Thor: The Dark World Tadanobu Asano, Jaimie Alexander, and Rene Russo. In "Thor: The Dark World", Thor teams up with Loki to save the Nine Realms from the Dark Elves led by the vengeful Malekith, who intends to plunge the universe into darkness. Development 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". In July 2011, Kenneth Branagh, the director of "Thor", withdrew from the project. Brian Kirk and Patty Jenkins were considered to direct the film before Taylor was hired in January 2012. The supporting cast filled
Thor Eskil Winge's 1872 painting "Thor's Fight with the Giants"; K. Ehrenberg's 1883 drawing ; several illustrations by published in 's 1901 ("Thor"; ; ; ; ; ; ); J. C. Dollman's 1909 drawings "Thor and the Mountain" and "Sif and Thor"; G. Poppe's painting "Thor"; 's 1914 drawing ; H. Natter's marble statue "Thor"; and U. Brember's 1977 illustrations to by . Swedish chemist (1779–1848) discovered a chemical element that he named after Thor – thorium. In 1962, American comic book writer Stan Lee and his brother Larry Lieber, together with Jack Kirby, created the Marvel Comics superhero Thor Odinson,