It’s being reported that 25-year-old Australian actor Chris Hemsworth currently on the big screen as George Kirk in Star Trek has landed the title role in Kenneth Branaugh’s big-screen adaptation of the Marvel comic book Thor.

The movie, about a Viking god of thunder who wields a magic hammer, is set for a June 17, 2011 release.

This is a big career week for Hemsworth, who was also reportedly cast in the lead for the upcoming remake of the 1984 Patrick Swayze classic Red Dawn.