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: The Mighty Avenger (toy line) Thor: The Mighty Avenger (toy line) Thor: The Mighty Avenger is a toy line manufactured by Hasbro based on the Marvel Comics film, "Thor". It is composed mainly of 3.75" scale action figures. The line falls under Marvel's "Avengers Assemble" marketing banner, which will also include the and Captain America: The First Avenger toy lines. This will be used as a lead up to 2012's "The Avengers" motion picture. Unlike previous 3.75" action figure lines based on movies, Hasbro is not doing a comic series with this line. All of the figures will be based on the movie. This official