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Yesterday a site called ComicBookMovie put the five-minute Thor sizzle reel from Comic-Con online and since then it's proliferated across the net. The studio hasn't as yet released an official statement about the leak. Was it intentional? Part of a viral marketing effort? If it was done without the approval of Marvel or Paramount then it had to have been by someone who had access to the master copy of the Comic-Con footage. So, who did it, and what was their intent?

Video from Saturday's Thor panel has gone up thank to Hall H's coverage of it. If you couldn't be in that room last weekend, here's your chance to see and hear the Thor creative team talk about how their movie is coming along...

The curtain was raised today at the Comic-Con Marvel booth allowing visitors to look at the helmets of the Norse gods. Inside a glass display resting at the foot of Odin's throne chair were the actual movie headgear worn by Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Anthony Hopkins (Odin) and Chris Hemsworth (Thor).

Another new photo showing Thor in action has originated at USA Today, this one showing off the Norse god of thunder lifting his magical hammer Mjolnir from an outcropping of stone.

The photo appears in an article talking about the lead-up to Comic-Con, and how Marvel Studios prepared Thor director Kenneth Branagh for the intensity of what is to come. "They said to brace myself, that I'd never seen anything like it," said the director of the annual event.

"It's a bit scary, the power and devotion they have," comments the film's star, Chris Hemsworth, about the comic book savvy fans. "A couple of months ago I was feeling secure and went online to see what people were saying. Some people loved we were doing a movie; some people already hated it. I'll never read comments again."

Marvel Studios and Paramount Pictures have released an exclusive Comic-Con poster featuring conceptual artwork for the Thor film. They're likely to be handed out at the Marvel Studios' special signing events taking place on Saturday.

Sunday's Los Angeles Times published this photo showing an impressive set of Thor, as well as showing us for the first time the characters of Frigga (Rene Russo's character, top left) and Tom Hiddleston's Loki (bottom left) wearing his signature curled helmet. That's Anthony Hopkins as Odin at the top of the dias and Thor kneeling in front of the Norse elder god.

The first reveal of the Thor movie costumes for Odin and Loki  took place today as the L.A. Times' Hero Complex blog published the photo along with the news that both this film as well as Captain America will be released in post-production 3D.

Marvel Studios president of production, Kevin Feige, insists that both of the new films won't suffer from a rushed 3D conversion that's effected other pictures. "In being able to think in 3-D from the start -- and having every bit of our special effects rendered in true 3-D -- we have the opportunity to do it right," Feige told the outlet. "When you're working with a director like Ken Branagh or Joe Johnston, they're not going to settle for less than perfect image. They're not going to settle for something that isn't up to the artistry of everything else they've done on the film ... they're not going to put on some overlay in the last 10 to 12 weeks of post-production for a fiscal reason."

The first glimpse of Anthony Hopkins in his Odin costume (and eyepatch) has come about courtesy of an Entertainment Tonight on-set report. Thor's in his street clothes!

Is this a conceptual artwork for Chris Hemsworth in his Thor movie costume? Collider believes that it is and has published two photos of what they claim are two legit images of the actor wearing his Marvel costume. If these are indeed real concepts from within the Thor production they are of a different art approach than the leaked Captain America costume concepts that appeared online yesterday.

If they are indeed photos of Hemsworth dressed as Thor -- and judging from the beard and long hairstyle, they appear to be real -- the images have been also photoshopped. Thor's cape is the most obvious point of reference that has been manipulated by computer, with an artificial light sheen appearing on the right side of it.

The first officially released photo of Chris Hemsworth in his Thor costume came out today. While the photo provides us with a good foundation as to how faithful Thor's movie costume appears to be to the one the character wears in the comic book, we look forward to seeing a full body shot showing the god of thunder wielding Mjolnir, his magical hammer. [Full story]

Now this is cool: Latino Review landed what's likely the biggest exclusive yet for the Thor movie, that being a spy photo showing the metal suit of armor of The Destroyer.

For those of you not versed in your Thor mythos, Odin, Thor's father, created a magical suit of armor to serve as a guardian of Valhalla. In the comic book series The Destroyer fought Thor several times, coming close to killing the god of thunder. LR's source tells them that in the movie it's Loki that sends The Destroyer to Earth to battle Thor.

The photo shows someone wearing the 9-foot-tall, fully enclosed suit of armor in a remote location. Check it out and see how it looks!

There will be no appearance by Colonel Nick Fury in the Thor movie. During a roundtable held today with the actor, IESB found out straight from Mr. L. himself that Fury is a no-show in the Norse Marvel movie.

"I have no idea. I'm not in charge of making those decisions," said the actor when asked why he wasn't starring in Thor. "I thought I was. They said I was in the trades, and I was like, 'Oh, I've got a job!' And then, I called my agent and she said, 'Nah, you're not in it. They misprinted.' I was like, 'Well shit, they need to pay me just 'cause they put my name in it.'"

Half-a-dozen long distance photos of the vehicles and desert location for a Thor shoot have gone up at Before the Trailer. The production is filming at Galisteo, New Mexico. Unfortunately there aren't any shots of actors or crew people but at least we've got photographic evidence that money is being spent.

A short but interesting interview with Anthony Hopkins came out recently where the 72-year-old Welsh actor talked a bit about what it's like to play the All-Father of the Norse gods, Odin.

"He's a stern man. He's a man with purpose," Hopkins told the Los Angeles Times. "I play the god who banishes his son from the kingdom of Asgard because he screwed up. He's a hot-headed, temperamental young man --- probably a chip off of the old block -- but I decide he's not really ready to rule the future kingdom, so I banish him. I'm harsh and my wife complains and I say, 'That is why I'm king.' He's ruthless, take-it-or-leave-it. Women are much more forgiving; men are not so forgiving. I know in my life, my karma is, 'If you don't like it, tough, move on.' And I move on. I'm a little like Odin myself."

Thanks to The HD Room for supplying the tip!

Clark Gregg will reprise his Iron Man role as SHIELD Special Agent Coulson in Thor. The character will also been seen in the Iron Man sequel, out this May.