Anthony Hopkins is Odin in Marvel's Thor

Anthony Hopkins has been officially cast as Odin.  In Marvel and Paramount's movie Thor.  He will join the cast of Chris Hemsworth as the titular character,Thor, and Thor's adversary and half-brother Loki played by Tom Hiddelston.  As in Norse lore Odin is the chief God of the Norse Pantheon.  The movie will be directed by another noteworthy thespian - Kenneth Brannagh.


The movie will start production January of 2010 and will be in theaters May of 2011.