Afterward, Thor and Foster discover another portal in a nearby cave and reunite in London with Lewis and Foster's mentor Dr. Thor, cradling Loki in his arms, promises to tell their father of his sacrifice. Malekith merges with the Aether and leaves in his ship as Loki is fatally wounded while killing Algrim. There, Loki tricks Malekith into drawing the Aether out of Foster, but Thor's attempt to destroy the exposed substance fails. With Volstagg and Sif stalling Asgardian soldiers and Fandral assisting their escape, Thor, Loki, and Foster head to Svartalfheim. In return, Thor promises Loki vengeance on Malekith for killing their mother. Despite Odin's orders not to leave Asgard, Thor reluctantly enlists the help of Loki, who knows of a secret portal to Svartalfheim, where they will use Foster to lure and confront Malekith, away from Asgard. Thor's mother Frigga is killed protecting Foster, and Malekith and Algrim are forced to flee without Foster. During the battle, Malekith and Algrim search for Foster, sensing that she contains the Aether. Malekith, awakened by the Aether's release, turns Algrim into a Kursed and attacks Asgard. Odin, recognizing the Aether, warns that the Aether will not only kill Foster but that its return heralds a catastrophic prophecy. When Thor finds Foster, she inadvertently releases an unearthly force, and Thor returns with her to Asgard. Heimdall alerts Thor that Foster has moved beyond his near all-seeing vision, leading Thor to Earth. Separating from the group, Foster is teleported to another world, where she absorbs the Aether. Jane Foster and her intern Darcy Lewis travel to an abandoned factory where such portals have appeared, disrupting the laws of physics around them. The Asgardians soon learn that the Convergence, a rare alignment of the Nine Realms, is imminent as the event approaches, portals linking the worlds appear at random. Meanwhile, Thor, alongside warriors Fandral, Volstagg, and Sif, repels marauders on Vanaheim, home of their comrade Hogun it is the final battle in a war to pacify the Nine Realms following the reconstruction of the BifrГ¶st, the 'Rainbow Bridge' between realms, which had been destroyed two years earlier. In present-day Asgard, Loki stands imprisoned for his war crimes on Earth. Unknown to Bor, Malekith and a handful of Dark Elves escape into suspended animation. After conquering Malekith's forces, including enhanced warriors called the Kursed, on their home world of Svartalfheim, Bor safeguards the Aether within a stone column. A third film, Thor: Ragnarok, was released in 2017, while a fourth film, Thor: Love and Thunder, is scheduled for release in 2022.Д®ons ago, Bor, father of Odin, clashes with the Dark Elf Malekith, who seeks to unleash a weapon known as the Aether on the nine realms. It was a commercial success, grossing over $644В million worldwide making it the tenth highest-grossing film of 2013. The film received praise for the performances of Hemsworth and Hiddleston, visual effects, and action sequences, but received criticism for the villain being generic and lacking depth. Thor: The Dark World premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square in London on October 22, 2013, and was released in the United States on November 8, as part of Phase Two of the MCU. He hired Carter Burwell to compose the score, but Marvel replaced Burwell with Brian Tyler.

Taylor wanted the film to be more grounded than Thor, inspired by his work on Game of Thrones. Filming took place from September to December 2012 primarily in Surrey, England, as well as in Iceland and London. The supporting cast filled out in August 2012, with the hiring of Eccleston and Akinnuoye-Agbaje as the film's villains.

Brian Kirk and Patty Jenkins were considered to replace him as director before Taylor was hired in January 2012. In July, Thor director Kenneth Branagh withdrew from the sequel. In the film, Thor and Loki (Hiddleston) team up to save the Nine Realms from the Dark Elves.Дevelopment of a sequel to Thor began in April 2011 when producer Kevin Feige announced plans for it to follow the MCU crossover film The Avengers (2012). It stars Chris Hemsworth as Thor alongside Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins, Stellan SkarsgГҐrd, Idris Elba, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Tadanobu Asano, Jaimie Alexander, and Rene Russo. The film was directed by Alan Taylor from a screenplay by Christopher Yost and the writing team of Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. It is the sequel to Thor (2011) and the eighth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Thor: The Dark World is a 2013 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Thor, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

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