Natalie Portman's Thor Scores Thunderous Reception in Love and Thunder Trailer

Marvel fans judge Jane Foster worthy to wield the hammer of Thor in the teaser trailer for Marvel's Thor: Love and Thunder. The first footage released Monday reveals Jane's (Natalie Portman) return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe after her time travel cameo in Avengers: Endgame, this time wielding the magical hammer Mjolnir — and harnessing the power of her Asgardian ex-boyfriend Thor Odinson (Chris Hemsworth). The couple broke things off before the events of Thor: Ragnarok in a "mutual dumping," claims the mighty hurt Thor, who is on a quest for inner peace with the Guardians of the Galaxy when he reunites with Jane in Love and Thunder. 

As the mighty Thor, Jane joins forces with Thor, Korg (Taika Waititi), and King Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson) on a cosmic adventure to stop the galactic killer Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale), a vengeful being seeking the extinction of the gods from across the Nine Realms. 

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Portman, who starred in 2011's Thor and its 2013 sequel Thor: The Dark World before taking a hiatus from the MCU that ended with Endgame, previously hinted the Thor-quel is inspired by Jason Aaron's The Mighty Thor storyline. In that story, a cancer-stricken Jane was deemed worthy to possess the power of Thor when the Asgardian Avenger becomes the unworthy "Odinson." 

"I can't tell you that much. I'm really excited," Portman told Fatherly of Jane Foster's superhero transformation. "I'm starting to train, to get muscles. If there can be all these female superheroes, the more of them they are, the better it is ... it's based on the graphic novel of The Mighty Thor. She's going through cancer treatment and is a superhero on the side."

Below, see the reactions to Portman's electrifying entrance in the Thor: Love and Thunder trailer. Directed by Taika Waititi and co-starring Jeff Goldblum, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Russell Crowe as Zeus, Vin Diesel as Groot, Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon, and Chris Pratt as Star-Lord, the Marvel movie opens in theaters July 8.