For San Francisco film lovers, we are pleased to present this story from “The Moving Picture.”

Kenneth Branagh has finally opened up about Thor, the upcoming big screen adaptation of the Marvel character. Branagh, who stars in this month’s Valkyrie opposite Tom Cruise, signed on to helm the flick back in September.

He spoke with MTV and revealed why he wanted to work on the project and that recent casting rumors, one that put Journeyman star Kevin McKidd in the lead role, are still premature.

“To work on a story about one of the immortals, Gods, extraordinary beings, inter-dimensional creatures,” he enthused. “There’s science fiction and science fact and fantasy all woven into one. It’s based on Norse legends which Marvel sort of raided in a brilliant way.”

“There’s been lots of talk [about casting] — I sound like a politician — but we are too early at this stage. We’re getting the story and the visual effects together and all of that is very exciting. Someone sensational is going to play the part but it is early days.”

Branagh, whose other directing credits include Sleuth, Much Ado About Nothing and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, said the flick will be “a human story right in the center of a big epic scenario.”

Mark Protosevich (I Am Legend) is writing the screenplay and the movie is scheduled to open in 2010.

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