Jaimie Alexander is in talks to return to the Marvel Cinematic because the fan favourite Asgardian warrior Sif in “Thor: Love and Thunder,” and might also make an look on the upcoming “Loki” Disney+ collection, in line with a person with data of the undertaking.
Alexander appeared as Sif, one in every of Thor’s closest buddies who, it’s implied, carries a torch for him, in 2011’s “Thor” and 2013’s “Thor: The Dark World.” She didn’t seem in “Thor: Ragnarok” attributable to scheduling conflicts together with her NBC present “Blindspot.”
Of course, the plot of “Love and Thunder” and Sif’s position in it are nonetheless below wraps, however we’ve got an thought of what may occur. Bear with us for a second as we explains.
Recall that in “Avengers: Endgame,” after the Avengers fail to undo The Snap and the story skips forward 5 years, we be taught that Thor (Chris Hemsworth) turned consumed by melancholy and largely ignored his duties because the king of New Asgard. By the top he figured issues out a bit and abdicated, handing the dominion over to Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson) who was just about already operating issues in New Asgard anyway. Then Thor left Earth on a journey to elements unknown with the Guardians of the Galaxy.
Meanwhile it’s in all probability no less than considerably related that throughout the announcement of “Love and Thunder” at Comic-Con 2019, Thompson supplied an important element about Valkyrie’s story. “First of all, as a new king, she needs to find her queen. So that will be the first order of business,” she informed followers in Hall H.
Point being, we expect Lady Sif would make a reasonably good Queen of Asgard.
Alexander joins Academy Award Winner Christian Bale in “Thor: Love and Thunder,” who as introduced Thursday throughout Disney’s investor name will play the villain Gorr the God Butcher.
“Thor: Ragnarok” director Taika Waititi is returning to helm “Love and Thunder” and co-wrote the script with Jennifer Kaytin Robinson. “Thor: Love and Thunder” will open May 6, 2022.
Marvel had no remark.
Alexander most not too long ago starred because the lead on NBC’s “Blindspot,” which ran for 5 seasons.
Jaimie Alexander is repped by UTA, Atlas Artists and Ginsburg Daniels Kallis.
Deadline first reported the information.