KENNETH BRANAGH - BRANAGH IN TALKS TO DIRECT COMIC BOOK MOVIE

BRANAGH IN TALKS TO DIRECT COMIC BOOK MOVIE

Shakespearean star KENNETH BRANAGH is the surprise favourite to direct the next big Marvel comic book movie THOR.
The British actor - more famous for his roles onstage - is negotiating with Marvel bosses over the movie, due for release in 2010.
Branagh's last big-screen directorial outing was 2007's Sleuth, starring Sir Michael Caine and Jude Law.
But he is most recognised in film for directing 1989 Shakespeare epic Henry V; Robert De Niro in 1994's Frankenstein, and a 1996 version of Shakespeare's Hamlet, with himself in the lead role.
Thor follows the tale of a disabled medical student with the Norse god as an alter ego.