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nThe star of the Dark Knight trilogy might be returning to comic book movies, this time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, rather than with DC.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=17785\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Christian Bale Might Be Cast in &#8220;Thor: Love and Thunder&#8221;&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":17790,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,9],"tags":[1428,450,1053,1431,1429,1430],"class_list":["post-17785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-tv","category-movies","tag-christian-bale","tag-marvel","tag-marvel-cinematic-universe","tag-the-dark-knight","tag-thor-4","tag-thor-love-and-thunder","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Christian Bale Might Be Cast in &quot;Thor: Love and Thunder&quot; - The Cultured Nerd<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=17785\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Christian Bale Might Be Cast in &quot;Thor: Love and Thunder&quot; - The Cultured Nerd\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The star of the Dark Knight trilogy might be returning to comic book movies, this time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, rather than with DC. 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