Marvel's Thor: Ragnarok (Earth-113599)

Marvel's Thor: Ragnarok is a 2017 live-action superhero produced by 20th Century Fox and Marvel Studios. It is the twenty-second film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as well as the sequel to Thor: The Dark World. It was released worldwide November 3rd 2017.

Production
In 2013, after the successful premiere of Thor: The Dark World, Chris Hemsworth was enthusiastic about portraying the Thor character with director Adam McKay once again to finish the trilogy. Marvel Studios and 20th Century Fox too wanted a sequel and desired to have it be based on the classic Ragnarok saga. In particular, they wanted the film to be heavily ingrained in Norse Mythology and feel like a true fantasy epic akin to Lord of the Rings. The third Thor movie was rumored to be released May 2017 but Adam McKay's schedule was unable to commit to that time slot and, both the cast and producers wanting him involved in the sequel, simply delayed the release date.

At Comic Con Summer 2015 the schedule for Phase 3 was announced and Thor sequel was confirmed to be titled Thor: Ragnarok with an official release date of November 2017. The rumored villains were numerous with Amora the Enchantress being a popular guess. However, it was later revealed with the casting of Cate Blanchett that the main villain of the film would be the Goddess Hela. Kevin Feige even going on to explain that she would be less like her mythological and comic counterparts, as her Domain of controlling Death would resemble Thanos (who was slated to be the main villain of Avengers 3) too closely. The Valkyries and Fire Demons were also confirmed at Comic Con 2016 by McKay himself to appear in some large capacity as well.

Filming began in late 2016 and Thor: Ragnarok was ultimately released on schedule November 3rd 2017.

Cast

 * Chris Hemsworth as Thor


 * Cate Blanchett as Hela the God Butcher


 * Karl Urban as Skurge/Executioner


 * David Warner as Surtur


 * Tom Hiddleston as Loki


 * Jennifer Lawrence as Brunnhilde/Valkyrie


 * Jaime Alexander as Lady Sif


 * Stellan Skarsgard as Heimdall


 * Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Beta Ray Bill


 * Lynn Cohen as Volla


 * Anthony Hopkins as Odin


 * Holt McCallany as Volstagg


 * Josh Dallas as Faendral


 * Tadanobu Asano as Hogun


 * Clive Russell as Tyr


 * Vladimir Kulich as Bor


 * Benedict Cumberbatch as Stephen Strange/Doctor Strange (Cameo)

Plot
The film starts with Loki narrating how eons ago the Odin travelled to Nornheim alongside his betrothed, the beautiful Hela, where they were to learn their fates by reading the sacred the Tablet of Time. It then shows Odin pick up the glowing green tablet where instead of reading the runes sees images of himself becoming the glorious All-Father of Asgard. Odin passes the Tablet to Hela who sees images of herself becoming the Goddess of Evil much to the horror of all who witnessed it. Loki further narrates that Hela's fate was to become a tyrant, the Goddess of evil, harbinger of the end times, Ragnarok! The communion between her and Odin was then terminated and Hela was sentenced to death for her future transactions against the Nine Realms. Using her skills as a warrior however, Hela resisted persecution and fought back killing any who tried to take her, earning the name God-Butcher. It shows clips of Hela summoning deadly Necroblades to fight off entire armies of Asgardians coming after her. Loki narrates again that Hela found herself traveling all the Realms looking for potential alliances, eventually falling in love with the Frost Giant King, Laufey, and leading him to war against Odin himself.

The Frost-Giant War against Asgard eventually ended with Odin himself fighting and killing Hela the God-Butcher, with Laufey eventually granting him the Casket of Ancient Winters as a peace offering. Odin for thousands of years ruled Asgard as it's indisputable King and All-Father just as fate foretold, but this era is coming to an end, prophecy can only last so long as King Loki will see to it the inescapable destiny of Asgard's destruction is soon foretold. In the present, Loki is in the library until Tyr comes in and he quickly shapeshifts into Odin again. "Odin" asks Tyr what the meaning of this interruption is and the All-Father's brother exclaims they have found the location of Hela's tomb. Odin and Tyr walk into the hall and he claims Hela's family buried her in a secret crypt beneath the Castle she was meant to live for the rest of her days. Odin uses his power to shatter the floor where Tyr said Hela's tomb was beneath and then jumps down into it. There, he walks through the tomb until finding a coffin filled with her bones. Odin then grasps Hela's Skull and simply looks and says under his breath that she is home now.

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