Bizarre as it may sound, Thor co-stars Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston are both now attached to projects involving country music legend Hank Williams. The latter, who plays the villainous Loki in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is actually playing the singer-songwriter in an upcoming biopic called I Saw The Light, and now news has come that the former, the God of Thunder himself, will be seeing hallucinations of the great cowboy crooner in his newest project. News is coming from The Wrap that Chris Hemsworth has optioned the film rights to the Steve Earle novel I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive, and has plans to both produce a movie adaptation and star in the lead role. An indie-budgeted project that will be written and directed by first-time filmmaker Benjamin Grayson, the book tells the story of Toby .Doc. Ebersole, a morphine-addicted physician who was involved in the death...
- 9/16/2014
- cinemablend.com
While Tom Hiddleston prepares his potrayal of iconic musician Hank Williams, another Asgardian will tackle the story from a different angle. Chris Hemsworth has optioned Steve Earle's novel I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive and plans to produce and star in the film. Hemsworth will develop the film alongside Bejamin Grayson, who will script the project and make his directorial debut. Grayson has previously worked as an assistant to Kenneth Branagh on Thor and John Lee Hancock on Saving...
- 9/16/2014
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
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