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    Thor! Blade! Picard! The 10 biggest surprises from Comic-Con 2019

    San Diego’s annual pop culture gathering saw a big reveal of trailers, stars and release dates, including some major Marvel news
    by Jordan Hoffman Jul 22, 2019 8 minutes
    Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson. Photograph: Broadimage/REX/Shutterstock

    1. Thor Four is forward-thinking

    The inscription on Mjolnir, Marvel’s spin on the weapon of Norse legend, reads: “Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor.” It’s time to update that pronoun.

    One can quibble about what was the biggest surprise at this year’s marketing bonanza held at the San Diego Convention Center, but Oscar-winner Natalie Portman’s return as the Asgardian hero Thor’s former love interest, Dr Jane Foster, is a top contender. (The character got an “exit, pursued by a lapsed contract” off-screen dismissal earlier in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.) Portman isn’t just back for Taika Waititi’s Thor: Love and Thunder, in theaters 5 November 2020, she will appearing as Thor. Not “a female Thor” – Thor. (The origins of this lay in Jason Aaron’s The Mighty Thor comics arc which began in 2014.)

    This is not to say the upcoming film is all Portman. Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson will be back in their previous roles, hopefully with no one remembering their Men In Black: International debacle. Importantly, a comment Thompson made during the panel that her character Valkyrie will be “looking for her queen” was confirmed later by Marvel’s generalissimo, Kevin Feige, to mean that Valkyrie is the MCU’s long overdue first LGBTQ superhero.

    2. Filling out Phase Four

    Florence Pugh, O.T. Fagbenle, Rachel Weisz and Scarlett Johansson speak on stage for the Marvel panel in Hall H of the Convention Center during Comic Con.
    Florence Pugh, OT Fagbenle, Rachel Weisz

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