Thor: Tales of Asgard (Animated)

[GreenScar]

'Thor: Tales of Asgard' Concept Art Arrives Online

Click on the character links to see the artwork

Last week at the Los Angeles premiere of "Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths", the producers were quick to praise the film's character designs by artist Phil Bourassa. And while Bourassa's "Justice League" movie hit stores yesterday, he also provided character designs for the "Planet Hulk" animated movie which was released earlier this month. Bourassa is also the character designer for one of the upcoming Marvel Animated feature films: "Thor: Son of Asgard." Recently, Bourassa posted several early designs from "Thor: Son of Asgard" on his Deviant Art page (via Comic Book Movie). Bourassa also provided commentary for several of the pieces:
THOR: "I wanted to make Thor look really "level one" Viking/barbarian with lots of fur and layers. I gave him sort of a cocky self assured pose because that's his overall persona in the film. At the time I was pretty happy with this take and was kind of bummed that we went in a different direction with the outfit. The overall silhouette is still the same, although the details and colors are significantly changed."
ODIN: "Heres an early take on the all-father, Odin. I drew him significantly younger than we are used to seeing him since the film revolves around the trials of a teenage Thor and Loki. This is sort of Odin in his prime before losing his eye and what-not. I had a lot of fun designing this cartoon and working with the awesome staff and crew at Marvel Lionsgate."
FANDRAL: "In this concept sketch of Fandral, I tried to capture the dashing, swashbuckling, Errol Flynn thing. I might have also been thinking of Cary Elwes' character from 'The Princess Bride.' This is one of those rare cases in animation design where the first sketch pretty much ends up making it on screen in the final cut."
VOLSTAGG: "This was my first pass at Volstagg from the Warriors Three. I actually drew this before I ever received a script from Marvel and so, not surprisingly, I was shy of the mark. I had forgotten that Volstagg is typically depicted as the cowardly blowhard, [whose] goofy antics are often played for comedic effect. In the end, final model for this character was a bit more whimsical and comical."
Earlier this month, Marvel Studios and Lionsgate Home Entertainment released a new trailer for "Thor: Tales of Asgard." The film is scheduled to be released in 2011 to coincide with the live action "Thor" movie.

[Propellarhead9]

Looks like they are going the Next Avengers style route with it

[WyldeMan45]

The film is scheduled to be released in 2011 to coincide with the live action "Thor" movie.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm

[vegeta88]

Originally Posted by WyldeMan45

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm

Is that a 'Hmm, maybe they should release it before to build more hype'? Because, that is exactly what I was thinking.

Anyway. Looks promising. I have enjoyed the Marvel animates features thus far.

[WyldeMan45]

Originally Posted by vegeta88

Is that a 'Hmm, maybe they should release it before to build more hype'? Because, that is exactly what I was thinking.

Exactly what the hmmmmmmmmmmm meant.

[Beast]

Originally Posted by Propellarhead9

Looks like they are going the Next Avengers style route with it

Which I'm quite pleased with. Next Avengers was one of the better Marvel Animated Features.

Seems like a good idea to do a true origins story of Thor before the live action film.

[Clark Kent]

The animation is obviously intended for the tween market. I liked Next Avengers, but was hoping they would go in a more mature direction for Thor.

[jadedeath]

Originally Posted by Clark Kent

The animation is obviously intended for the tween market. I liked Next Avengers, but was hoping they would go in a more mature direction for Thor.

They did, with the Hulk vs. Movie{s}.

Logan

[Beast]

Originally Posted by Clark Kent

The animation is obviously intended for the tween market. I liked Next Avengers, but was hoping they would go in a more mature direction for Thor.

Watch the trailer. It's not really all that immature. Judging by the art is a mistake.

[Idioteque...]

Once I saw that image, I felt no need to read the article.

[vegeta88]

Originally Posted by Idioteque...

Once I saw that image, I felt no need to read the article.

You shouldn't judge an article by the picture on the .. cover, er... you know?

I kind of like the animation. It isn't the worst but it also isn't the best. I'm glad it doesn't look like normal Japanese animation, just not a fan.

[Idioteque...]

Originally Posted by vegeta88

You shouldn't judge an article by the picture on the .. cover, er... you know?

I kind of like the animation. It isn't the worst but it also isn't the best. I'm glad it doesn't look like normal Japanese animation, just not a fan.

Seems too kiddish to me. I want some Bruce Timm art or some of 90's Marvel Art.

[vegeta88]

Originally Posted by Idioteque...

Seems too kiddish to me. I want some Bruce Timm art or some of 90's Marvel Art.

I was going to bring that up. It seems like that is always the the reference. Those were the days, Batman TAS was amazing (DC still does great animation with the Bruce Timm involved works).

[Idioteque...]

Originally Posted by vegeta88

I was going to bring that up. It seems like that is always the the reference. Those were the days, Batman TAS was amazing (DC still does great animation with the Bruce Timm involved works).

Yeah but the quality of writing of the modern adaptations isn't as good.

Another thing Marvel lacks is writing. Their old Tas lacked writing and their new tas are just worse.

[Clark Kent]

Originally Posted by Beast

Watch the trailer. It's not really all that immature. Judging by the art is a mistake.

The trailer looks cool, but the scenes in it look taken from any generic Norse mythology-story. I like my animated movies grounded a little more in the actual Marvel universe. Though I understand why they release movies like this, because the primary target audience are not adult fans who grew up on the comic books, but 10-to-14 year-old boys who probably do not read comics. Saying that, I will still get around to picking it up eventually.

[TokyoLee]

Ill be checking this out hopefully it turns out good