Someone just told me about this – remember that awesome Volkswagen advertisement during the Super Bowl called “The Force”? It has been spoofed before…but this one is an actual advertisement for the upcoming Thor movie…

The Hollywood Reporter’s cover story this week is about the upcoming Marvel super-hero movie Thor, directed by director/actor Kenneth Branagh, and how the director has staked his career on the $150 million production. Thanks to THR, here is the whole article:
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Marvel/Paramount released a new trailer for Thor yesterday. Wow!

Thor will be released on May 6th, 2011.

Disney’s first major benefit of acquiring Marvel may be in the distribution rights to the upcoming Marvel films The Avengers and Iron Man 3, with Paramount assigning the rights to Disney for a guaranteed minimum up front of $115 million against the distribution fees. Paramount will retain the rights on Thor and Captain America.