In holographic form, Frigga visits Loki in his cell to convey her love and disappointment. Frigga - Odin's wife, Thor's mother, and Loki's adoptive mother - takes Foster under her wing. Odin realizes she is the Aether's vessel and this heralds a catastrophic prophecy.
Sensing the force's unearthly nature, Thor brings Foster to Asgard, but its physicians, including Eir, cannot remove it. She has awakened in the factory after hours in the other realm, and finds herself releasing powerful energy when a police officer on the scene touches her.
When Heimdall tells Thor that Foster is no longer on Earth, Thor begins a search for her there. The Asgardians learn a rare alignment of the cosmic Nine Realms is imminent, and at spots where the Realms touch, as at the factory, passages are created. Foster, after bringing her own scientific equipment to the factory, is sucked into a vortex where the Aether enters her. Erik Selvig has apparently gone mad and has been detained after attempting to conduct scientific experiments at Stonehenge naked. She takes Foster to an abandoned factory where the laws of physics are upended in spots and some children have found that objects thrown down a stairwell reappear above them or else vanish. In London, astrophysicist Jane Foster, who has not seen Thor in that time, attempts a lunch date with a man named Richard (Chris O'Dowd) but is interrupted by her intern Darcy Lewis. In the present, in Asgard, Loki stands before Odin in shackles and is sentenced to prison, while Thor, alongside warriors Fandral, Volstagg, and Sif repeal invaders from Vanaheim, home of their comrade Hogun it is the final battle in a two-year war. Unbeknownst to him, Malekith, his lieutenant Algrim, and others escape into suspended animation. Fighting off Malekith's enhanced warriors the Kursed, Bor contains the Aether within a stone column. Confronted by an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot overcome, Thor must reunite with Jane Foster and set out on a dangerous journey that will force him to make the ultimate sacrifice.Įons ago, Bor, father of Odin, vanquished the Dark Elves led by Malekith, who sought to return the universe to its state before creation using a force called the Aether. A primeval race led by Malekith, who is out for revenge, intends to plunge the universe into darkness. Set one year after The Avengers, Thor battles to save all the Nine Realms from a mysterious enemy older than the universe itself. Thor: The Dark World was released on November 8, 2013. Like the first film, Thor: The Dark World was converted to 3D in post-production. Principal photography began in September 2012 in Surrey, England with filming continuing in Iceland and London, before wrapping up in December 2012. The supporting cast filled out in August 2012, with the hiring of Eccleston, Dennings, and Akinnuoye-Agbaje. Brian Kirk and Patty Jenkins were considered to direct the film before Taylor was hired in January 2012. In July 2011, Kenneth Branagh, the director of Thor, withdrew from the project.
Alan Taylor directed the screenplay by Christopher Yost, Christopher Markus, and Stephen McFeely, which stars Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Tadanobu Asano, Jaimie Alexander, Rene Russo, and Anthony Hopkins.ĭevelopment of Thor: The Dark World began in April 2011, when producer Kevin Feige announced plans for a sequel to follow the crossover film The Avengers. It is the sequel to 2011's Thor and the eighth installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Thor: The Dark World (also known as Thor 2) is a 2013 American superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Thor, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, becoming Disney's first Marvel release not associated with Paramount Pictures.