Thor: The Dark World

Thor: The Dark World

Director: Alan Taylor

Producers: Victoria Alonso, Louis D'Esposito, Leifur B. Dagfinnsson, Kevin Feige, Alan Fine, Nigel Gostelow, Craih Kyle, Stan lee.

Cinematography: Kramer Morgenthau

Film Editing: Dan Lebental and Wyatt Smith

Casting:  Sarah Finn

Production Design: Charles Wood

Art Director: Thomas Brown, Ray Chan, Jordan Crockett, Matthew Robinson, Mike Stallion and Mark Swain.

Set Decoration: Gudni Lindal, Benediktsson and John Bush.

Costume Design: Wendy Patridge

Writing Credits: Christopher Yost, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Don Payne, Robert Rodat, Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Jack Kirby.

Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins, Christopher Eccleston, Jaimie Alexander, Zachary Levi, Ray Stevenson, Tadanobu Asano, Idris Elba, Rene Russo, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Kat Dennings, Stellan Skarsgard, Alice Krige, Clive Russel, Jonathan Howard and more.

Trailer #1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bFZJ-3zNFg
Trailer #2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvKjS2s1v0k

Movie Poster: http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/51fefc05ecad04034500001e-960/thor%20the%20dark%20world%20poster.jpg



Production & Development
In 2011, Walt Disney Studios decided to set a Thor Sequel date (July 26, 2013).

The Hollywood reporter reported that the Marvel Studios were looking for a potential director for the new movie. They were mainly looking at Alan Taylor and Daniel Minahan. Also, Marvel were reported to hire a new writer to rewrite Don Payne's script. Again, some of the potential writers consisted of John Collee, Robert Rodat and Roger Avary.

In January 2012, Tom Hiddleston (who's character is Loki) made a statement which confirmed that the Sequel has been scheduled and expected to be shot in London in the summer 2013.
April 2012, one of the main characters Liam Hemsworth (Thor) again confirmed that the film will begin the shooting during August 2012.  He also said that the film will be Viking influenced and the fantasy world of Asgard will be more special and significant to the movie.

In 2012 at the San Diego Comic-Con International it was then finally announced that the film title will be "Thor: The Dark World". At the end of the month, residents near Bourne Wood in Surrey, England were notified by the film makers that the movie is going to have some scenes shot there.

Few days later after that statement, it was reported that the film will be shot in Iceland, where their current director Alan Taylor shot parts of Game of Thrones. In late October 2012 Disney Studios announced that the film will also be released on 3D. Alexander tweeted that principal photography will be wrapped up on December 14th, 2012.


Some scenes in the Sequel of Thor had to be re-shot. Also, Tom Hiddleston was scheduled to shoot more with Hopkins. An insider from the Marvel Studios said that, this is all a part of the "Marvel Process" he later said that "We're doing full scenes, scenes that were not in the movie before. We're adding scenes, creating scenes, writing scenes for the first time".

The films visual effects were completed by 'seven special effects studios'. Also, the mid credits scene were directed by James Gunn.


Music
Brian Tyler was chosen to develop the music, which also included Azam Ali to be featured as vocalist. The soundtrack was then released digitally on October 28th, 2013.

Distribution
The world premiere took place on October 22, 2013 at the Odeon Leicester Square in London. The film was then released in the cinema only 8 days later (October 30). The film was then premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, US was released in cinemas at November 5, 2013.


Marketing

• Marvel released two-issue comic books prelude written by Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost and Scot Eaton. 
• April 2013, Marvel released the first trailer for the movie.
• July 2013, at the San Diego Comic-Con Tom Hiddleston "Loki" introduced some footage of the movie as his character Loki. 
• August 2013, the second trailer was released as part of YouTube's Geek Week.
• Tom Hiddleston, Natalie Portman and Anthony Hopkins presented yet another additional footage at Disney's D23 Expo. 
• August 2013, Disney made plans to promote the movie with attraction sites at Disneyland. "Treasures of Argard" which was located next to the 'Stark Industries' opened on November 1st, 2013. 

Box Office

Thor: The Dark World eatned $109.4 million worldwide on the opening day. It then earned $8.2 million from 33 territories and it was the Number 1 film, in countries including UK and France.

During the first three days the film earned $45.2 million from 36 countries and by the end of the weekend it earned a massive $109.4 million which topped the box office outside North America, and finished first place in 36 countries. 

Criticism

The already made sequel received positive reviews from its major film critics. The approval percentage was a 75% and an average rating of 6.4/10 from 72 reviews. A lot of the critics made positive reviews on Tom Hiddlestones role "Loki" which summarised how compelling and interesting his on screen charm was. Also, the romance between Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman was brilliantly presented all throughout the movie.