MOVIE NEWS: THOR PICS, SPLICE CREATURE & BRETT RATNER’S SNOW WHITE

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FIRST PICS OF CHRIS HEMSWORTH FOR THOR

When we saw that initial picture of Chris Hemsworth in his Thor outfit last month, our first thought was—you nailed the look, but where’s the hammer? Thor’s mighty Mjolnir is just as important to the Thunder God as the shield is to Captain America, or that webbing to Spider-Man, and until we saw it, we weren’t going to be entirely sold.

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DELPHINE CHANEAC ON CREATING THE CREATURE IN ‘SPLICE’

English doesn’t come naturally to Delphine Chaneac. But you’d never know if from her performance in director Vincenzo Natali’s Splice, since the character the French actress plays (alongside actors Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley), with the exception of just a few words, does not speak. In tackling the role of Dren, the year’s first great new movie monster, Chaneac does a remarkable job conveying her character’s thoughts, feelings, and sometimes terrible desires, entirely through body language. We caught up with Chaneac last week, and learned how she came to be cast in the role, as well as the challenges in playing a modern-day chimera. Hit the jump to see what she had to say.

On creating Dren:

Not speaking helped me a lot.

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BRETT RATNER TO PRODUCE A SNOW WHITE REMAKE

Leave it to Brett Ratner to pounce on the latest trend and make it sound as lame as possible. As we all know, live action fairy tales are a big thing in Hollywood right now thanks to Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, and we’ve previously heard about dueling Wizard of Oz reinventions being developed, along with Disney’s Sleeping Beauty remake. Now Bernie Goldmann, Ryan Kavanaugh and Brett Ratner have thrown their hat in the ring by acquiring a pitch called The Brothers Grimm: Snow White from writer Melisa Wallack. It is described as “an edgy 3D re-imagining of the German folk tale.” Nice.

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Photoshopped costumes don’t impress me much. What’s your opinion on the Thor images of Chris Hemsworth?

We will be seeing Splice tonight and can’t wait. Keep a look out for a review of the film on OBS.

Would you go to see Brett Ratner’s Snow White?