How does THOR fit into THE AVENGERS?

By Matt Holmes / June 25, 2011

So we already know how CAPTAIN AMERICA will fit into THE AVENGERS (in brief, he gets frozen in the finale of his World War II period movie and is recovered by Tony Stark in the modern day at the beginning of the team-up movie) but how exactly will the Norse God THOR find himself in the same time and place as these other Marvel characters? IESB's reliable source tells us how...

A reliable source tells the IESB that the character of Donald Blake has been added to the end of the script. Let me reiterate that he wasn't there before, the script was set entirely in the land of the Norse Gods. The introduction of the character is essential to how Marvel will tie Thor into the Avengers that is set in contemporary Tony Stark/Hulk timeframe. It explains how the actual Thor film will be set in the ancient time of the Norse Gods and how they will subsequently bring the character into a modern time with Donald Blake discovering the magical Norse hammer Mjolnir and turning into Thor.

THOR opens July 16th 2010, THE AVENGERS a year later on July 15th 2011. IESB have also heard that director Kenneth Branagh will also have a role in the movie, probably a small one similar to that of Jon Favreau playing bodyguard Happy Hogan in IRON MAN. If your as good an actor as Branagh, God Damnit you might as well use yourself! Seems a waste not to.