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 Dark World got back to his plane I sort of grabbed him and said, 'And this scene and this scene?' And he rewrote two other scenes that I thought had problems." In October 2013, Tony Curran tweeted that he would be portraying Odin's father, Bor, in a flashback sequence. In November 2013, Feige stated that the film was intended to be the conclusion of the "Loki trilogy", which examined the relationship of Thor and Loki throughout "Thor", "The Avengers" and this film. The film's mid-credits scene was directed by James Gunn, the director of Marvel Studios' "Guardians of the Galaxy". The film's