The Dark Knight will soon find himself playing a villain in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Christian Bale has been confirmed to play the antagonist in Thor: Love and Thunder film. Tessa Thompson, who plays Valkyrie in the Thor series, shared the news with ET, saying she's read the script from the upcoming installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and discovered that her character and Chris Hemsworth's Thor would be going up against Bale's still-unknown character. Comingsoon.net speculates that he could play Balder the Brave.
Thor: Love and Thunder will be directed by Taika Waititi, who also directed the successful Thor: Ragnarok. Natalie Portman will be reprising her role as Jane Foster, but this time she'll be taking on the part as female Thor, too. This storyline is based on Jason Aaron's run on "The Mighty Thor," where a cancer-stricken Jane takes up Thor's mantle and gains his powers, too.