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Rumor: Is Tessa Thompson Playing Valkyrie In ‘Thor: Ragnarok’?
According to Latino Review, they have a handle on exactly who the recently-cast Tessa Thompson (Creed) is playing in Thor: Ragnarok. The outlet is reporting that the actress has been cast as the warrior woman Valkyrie, the leader of the Valkyrior, who are basically the Asgardian version of badass angels. Given that the character and her group have long been rumored to appear in the sequel, this particular rumor has a lot of merit to it.
“Our sources are telling us that Tessa Thompson is playing the MCU version of Valkyrie. In the comics, this character’s real name is Brunnhilde, and she is chosen by Odin to lead the Valkyrior, the Asgardians who roam battlefields, and select the honorable dead for Valhalla. The title of Valkyrie just applies to whomever leads the Valkyries though, so we may or may not be seeing her before she takes on said title. Either way, this character aligns with the report, and could very well appear again in Avengers: Infinity War.”
With Natalie Portman not returning for the film and Jaime Alexander a bit too busy to have her role as Sif become the female lead, it’s looking highly likely that Thompson will have that position in Thor’s trilogy-capper. Plot details are still scarce on the film, but the general idea is that it will pick up sometime after the grim turn of events of Thor’s visions in Age of Ultron. As revealed at the end of The Dark World, Loki (Tom Hiddleston) has usurped his adoptive father Odin (Anthony Hopkins) and taken control of Asgard’s throne. In addition to Loki, we will be getting Cate Blanchett as the film’s other main villain, presumably the diabolical Hela. Together they will attempt to bring about the titular event of Ragnarok, with Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and his compatriots racing across multiple realms to stop them.
Ragnarok is not expected to spend much time on Earth, instead being more of a quest film as Thor undertakes the above mission. He will be joined by Avenger pal Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo), aka Hulk, and likely Sif (Alexander), Hogan (Tadanobu Asano), Fandral (Zachary Levi), Volstagg (Ray Stevenson), and Heimdal (Idris Elba) in some capacity as well. Given that it is positioned as one of the last films before Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 arrives, it will be interesting to see if Thanos (Josh Brolin) factors in as well. It’s not hard to picture the Mad Titan being in cahoots with Loki and Hela as they take out Asgard, one of the biggest threats to Thanos’ own megalomaniacal designs.
Thor: Ragnarok arrives in theaters on November 3, 2017. The seventeenth installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it is directed by Taika Waititi, from a screenplay by Christopher Yost, Craig Kyle, and Stephany Folsom. It is expected to star Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Mark Rufflao, Tessa Thompson, Anthony Hopkins, Idris Elba, Jaime Alexander, Ray Stevenson, Tadanobu Asano, Zachary Levi, and Samuel L. Jackson.
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‘You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive’ – IDW Dark’s Next Horror Comic Will Make You Question Reality
Five friends. Four houses. One perfect life. Bloody Disgusting is excited to exclusively announce You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive, a brand new horror comic from IDW Dark.
From Eisner-Nominated writers Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly, and rising horror artist Heather Vaughan, You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive is described as a “paranoia-laced, socially-conscious, horror mystery that will leave you questioning reality, and reveal that this crafted world is more of a nightmare than the idealistic dream they were expecting.”
Phoebe Joplin has never questioned the world her parents built: a secluded community where she and her friends were raised to be smarter, stronger, and better than anyone else. No distractions. No dangers. No secrets. Until the night of their graduation.
When one of them dies under impossible circumstances, Phee starts to pull at the edges of her perfect life—and what she finds is something far more terrifying than she ever imagined.
Because this place isn’t a sanctuary. It’s a cage. And no one who discovers the truth ever leaves it alive.
Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing (Batman – One Bad Day: Clayface, Star Trek: The Last Starship) co-write the upcoming IDW Dark horror comic, featuring art by Heather Vaughan.
Jackson Lanzing said in a statement to Bloody Disgusting, “You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive is in many ways a spiritual successor to our last creator-owned horror, The Principles of Necromancy – a dive into the promise and consequence of playing god with the blood of innocents. But the Hivemind book this reminds me of most is Clayface: One Bad Day. This is a deeply human story with intensely raw emotions – five best friends and their five mysterious parents, tearing one another apart for the promise of some impossible glory that’s waiting just beyond their darkest actions. We’re thrilled to be bringing this story to life with our long-time partner in crime, editor Heather Antos, at IDW Dark – and we’re particularly excited to give our Clayface fans a new, brutal and emotional horror made just for them.”
Adds Collin Kelly, “We’re deconstructing a feeling that seems universal these days; our elders have a death grip on their power, without any intention of giving it up to the generations that come next. YNLTPA is about growing up with the limitless potential of the future… and realizing how much it’s a lie we’ve been fed to keep us under the yoke of the past. Bringing this brutal experience to life is our artist and co-creator, Heather Vaughan, who brings an incredible amount of humanity to our cast. But it’s in our youthful leads that Heather’s art really shines – you are going to fall in love with these young people, even as they go through the worst experience of their lives. What we’ve all crafted together is going to be tragic, painful, but above all else, sincere – with a future so uncertain, there’s only one thing we can trust: you’ll never leave this place alive.”
“Some horror stories are about monsters in the dark. YNLTPA is about realizing the monsters raised you,” previews Senior Group Editor Heather Antos. “Working with Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly on this series has been a dream in the darkest possible way. They’ve built a story that’s layered, brutal, and deeply emotional, and every issue gives artist Heather Vaughan opportunities to push the art into places that feel both haunting and deeply personal. Some horror comics will keep you up at night…this is one that will stick with you for years to come.”
The first issue of You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive goes on sale October 14, 2026! Make sure to pre-order at your local comic shop by September to guarantee a copy.
Exclusively check out the various covers for Issue #1 down below.
IDW Publishing’s horror imprint IDW DARK features comics like A Quiet Place: Storm Warning, Smile: For the Camera, The Exorcism at 1600 Penn, Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees, The Twilight Zone, Event Horizon: Dark Descent & Event Horizon: Inferno, and more.
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