Major news in the movie world today is that Australian actor, Chris Hemsworth has been cast in the title role of Marvel Studios’ Thor. Chris was previously a soap actor in Australia, starring in the popular Home & Away and earlier this month had a small role in Star Trek as George Kirk, the father of James T. Kirk played by Chris Pine.

We’ve just opened up a new fansite for Chris as he becomes one of Hollywood’s hottest young properties, check it out at Chris-Hemsworth.com.

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