Thor: Love & Thunder Merch Reveals Best Look Yet at Bale’s Gorr the God Butcher
With just a few months away from the planned release of Thor: Love and Thunder, merchandise for the film have offered a new look at Christian Bale's villainous Gorr the God Butcher. Originating in Thor: God of Thunder #1 in January 2013, the character was created by writer Jason Aaron and artist Esad T. Ribić. Gorr is an alien who after discovering that gods exist in the Marvel universe and they failed to save his family, goes on a hunt across the universe to kill them all, becoming one of Thor's most formidable foes.
Taikia Waititi has said Jason Aaron's Thor run greatly inspired his work on both Thor: Ragnarok and the upcoming Thor: Love and Thunder as apparent with the presence of Jane Foster as the Mighty Thor, a development that was made during Aaron's run on the title. Bale, who was famous for playing Batman in The Dark Knight trilogy, was cast as the film's villain in January 2020 and was finally revealed as Gorr the God Butcher during the Disney Investor Call of December 2020. While moviegoers still wait for the first trailer for Thor: Love and Thunder, now only three months away from release, it appears that the first look at Bale's character has been spoiled through the film's merchandise.
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Toy leaks, via The Direct, offer a look at the upcoming line of Marvel Legends figures based around Thor: Love and Thunder set to hit toy shelves. One of the boxes offers a new look at Bale as the villain Gorr, who looks slightly different from his comic book counterpart. Instead of a flat face, they seem to have painted Bale white and put him in white robes as opposed to the character being trapped in a black material made from his sword.
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