THOR 2

Thor the dark world is the upcoming Marvel superhero film featuring the iconic  Asgardian hero Thor. The story continues from the events of Thor and the world wide blockbuster Avengers which features the other iconic superheros within the Marvel universe. Thor the dark world will be a lead up to the Avengers sequel  'Avengers. Age of ultron' which will be released in may 2015.


The film was directed by Game of Thrones director Alan taylor who recently took over the directing role from Kenneth Branagh who directed the first Thor film.It was produced Kevin Feige he has taken a massive role within the Marvel film industry mainly producing most of its films such  Iron man, Incredicable Hulk ,Thor and many more. The film is also distributed by Walt Disney studios

CHARACTERS 
The film features many actors from Thor and also features  some different characters

Chris Hemsworth as Thor:
The prince of Asgard Thor built on Norse mythological. Chris address that film shows the unresolved issues regarding Thor's love relationship between Jane Foster. Hemsworth adds  Thor’s journey I think picks more so up from where we left the first one – About to take on the throne... and now coming to the realization of what responsibility comes with that. Also, Alan Taylor keeps talking about the dark side of that responsibility, and the secrets of being king or becoming sort of very political about what people need to know and what they want to know."

Natalie Portman as Jane Foster:

An astrophysicist and Thor's love interest, who is brought from Earth to Asgard by Thor after she is infected with a mysterious energy. Feige  said, "While Thor was a fish out of water on Earth in the first two films (Thor and The Avengers), this time Jane is very much a fish out of water in Asgard."

 Tom Hiddleston as Loki:
Thor's adoptive brother and arch-villain , in this film they will form and tense alliance against the Dark Elves 




PRE PRODUCTION:

. December 2011 The Hollywood Reporter reported that Marvel was looking at Alan Taylor and Daniel Minham as prospect directors to replace Jenkins

. January 2012, Hiddleston stated that filming is expected to begin in London in the summer of 2012.

.April 2012, Hemsworth confirmed that filming is scheduled to begin in August 2012, in London, England.

. May 2012, Mads Mikkelsen began talks to play one of the villains in the film.

.July 2012, Mikkelsen stated in an interview that he will not be appearing in the sequel due to prior commitments.

. July 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International, it was announced that the film will be titled Thor: The Dark World.

. August 2012 it was reported that the film will shoot in Iceland, where Alan Taylor shot parts of Game of Thrones

PRODUCTION


  Thor: the dark world filming in Bourne Wood , surrey 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w4zl2jDITs: THOR 2 Filming


POST PRODUCTION 

.July 2013, Dennings told reporters that the film was about to head into reshoots.

.August 2013 , Taylor said he shot extra scenes with Hiddleston and was about to shoot more with Hopkins. Taylor explained that it was all apart of the "Marvel process" saying, "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.

. August 2013, IMAX Corporation and Marvel Entertainment announced that the film would be digitally re-mastered into the IMAX 3D format and released into IMAX 3D theatres internationally beginning October 30, 2013.

.The film's visual effects were completed by seven special effects studios, including Double Negative and Luma Pictures
MARKETING





Thor: The dark world being marketed through 'Marvel comics'













Thor: The dark world (toys) being marketed at kids 










AUDIENCE

The target audience for is aimed for people around the ages 14-24 mainly towards boys and men rather than females. Since the main character Thor is own by Marvel comics the film will appeal to a wide audience of comic book fans who read Marvel comics . The film will also appeal to niche audiences of people who enjoy action/adventure and superhero films.


COMIC CON


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20nLK7jPDpU- Thor the dark world comic con trailer 


Tom Hiddelston makes a guest appearance as Loki

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V_PA1qoAFU Footage of the Thor dark world interview at comic con 

SYNERGY
http://marvel.com/videos/watch/2976/thor_the_dark_world-_official_game_trailer_3
Thor the dark world game ,works with gameloft (a gaming company) to produce thor the dark world game which will boost Thor's audience and  spread commercial interest and will also create links between marvel and gameloft as they can make more games based on Marvel characters when their movies are made.







Thor the dark world clothing working with Disney store.


 RELEASE DATE

Thor: the dark world will be release in the UK on the 22nd of October 2013 where it will have its premier in London , it will be released  in most cinemas  such as Cineworld , IMAX , Vue etc.  It will be shown in some formats these being theatrical release , international IMAX 3D release and on Home entertainment.

BUDGET&BOX OFFICE

The overall budget for Thor 2  was around $200 million and it made an overall of  $109,400,000 in the box office. 

THOR: THE DARK WORLD  (TV SPOT TRAILERS)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BaWc0p1gLE: Marvel's Thor: The Dark World - TV Spot 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOF34wE5_40:Marvel's Thor: The Dark World - TV Spot 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogMS8ghXWrs:Marvel's Thor: The Dark World - TV Spot 3

BEHIND THE SCENES

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7GccfBspXE:                    Thor 2: The Dark World: Behind the Scenes with Tom Hiddleston   

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn8zwg5mU74: Thor 2: The Dark World: Behind the Scenes with Chris Hemsworth 

      

Korrie powell