Marvel Studios Casting Director Sarah Finn on Finding the Heroes & Villains of the MCU

As we’ve done for the past few summers, we’ve compiled a few of our favorite interviews to highlight in this last week of August. This is by no means a comprehensive list, but a little taste of some of the great conversations we’ve had during these hot summer months. Bring on sweater season. 

She’s arguably the most powerful casting director in Hollywood, working alongside Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige and his team along with numerous directors to populate 28 superhero movies that have so far earned more than $25 billion at the box office.

Best of Summer: “Thor: Love and Thunder ” Costume Designer Mayes C. Rubeo on Dressing Gods & Goddesses

As we’ve done for the past few summers, we’ve compiled a few of our favorite interviews to highlight in this last week of August. This is by no means a comprehensive list, but a little taste of some of the great conversations we’ve had during these hot summer months. Bring on sweater season. 

Thor: Love and Thunder has scored the biggest Thor opening yet, proving MCU fans are loving writer/director Taika Waititi’s romantic comedy space adventure.

“Thor: Love and Thunder” Casting Director Sarah Finn on Picking Stars for the Marvel Cinematic Universe

She’s arguably the most powerful casting director in Hollywood, working alongside Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige and his team along with numerous directors to populate 28 superhero movies that have so far earned more than $25 billion at the box office. Her name is Sarah Finn. She majored in Theater Studies at Yale, moved to Los Angeles and cast the Oscar-winning Crash. Then, in 2006, Finn got a call to meet with Feige about a little thing called Iron Man.

How Mammal Studios Builds Magical Landscapes & Trains Technical Wizards

Creating spectacular superhero action scenes, constructing fantastical locations, visually evoking an era, or creating trippy illustrations are forms of visual effects. And they are all a key part of visual storytelling. Many viewers don’t know how these elements are created or who produces them. 

The artists at Mammal Studios are a fantastic example, having woven their visual effects magic on many of the biggest blockbusters from the last decade—Black Panther,

“Thor: Love and Thunder ” Costume Designer Mayes C. Rubeo on Dressing Gods & Goddesses

Thor: Love and Thunder has scored the biggest Thor opening yet, proving MCU fans are loving writer/director Taika Waititi’s romantic comedy space adventure. The film reunites Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and his ex-girlfriend Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), who has become the Mighty Thor. They fight to stop Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale) from killing all the gods and goddesses of the universe. 

Essential to capturing the essence of Waititi’s aesthetic is the bright explosion of color represented in every aspect of the project,

“Thor: Love and Thunder” Hammers Out Franchise-Best Opening Weekend

Thor: Love and Thunder has just notched the best opening weekend in the franchise’s history. Co-writer/director Taika Waititi can now rest assured that his singular vision for the God of Thunder is shared by millions, as Love and Thunder took in a massive $302 million global haul this past weekend. Chris Hemsworth is also now the first actor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to have four standalone films in the MCU,

The Simple Solution to Making Natalie Portman 6 Feet Tall in “Thor: Love and Thunder”

Co-writer/director Taika Waititi’s Thor: Love and Thunder is finally out today, which means the whole world finally gets to see Natalie Portman’s return as Jane Foster, and, more to the point, her transformation into the Mighty Thor. If you haven’t been following Portman’s return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we can summarize it very quickly. Portman co-starred in the first two Thor films as the scientist Jane Foster, who was also Thor’s love interest and was also often in need of saving.

Critics Call “Thor: Love and Thunder” a Heartfelt Epic With a Marvelous Villain

Epic guitar riffs from Guns N Roses? Check. Even more insanity than Thor: Ragnarok? Check again. A full-throated cosmic adventure that pivots from gleeful lunacy to heartfelt emotions? Check and check. One of the best villains in any recent Marvel film? A final check. Co-writer and director Taika Waititi has been roundly praised for breathing new life into the Thor franchise in his first go-round with Ragnarok back in 2017, and now,

“Thor: Love and Thunder” Teaser Reveals Fresh Footage of Christian Bale’s Lunatic Gorr

As much fun as it must be to play Thor or Valkryie or Korg or even Miek in writer/director Taika Waititi’s candy-colored vision for Thor: Ragnarok and now Thor: Love and Thunder, Christian Bale looks like he had an extra good time playing the new film’s big bad. Bale plays Gorr the God Butcher, a ghostly pale sociopath hellbent on obliterating all gods and goddesses from the universe. In a new teaser for Love and Thunder, 

Go on a “Thor: Love and Thunder” Adventure in Electric New Look

Taika Waititi has more to do with turning Thor into the funniest Avenger than just about everybody not named Chris Hemsworth (and even Hemsworth might agree that Waititi deserves a pinch more credit). But the funny, abundantly talented Waititi isn’t one to go scarfing around for credit. In a new video released by Marvel Studios, “A Taika Waititi Adventure,” Hemsworth and the Love and Thunder cast and crew have a little fun with their director.

“Thor: Love and Thunder” Video Tracks Chris Hemsworth’s Thor Legacy

A new Thor: Love and Thunder look gives you, among other pleasures, a glimpse at Chris Hemsworth’s screen test for the role that would change his career. Hemsworth, although a touch skinnier and a decade-plus younger, reads some of Thor’s lines and you marvel at how, even then, it seemed like nobody else could play the God of Thunder.

Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige discusses how one of the early decisions made at the studio was to bring the character of Thor to the big screen.

“Thor: Love and Thunder” First Reactions: A Vibrant, Hilarious, Surprisingly Moving Epic

It will likely come as no surprise to hear that the first reactions to Taika Waititi’s Thor: Love and Thunder are raves. Waititi re-invigorated both Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and the Thor franchise with Thor: Ragnarok, his candy-colored cosmic romp that instantly turned the God of Thunder from Marvel’s dour beefcake into the funniest Avenger. What’s more, Ragnarok introduced us to Waititi’s vision of what a Marvel movie could look like—whimsical,

New “Thor: Love and Thunder” Images Tease Natalie Portman’s Mighty Thor, Gorr, & Guardians

As we get ever closer to the premiere of co-writer/director Taika Waititi’s Thor: Love and Thunder, you can practically hear the magical hammer Mjolnir whistling through the air. And whose hand is Mjolnir flying towards? Mighty Thor’s (Natalie Portman) of course!

Ever since we learned during 2019’s Comic-Con that Portman would be reprising her role as Jane Foster but with a twist— she’d also be Mighty Thor—we’ve been eager to see her suited up,

New “Thor: Love and Thunder” Trailer Teases Thor Versus Gorr

Thor has learned a few things about epic team-building speeches in his history with the Avengers. Nobody was better at it than Captain America, as Cap showed again and again, perhaps most memorably in Avengers: Endgame, before the Avengers parted ways on a time-traveling quest to try and save the world. Again. But in Thor: Love and Thunder, it’s the God of Thunder’s turn to give a rousing speech. So how does he do?

New “Thor: Love and Thunder” Teaser Reveals Fresh Footage of the Ultimate Team

We’re getting awfully close to the premiere of co-writer/director Taika Waititi’s Thor: Love and Thunder, so much so that you can get your tickets now. What better way to celebrate this than with a new teaser, which fronts the arrival of Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale), a sociopath hellbent on taking out all of the universe’s gods and goddesses. Guess who that includes? Yup, Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and the newest Goddess on the scene,

Natalie Portman & Christian Bale Highlight New “Thor: Love and Thunder” Images

Marvel has revealed new Thor: Love and Thunder photos, including one of a Goddess (Natalie Portman’s Mighty Thor, and one of a God Butcher (that would be Christian Bale’s Gorr)—two new sparring partners in the MCU’s hotly-anticipated next film. Following the ripping new trailer released just a few days ago, we’re now starting to get a better picture of what co-writer/director Taika Waititi’s sequel is all about.

Here’s what we’ve learned thus far: Thor (Chris Hemsworth,

New “Thor: Love and Thunder” Trailer Reveals Christian Bale’s Gorr the God Butcher

In an electrifying new trailer for Thor: Love and Thunder, we get to see the precise moment when Thor (Chris Hemsworth) thinks he’s about to be reunited with his magical hammer Mjolnir, only to find it belongs to somebody else now. You know who that new somebody is—her old name was Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), but in Love and Thunder, she’s Mighty Thor, and she’s worthy of wielding Mjolnir and a whole lot more.

New “Thor: Love and Thunder” Images Reveal Natalie Portman’s Mighty Thor

We’ve got a fresh look at Jane Foster as the Mighty Thor.

Natalie Portman’s return to the Thor fold in Taika Waititi’s upcoming Thor: Love and Thunder as Jane Foster would have been exciting enough, but we’ve known since Comic-Con 2019 that Portman’s Foster would also be Mighty Thor. Here’s how Waititi revealed that bit of news way back when:

Now, Marvel has revealed a new image of Portman as Mighty Thor,

Behold Zen Thor in new “Thor: Love and Thunder” Image

How do you know people are fired up for Taika Waititi’s upcoming Thor sequel Thor: Love and Thunder? The teaser for Love and Thunder racked up more than 209 million views in the first 24-hours. That’s a lot of eyeballs checking out Thor (Chris Hemsworth) as he tries to forge an entirely new path. What does this new Thor want? Peace. Love.

Natalie Portman’s “Thor: Love and Thunder” Poster Hails Marvel’s New Goddess

“The one is not the only.” This is the description on the new Thor: Love and Thunder poster that features Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster, now transformed into Mighty Thor, weilding the magical hammer Mjolnir. Consider it the counter point to that other poster, featuring an unknown noob named Chris Hemsworth playing regular old Thor. That poster reads “The one and only.” Sorry, pal, but there’s a new Thor in town.

The posters are cheeky,