Christian Bale to Play Main Villain in Marvel's Thor 4

Christian Bale will be replacing his Batman armour to play a villain in Marvel's new Thor 4 movie dubbed as Love and Thunder. Details of the Oscar-winner's role have not yet been revealed but he will appear as the main villain in Thor: Love And Thunder, according to American actress Tessa Thompson, who is set to star as Valkyrie in the film.

Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, she said: "Christian Bale is going to play our villain, which is going to be fantastic.

"I’ve read the script. I can’t tell you much." she added.

She added she has already shared "lots of exciting text messages" with co-star Natalie Portman, who will play Lady Thor in the new film, which is being directed by New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi.

Thor: Love And Thunder, which will be released in November 2021, is the fourth Thor film from Marvel and was announced during San Diego Comic-Con last year and will be the last chapter in the fourth phase of the Marvel Universe.

Kiwi writer and director Taika Waititi is returning to helm the film after leading the superhero franchise’s third film which made over £650 million worldwide.

Speaking of the new film, Taika hinted last year: "If you take Ragnarok, which I feel was a very outlandish and big, bombastic film, we're trying double down on everything we did with that and create something that is even crazier and even more of a big adventure."