Stars of Thor Film lend voices and likenesses to Game!

The stars of the upcoming Thor movie from Marvel will also be starring in the upcoming video game – check out the blurb from Marvel – and we have additional images below!

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Today the news rings clear: Sega has signed Chris Hemsworth to voice the title role and Tom Hiddleston to voice Loki in the upcoming action adventure video game “Thor: God of Thunder.” Both actors’ likenesses will also be used in the game, which is based on Marvel’s legendary franchise, and marks Thor’s first standalone appearance in a video game.

“Bringing in Chris and Tom to star in ‘Thor: God of Thunder’ gives us AAA talent that will create a truly cinematic interactive experience,” said Gary Knight, Senior Vice President of Marketing at SEGA Europe and SEGA of America. “Mighty Thor and the trickster Loki will face off with real emotion while giving fans visual and vocal continuity between the video game and film adaptations of the Marvel franchise.”

“Thor: God of Thunder” will take players through an original, epic-scale third-person action adventure for which Matt Fraction, the Eisner Award-winning writer and current THOR comic book scribe, served as story consultant. In the game, Thor battles through the numerous worlds of Norse mythology to save Asgard. Players will wield the iconic Mjölnir, Thor’s legendary hammer, to fight enemies of an immense scale while controlling the elemental storm powers of lightning, thunder and wind to vanquish enemies. Thor must overcome monstrous foes lifted from the pages of the comics, including Ulik, Ymir and Surtur, as well as other daunting enemies.

“Thor: God of Thunder” is scheduled for release spring 2011 on all major video game platforms.

Australian actor Chris Hemsworth played George Kirk in the 2009 “Star Trek” film before portraying the title role in Marvel Studios’ “Thor” film and SEGA’s upcoming game, and he will pick up the hammer once more in 2012 for “Marvel Studios’ The Avengers.” He has also appeared in a variety of TV roles and in films such as “A Perfect Getaway,” “Ca$h” and more.

Tom Hiddleston graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and has gone on to star in a number of critically acclaimed television productions including “Return to Cranford” and “Wallander.” He has also received universal praise on stage in a number of roles including a hugely successful production of Shakespeare’s Othello alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor and Ewan McGregor, and an Olivier Award-winning performance in Cymbeline.  In addition to voicing the role of Loki in “Thor: God of Thunder,” he plays Loki in the upcoming “Thor” film adaptation from Marvel Studios and in 2011 will also star in Woody Allen’s “Midnight in Paris” and Steven Spielberg’s “War Horse.”

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