Thor 4: Christian Bale to Play the Villain in Love & Thunder

Christian Bale is set to play the villain in the fourth Thor film subtitled Love and Thunder. ET Online talked to co-star Tessa Thompson who plays Valkyrie and the news that the rumors of Bale joining the cast are true. "Christian Bale is going to play our villain, which is going to be fantastic," said Thompson "I've read the script. I can't tell you much. Lots of exciting text messages exchanged between Natalie and I. We're going to have fun. Taika is writing [and] directing. Some familiar faces. Some new people coming into the mix." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/01/17/lucasfilm-reportedly-wants-taika-waititi-to-direct-new-star-wars"] Thompson didn't offer up any info on which character Bale would be playing but did say that Valkyrie will be in her full role as King of Asgard for the film. "She's king," Thompson explained. "If she can't find her queen, she'll just be king and queen at the same time." Nolan is a storied actor who's perhaps best known for his take on Batman during the Nolan trilogy. Other fans will know him as Patrick Bateman from American Psycho or maybe even as the voice of Howl in the English version of Howl's Moving Castle, which you can watch on Netflix next month. He was most recently co-starring in the Academy Award-nominated film Ford v Ferarri. We have some thoughts on who Bale could be playing in Love and Thunder the slideshow below. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=thor-love-and-thunder-6-characters-christian-bale-could-play&captions=true"]

This next Thor installment is set to be a bit different from Ragnarok and director and writer Taika Watiti has also said it will be even crazier. The film will start shooting this summer and is slated for release on November 5, 2021.

[poilib element="accentDivider"]Hope Corrigan is an Australian freelance writer for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter and Instagram.