Think of Netflix's Ragnarok as a modern day retelling of the mythological story of Magne and Ragnarok.
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Ragnarok: Battle of the gods Norse mythology holds that the final battle between the gods of good and evil was fought at Ragnarok.
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Thor: Ragnarok: The best and most hilarious Thor movie by far, Ragnarok is also a table-setter for the beginning of Infinity War.
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Thor: Ragnarok There's honestly not a huge need for you to watch Thor: Ragnarok before Endgame, but it's just a really good movie, okay?
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Ragnarok — not to be confused with Thor: Ragnarok — is a new Netflix series about a Norwegian teen named Magne (David Stakston) who has superpowers.
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Thompson and Hemsworth first appeared onscreen together in Thor: Ragnarok and will hopefully be bringing their playful chemistry from Ragnarok to the fourth MIB film.
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Thor: Ragnarok is his first Hollywood feature, but what he's done with Ragnarok doesn't just boil down to adding new characters or throwing in extra comedy.
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THOR RAGNAROK is hilarious & weird & offbeat & retro & sublime.
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So, without further ado, here are some of the key differences between Thor: Ragnarok and Ragnarok as described in the Old Norse texts such as the Poetic and the Prose Edda.
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Winston Duke (M'Baku) Thor: Ragnarok – Mark Ruffalo (Hulk) vs.
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" And the funniest film of 2017 was " Thor: Ragnarok .
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The Netflix series Ragnarok (out January 31) is coming-of-age story that combines Norwegian mythology — specifically, the idea of Ragnarok, a version of armageddon — with the very real issue of climate change.
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Thor's Friends Korg (Taika Waititi) and Miek From Thor: Ragnarok
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Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson) and Thor (Chris Hemsworth) in Thor: Ragnarok.
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Thor: Ragnarok isn't just the debut of Marvel's badass Valkyrie.
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Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) in "Thor: Ragnarok."
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Then, he'll reprise his role as Loki in Thor: Ragnarok.
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The friends teamed up to create Ragnarok in their backyard.
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Am I saying Thor: Ragnarok is better than Wonder Woman?
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Magne uses his powers to stop another Ragnarok from happening.
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But exactly how close is Ragnarok to actual Norse mythology?
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Thor: Ragnarok comes out in theaters on November 3, 2017.
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Justice League and Thor: Ragnarok both come out next month.
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Meanwhile, Thor: Ragnarok earned $107.6 million during its debut overseas.
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"Well, I think I would say it's, and as people see more of Ragnarok, it's a Taika [Waititi, the director of Ragnarok] tone more than a Guardians tone," Feige told Heroic Hollywood in April.
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Hemsworth and Hiddleston are currently filming Thor: Ragnarok together in Australia.
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Thor: Ragnarok wasn't scheduled to release on iTunes until February 20th.
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Friday marks the official release of Thor: Ragnarok in theaters everywhere.
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Thor: Ragnarok doesn't have to prove Valkyrie's sexuality to its viewers.
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And the end of Ragnarok is actually where Infinity War begins.
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As far as we know, Darryl isn't actually in Thor: Ragnarok.
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"Thor: Ragnarok" also bucked the trend of diminishing returns for sequels.
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Correction: This story was revised to correct the spelling of Ragnarok.
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But that period, Ragnarok, ends with the redemption of the world.
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Read more: How Korg became a scene stealer in "Thor: Ragnarok"
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Ragnarok also gives good insight into The Hulk's relationship with Thor.
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There are two credits scenes at the end of Thor: Ragnarok.
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"Ragnarok" is a Norwegian original series with a supernatural story line.
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It's barely a spoiler to say that environmental disaster is Ragnarok.
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Ragnarok joins the grim little club in an angsty, eccentric way.
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Even if you didn't watch "Ragnarok," the clues were still there.
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To be crystal clear, I'm not here to bury Thor: Ragnarok.
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The Thor: Ragnarok Easter egg is in that series of jumps.
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And I cheered when Thor realized his full potential in Ragnarok.
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Thor: Ragnarok is scheduled to hit theaters on November 3, 2017.
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Thor: Ragnarok carefully avoids explaining how the Hulk got into outer space.
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And in November, Thor: Ragnarok will close out the year for Marvel.
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And Hemsworth's final three movies are Ragnarok and both Avengers follow-ups.
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The director is credited with revitalizing the Thor franchise on Thor: Ragnarok.
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The rivalry comes to a head in Ragnarok when Heimdall kills Loki.
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Swift, 26, accompanied her beau to Australia, where he's filming Thor: Ragnarok.
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Free-to-play MMORPG Ragnarok Online is shutting down its European servers.
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But there was something about Ragnarok that didn't sit well with me.
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This morning, Marvel released the very first teaser trailer for Thor: Ragnarok.
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Thor Ragnarok Money Clip, Tie Bar, and Cufflink Set — $39.99 See Details
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"Thor: Ragnarok" director Taika Waititi will helm a reboot of "Flash Gordon."
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Infinity War, Thor Ragnarok, Black Panther, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
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"Thor: Ragnarok" also officially launches the holiday season with a major bang.
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Ragnarok follows a teenager named Magne (David Stakston) who has special powers.
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To keep that title, however, Thor: Ragnarok has a ways to go.
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Hemsworth has been earning at least $15 million paydays since "Thor: Ragnarok."
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At the end of Ragnarok, it seems like Hela joins those ranks.
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In "Ragnarok," he lost his father, his beloved hammer, and an eye.
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People are rightfully confused by the title of the new Thor: Ragnarok film.
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The first trailer for *Thor: Ragnarok *provides a great chance to do this.
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Her portrayal of Hela in Thor: Ragnarok was folded neatly into Carol Tumblr.
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The original, directed by Ragnarok director Taika Waititi, was similarly silly and light.
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Fans of Christopher Guest movies, Flight of the Conchords, and Thor: Ragnarok. Why?
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Idris Elba, Thor: Ragnarok (Marvel Studios) Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
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But overseas, where "Thor: Ragnarok" began its worldwide rollout, was a different story.
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It hit me watching a trailer for Thor: Ragnarok, out on November 3.
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Not to mention upcoming midnight screenings of, say, Thor: Ragnarok or Justice League.
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"Ragnarok" director Taika Waititi voiced Korg and did motion-capture for the character.
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What happens: At the end of Thor: Ragnarok, Asgard has been completely destroyed.
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Am I crazy, or did Thor get a breakup makeover for Thor: Ragnarok?
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In Ragnarok, he's sporting a close-cropped buzz along with the war paint.
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Luke Hemsworth made a brief cameo in younger brother Chris Hemsworth's "Thor: Ragnarok."
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Why it's not on Disney Plus: "Ragnarok" is available to stream on Netflix.
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And now Thor: Ragnarok is here to close out the year in style.
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It's called the Ragnarok, shaped like a red dragon and plays chipper music.
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"Thor: Ragnarok" director Taika Waititi will return to direct the fourth "Thor" movie.
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And overall, Ragnarok lives up to its potential as a fantasy adventure-comedy.
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It's obviously too early to call Ragnarok a success at this admittedly early stage.
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"Cate Blanchett looked distractingly like Anna Torv in Thor: Ragnarok too," wrote a fan.
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But it's Thor: Ragnarok and Black Panther that are most daring in this regard.
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"Thor: Ragnarok" director Taika Waititi, who also voices Korg in the MCU, looked suave.
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"Thor Ragnarok" grossed over $853 million worldwide in 2017, according to Box Office Mojo.
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Ragnarok may be the doom of the Gods, but it affects pretty much everyone.
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The announcement came just before Waititi's first major blockbuster film, Thor: Ragnarok, was released.
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His upcoming take on Thor in Thor: Ragnarok promises to be equally far out.
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The Thor: Ragnarok director made his position on that one very clear on Monday.
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Something like this, like Thor: Ragnarok, is Chris' film with an incredible ensemble cast.
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The first episode is written by Christopher Yost (Thor: The Dark World and Ragnarok).
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Katla, however, ceased erupting and both Ragnarok and the Day of Judgment were avoided.
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Chris Hemsworth was on Jimmy Kimmel Live talking about the new film Thor: Ragnarok.
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Goldblum recently wrapped up production on Thor: Ragnarok, where he will be playing Grandmaster.
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After sitting out the events of Civil War, Thor and Hulk reunited in Ragnarok.
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GUPTA: Ragnarok is not only the world's largest snow kite race, it's the toughest.
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Coming off the hit "Thor: Ragnarok," Taika Waititi is changing things up big time.
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Would "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" be on the way without "Ragnarok"?
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Then, as always, we close the show with recommendations: Aliza recommends seeing Thor: Ragnarok.
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A chilling new take on Norse mythology, Ragnarok takes place in the fictional Edda.
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But the movie's gags and irreverence feel like Waititi specials (he did "Thor: Ragnarok").
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Movies like Thor: Ragnarok and Black Panther shine because of the directors' independent artistry.
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Thor's not the only one who has some key decisions to make in Ragnarok.
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But it looks like Ragnarok could change all of that by actually making Thor... fun.
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Craig Kyle (Thor: Ragnarok) and Greg Johnson (X-Men: Evolution) will be the series showrunners.
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It's Waititi's best movie yet, and it bodes well for his next project: Thor: Ragnarok.
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Infinity War joins MCU brethren Black Panther, Thor: Ragnarok, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
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It's being executive produced by Jon Favreau and written by Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi.
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Thor: Ragnarok is like Deadpool, only charming and light, rather than R-rated and nihilistic.
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There's comic book movies like Avengers: Infinity War, Thor: Ragnarok, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
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It's probably no coincidence that Thor: Ragnarok was the movie Pratt chose to post about.
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I truly believe Thor: Ragnarok will stand as Marvel's most beloved God of Thunder movie.
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Suffice it to say, Asgard isn't in great shape by the end of Thor: Ragnarok.
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In their absence, though, the new Thor: Ragnarok trailer takes number one with flying colors.
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Thor: Ragnarok and Lego Batman poked fun at genre tropes while wrestling with deeper themes.
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Eventually Loki fired him and he fled Asgard with Thor after Hela's attack in Ragnarok.
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The trainer worked with both Hemsworth and Cate Blanchett on Thor: Ragnarok in Australia recently.
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He's not really in Guardians, but he'll return as a major character in Thor: Ragnarok.
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Waititi says Ragnarok will have an '80s vibe and a "Taika-esque tone" to it.
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Consider Marvel's last three: Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), and Black Panther (2018).
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The Hollywood Reporter reported "Thor: Ragnarok" director Taika Waititi will return to direct the sequel.
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"Thor: Ragnarok" and "Thor: Love and Thunder" director Taika Waititi, also joins them as Korg.
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Spoiler Alert: this article contains spoilers for Thor: Ragnarok and potentially for Avengers: Infinity War.
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Thor: Ragnarok is out on digital February 20, and available on Blu-ray March 6.
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And I say that even about movies I really liked, such as, say, Thor: Ragnarok.
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No film better exemplifies this shift than "Thor: Ragnarok," which arrives on Netflix this week.
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"Ragnarok," is essentially the end of the world (brought upon by Loki) in Norse mythology.
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It's not as funny as What We Do in the Shadows or even Thor: Ragnarok.
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Hence, Thor: Ragnarok, which is absolutely the funnest (and queerest) superhero movie of the decade.
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The character himself hasn't yet appeared on screen, but he was indirectly introduced in Thor: Ragnarok.
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Technically Loki isn't an Avenger, even though he did join Thor's team of Revengers in Ragnarok.
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The breakout star of Ragnarok returned in Endgame, once again being the brains to Thor's brawn.
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But it was all she could do to be heard over the Ragnarok she'd stepped into.
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Waititi recently completed the first script for his sequel to Thor: Ragnarok, Thor: Love and Thunder.
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The premiere of Marvel's latest film Thor: Ragnarok, which stars Chris Hemsworth, Liam's brother, as Thor.
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He doesn't feature in Thor: Ragnarok, although he does make multiple appearances in the Thor comics.
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Loki manages to kill Heimdall right back, a lot of mutual killing goes on at Ragnarok.
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Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi, already known for his quirky style, has found his next project.
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In Thor: Ragnarok, which my colleague affectionately dubbed "the fun Thor movie," Matt Damon briefly appears.
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Most importantly, there are two emoji for Korg and Miek, the best characters from Thor: Ragnarok.
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Hemsworth posted a photo with Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi in support of Native American rights.
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I credit Ghostbusters, Saturday Night Live, Vacation as sort of a lead-up to [Thor: Ragnarok].
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The pair have worked together before in 2017's Thor: Ragnarok and this year's Avengers: Endgame.
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He has two big 2017 blockbusters in the works — Thor 3: Ragnarok and Kong: Skull Island.
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Not all sequels become blockbusters, or get a 93% Rotten Tomatoes score, as Thor: Ragnarok did.
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So without further ado, here are 10 burning questions we have about that Thor: Ragnarok trailer.
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It's back to work for Hiddleston, 35, as he prepares to shoot Thor: Ragnarok in Queensland.
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When Thor: Ragnarok was in development, their characters (Thor and Valkyrie) were supposed to be romantic.
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"Thor: Ragnarok" actress Tessa Thompson confirmed on Twitter last year that her character Valkyrie is bisexual.
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For that matter, the lively chemistry they demonstrated in Thor: Ragnarok is nowhere to be seen.
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Cate Blanchett came, she Thor and she conquered similar workouts endured by Ragnarok costar Chris Hemsworth.
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If that isn't enough star power, "Thor: Ragnarok" director Taika Waitit is in the film, too.
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Taika Waititi ("Thor: Ragnarok") brings his unique brand of comedy to his most controversial story yet.
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Taika Waititi ("Thor: Ragnarok") brings his unique brand of comedy to his most controversial story yet.
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Magni and Modi survive Ragnarok and help rebuild the planet after Loki and company decimate it.
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Ragnarok is, of course, an iteration of Norse mythology, and completely separate from the Marvel Universe.
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According to Norse mythology, a single man and woman survive Ragnarok, and they repopulate the planet.
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" Or consider Tessa Thompson, the mixed-race actor who played the superhero Valkyrie in "Thor: Ragnarok.
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What hasn't been mentioned as much is that Guardians 2 contains a Thor: Ragnarok Easter egg.
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Captain Marvel benefits from the groundwork laid in Thor: Ragnarok, Black Panther, and even Avengers: Infinity War.
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Ragnarok also overcomes one of the biggest weaknesses of past Marvel films — their lack of memorable villains.
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But there is that idea, that you could do- No, "Ragnarok" was amazing, the Taika Waititi film.
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Production on his new film Thor: Ragnarok began at Village Roadshow Studios in Queensland on July 3.
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Since the separation, Hiddleston, 35, has been spotted smiling on the set of Thor: Ragnarok in Australia.
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Waititi has said Ragnarok will strike a more comedic tone than previous entries in the Thor franchise.
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And it is also worth noting that the quirks of Thor: Ragnarok may not be for everyone.
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Waititi's vision for Thor: Ragnarok included "Immigrant Song" from the start, so he was willing to wait.
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Thor Ragnarok is one of the funniest Marvel Studio movies thus far, definitely the best Thor film.
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He'll be portraying Thor's brother/nemesis in the film Thor: Ragnarok, slated to be released in 2017.
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He's revealed at least one of his characters in the upcoming Thor: Ragnarok and it's a doozy.
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After all, he now has the reigns of Thor: Ragnarok, one Marvel's upcoming big-budget superhero films.
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Listen to the closing track off Runaljod – Ragnarok below and read on for our conversation with Einar.
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" In the comics, Valkyrie is bisexual and Thompson advocated for the inclusion of her sexuality in "Ragnarok.
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Waititi: After I finished shooting "Thor: Ragnarok" they came in and said they really loved the script.
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JoJo Rabbit looks exactly like the ridiculous Nazi satire you'd expect from Thor Ragnarok director Taika Waititi.
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That's where the title "Ragnarok" — in Norse mythology, the apocalyptic final battle of the gods — comes in.
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Thor: Ragnarok reintroducing us to Hulk and setting the table for Thor and Thanos was the exception.
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It's possible to make out some of that surfer-dude aura in the original Thor if you squint – enough of it, anyway, to convince yourself that it might be the same guy we see in Ragnarok – but Ragnarok is the first Thor film to lean into it completely.
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Thor: Ragnarok, directed by Taika Waititi, marks the third standalone Marvel movie featuring the Norse god of thunder.
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For those wondering about Avengers: Infinity War and a surprise potential addition to Thor: Ragnarok, look no further.
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In Ragnarok, Valkyrie shows herself to be a wiley, strong fighter, and a great foil for the hero.
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Let's get one thing straight right away, this article is in no way a criticism of Thor: Ragnarok.
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"He's back!" the actor wrote, giving us a heads up that he's on the set of Thor: Ragnarok.
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He appeared as the character who in 2017's Thor: Ragnarok and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
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But the willingness to play with genre tropes is one of the most exciting things about Thor: Ragnarok.
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Thor: Ragnarok is in theaters today, if you still want to see the real thing for some reason.
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It turns out that apocalypse Thor is seeing is Ragnarok, the prophesied end of his homeworld of Asgard.
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The pair has previously worked together as another heroic duo in Thor: Ragnarok in which Thompson played Valkyrie.
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" But before Goldblum takes on prehistoric beasts, he'll take on a few Marvel heroes in November's "Thor: Ragnarok.
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The world-traveling couple are spending time together Down Under as Hiddleston begins shooting Thor: Ragnarok in Queensland.
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"Thor: Ragnarok" grossed over $850 million, but a scene that confirmed Valkyrie's sexuality was cut from the film.
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Chris Hemsworth says his Ghostbusters' cameo helped sharpen his comedy chops for his new Marvel movie, Thor: Ragnarok.
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For the Ragnarok, all kite types and harnesses are accepted, though kites can't be switched out mid-race.
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Now Thompson is getting rave reviews for her role as badass warrior Valkyrie in Marvel's hit Thor: Ragnarok.
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Marvel today announced that Cate Blanchett has joined the cast of Thor: Ragnarok as the mystical villainess Hela.
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Ragnarok is rumored to be a buddy film, too, partnering Thor with Hulk on a galactic road trip.
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The goofy, loosey-goosey guy from Thor: Ragnarok, or the more serious dude from the earlier Thor films?
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Read on for our staff recommendations on what to take in during your downtime: Thor: Ragnarok is funny.
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The Thor: Ragnarok actor, 34, was photographed ditching his shoes while at dinner by his director Taika Waititi.
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Elsa (Idina Menzel) uncovers troubling secrets about Arendelle's past, a la Thor: Ragnarok and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.
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As previously reported, Taika Waititi, who helmed Thor: Ragnarok, will be back to direct Thor: Love and Thunder.
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He's been set up there for a while now, while filming Thor: Ragnarok on the Gold Coast nearby.
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"Ragnarok" also introduced a hyper-weird aesthetic that could spill over into some of the MCU's upcoming movies.
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The story of Ragnarok originates from the Poetic Edda, an ancient collection of poems from the 13th century.
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And so he talked about Ragnarok, or the end of the world, as portrayed in the Norse myths.
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Since Asgard was destroyed in "Ragnarok," it didn't seem like there was much point in keeping him around.
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It's an exact 1:1 recreation of the hammer featured in the Thor movies, including the upcoming Thor: Ragnarok.
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While details of the plot for Thor: Ragnarok are still unknown, the film is slated to hit theaters Nov.
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It remains there until Loki steals it once more as Asgard and Hela are both destroyed in Thor: Ragnarok.
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Then again, Thor: Ragnarok just brought the 69-year-old star of Jurassic Park into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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And the number of people who are familiar with Taika Waititi's work has exploded since he directed Thor: Ragnarok.
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Thor: Ragnarok is looking like the roadtrip movie of the fall, and Marvel definitely delivered at Comic-Con today.
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Judging from the caption, it appears the Thor: Ragnarok star is making his final preparations before his big fight.
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Since he hadn't seen Ragnarok, he didn't understand the start of Infinity War, which closely follows that film's ending.
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Thor: Ragnarok is a sharply-written comedy that, while playing with superhero conventions, is also a genuinely great movie.
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Marvel's winning streak is still going strong, at least if the first Thor: Ragnarok reactions are to be believed.
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He may have started out an egotistical meathead, but Ragnarok drove home how much he's evolved over the years.
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But on its own Ragnarok just winds up feeling manic, slap-happy, maybe even trying a little too hard.
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Marvel Studios has just shared the first trailer for Thor: Ragnarok, the third solo film starring the Asgardian hero.
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The two established their chemistry in Thor: Ragnarok, which they'll milk to further effect as alien-hunting secret agents.
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It took the better part of a decade, but Marvel finally figured out who Thor was with Thor: Ragnarok.
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Her presence is intrinsically linked to Ragnarok, or the Norse apocalypse, wherein all gods of Asgard are killed off.
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Thor: Ragnarok may be the best-reviewed Marvel movie of all time, but fans do have one major complaint.
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Thompson most recently starred opposite Hemsworth in Taika Waititi's Thor: Ragnarok, as well as the sci-fi drama Annihilation.
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Swift, 26, accompanied the actor Down Under while he filmed Thor: Ragnarok – and a bunch of Hiddleswift sightings ensued.
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Consider how Taika Waititi wrestled with imperialism in Thor: Ragnarok, which is built around a white man named Chris.
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The Russos have taken what people loved about "Thor: Ragnarok" and "Black Panther" and combined it into one movie.
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Marvel stars Charlie Cox ("Daredevil") and Tom Hiddleston ("Thor: Ragnarok") surprised fans at their Broadway show "Betrayal" in costume.
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Heading into its opening weekend, "Thor: Ragnarok" is the best-reviewed movie in Marvel's series of 17 interconnected films.
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Sentiment around digital content for "Thor: Ragnarok" has been 42 percent positive and just 1 percent negative between Oct.
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Bryan Bishop, The Verge: Thor: Ragnarok is like Deadpool, only charming and light, rather than R-rated and nihilistic.
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And though Thor: Ragnarok is his first big studio film, it makes sense as part of his directorial oeuvre.
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"Thor: Ragnarok" wound up over-performing recent estimates, which had been in the $100 million to $118 million range.
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If you guessed "make him think everyone he loves is dead and simulate ragnarok" then congratulations, you're a maniac!
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That's also why certain Marvel titles, like Thor: Ragnarok, Black Panther, and Avengers: Infinity War aren't available at launch.
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Waititi made his Disney (affiliate) debut in the 2017 Marvel Cinematic Universe film Thor: Ragnarok, which he also directed.
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And maybe also the fact that Thor: Ragnarok just did ginormous numbers in the corresponding weekend of this year.
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In Thor: Ragnarok, we learn exactly how Asgard came to be the wealthy and powerful kingdom it is today.
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Liam Neeson and "Thor: Ragnarok" co-stars Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson are among the other big names reportedly involved.
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Thor: Ragnarok then set up Infinity War with a post-credits scene in which Thanos attacked the Asgardian rescue ship.
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Maybe the live-action adaptation of Akira from Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi will ignite a global obsession with anime.
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"Hiddleston's Thor: Ragnarok co-star Chris Hemsworth has also weighed in on the relationship, saying that his friend seemed "happy.
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Shows like Stranger Things can still be extraordinary, just like a blockbuster movies like Thor: Ragnarok can reinvent and surprise.
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Yeah, and really, that's what Ragnarok is about — the death of the old world and the rebirth of the new.
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But no film in the studio's canon has seemingly owed so much to its director as Taika Waititi's Thor: Ragnarok.
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That's because while the new trailer for Thor: Ragnarok promises doom and destruction, it also promises a really good time.
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The couple is quickly becoming a fan fave pair for the big screen after first co-starring in Thor: Ragnarok.
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Alongside big tentpoles like Thor: Ragnarok, though, we're also getting some wonderful indie movies that are definitely worth your time.
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In Thor: Ragnarok, from that first blast of Led Zeppelin onward, it's clear that this isn't a sadboy superhero movie.
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And that might just be a teaser for the would-be sequel Ragnarok director Taika Waititi has been hinting at.
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Deadline's recent announcement of Taika Waititi's Thor: Ragnarok sequel was coupled with a note about the now-postponed Akira reboot.
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One crucial rule of Ragnarok is that if you see another competitor in distress, you must stop to help them.
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The entire world got a new look at Thor: Ragnarok on Saturday, in the form of a brand-new trailer.
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It's a pale imitation of the more dynamic musically-driven battle sequences in Guardians of the Galaxy or Thor: Ragnarok.
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Remember that incredible shot of Hulk, Valkyrie, Thor, and Loki standing on the rainbow bridge in the Thor: Ragnarok trailer?
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Thor: Ragnarok had a pretty downer ending for such an upbeat film, and Avengers: Infinity War doesn't look much cheerier.
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You can recognize him by his gorgeous, flowing golden locks, although he will lose them for the upcoming Thor: Ragnarok.
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They came into existence after the world of the old gods, the gods of classical mythology, was destroyed during Ragnarok.
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In the clip above, Jose Fernandez from Ironhead Studio talks about the challenge of making Hela's helmet for Thor: Ragnarok.
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Thor: Ragnarok was the hot ticket of the weekend, earning an estimated $431 million worldwide over its five-day opening.
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Last night, the cast of Thor: Ragnarok assembled for the L.A. premiere of the God of Thunder's third solo outing.
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He went on an unexplained hiatus for a few films after Age of Ultron before triumphantly returning in Thor: Ragnarok.
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"Ragnarok" tries hard to change that profile, and mostly succeeds by knocking its big, blond beauty consistently down to size.
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Read on to find out more about the Ragnarok cast and their careers prior to joining an international Netflix series.
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Throughout our interview, Hemsworth is humble and self deprecating, a trait he introduced to the Marvel universe with Thor: Ragnarok.
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If you didn't watch "Thor: Ragnarok," you may have forgotten Idris Elba was a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi sharpens these jokes at the expense of his film's title character, to delightfully entertaining effect.
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Thor: Ragnarok helmer Taika Waititi made the parody in the style of his vampire comedy, What We Do In the Shadows.
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Director Taika Waititi has promised a bright and "out there" take on the Thor mythology with his next feature, Thor: Ragnarok.
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Directors for the show include Dave Filoni, Bryce Dallas Howard and Taika Waititi (whose work on Marvel's Thor: Ragnarok was incredible).
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Hela (or Hel as she's sometimes known) isn't the cause of Ragnarok in Norse mythology, although she definitely plays a role.
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At least Elba could lean on his acclaimed supporting role in Molly's Game, and contractually obligated supporting role in Thor: Ragnarok.
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Much like Thor and Hulk in Thor: Ragnarok, the two characters seem to have a buddy cop vibe going for them.
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Even his work on more mainstream fare like 2017's Thor: Ragnarok put a cheeky new spin on the Thor myth.
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For the last few years, those elements have mostly been comedic (Guardians of the Galaxy, Ant-Man) or satirical (Thor: Ragnarok).
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In Ragnarok, she comes out ready to wreak havoc on Asgard – and from the trailer, it certainly looks like she succeeds.
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"Ragnarok" isn't just a funny-sounding term they added to the third Thor installment's title to make it sound more mystical.
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The first trailer for Thor: Ragnarok has landed, showing off the first footage of Cate Blanchett's smoldering, devastatingly fierce Hela, a.k.
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The movie's first moments open on a gruesome scene aboard the Statesman, home of Asgardian and Sakaarian refugees from Thor: Ragnarok.
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The two couples left the eatery after celebrating Hemsworth's new movie, Thor: Ragnarok, then headed to the premiere after party together.
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Waititi previously expressed his enthusiasm to Screen Rant at getting to helm a fourth movie after Ragnarok was so well received.
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Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson surprised a group of fans at a Los Angeles screening of Thor: Ragnarok on Friday night.
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Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi has become the face of an anti-racism campaign organised by New Zealand's Human Rights Commission.
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Noisey: Given that Ragnarok is the third album in your trilogy, what can we look forward to from here on out?
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"Avengers: Infinity War" is incredible, and joins "Black Panther" and "Thor: Ragnarok" as the best movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Even his most mainstream movie to date, "Thor: Ragnarok," is one of the most unique stories in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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If true, that's around the same amount of cash that Marvel's "Thor: Ragnarok" and "Iron Man 3" made their opening nights.
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Chris Hemsworth's Thor was taken in a new direction with "Thor: Ragnarok," and DC could have done something similar with Superman.
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The 2017 film "Thor: Ragnarok" is the only film in the Marvel Universe to feature a woman as the main villain.
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Thanks to Waititi's dogged geniality, the 84 days of principal photography for "Thor: Ragnarok" were, according to basically everyone, pretty fun.
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THOR: RAGNAROK Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is slinging his hammer again in theaters — or would be, if he had it in hand.
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Correction: A previous version of this story misstated part of the plot of "Ragnarok," which is centered on a Norse god.
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In the last couple of years alone, Thor: Ragnarok, Black Panther, and the Maleficent sequel have all circled this basic theme.
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The actress, 35, teams up with Thor: Ragnarok costar Chris Hemsworth, 35, for the upcoming spinoff, set to hit theathers June 14.
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Thor's glowing eyes have been an iconic symbol of the god of thunder's power ever since they lit up in Thor: Ragnarok.
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There were wickedly smart horror flicks like Get Out, wonderfully imaginative superhero movies like Thor Ragnarok, and brilliant dramas like Lady Bird.
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Disney-Marvel's "Thor: Ragnarok" finished fourth with about $2881 million at 2104,2248 sites, lifting its 2000-day domestic total to $21940 million.
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As a first-shot representation movie, it isn't as game-changing as Black Panther, and it isn't as adventurous as Thor: Ragnarok.
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She doesn't have the supremacist politics of her movie counterpart, but she will be involved in Ragnarok, just not as its instigator.
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The Thor: Ragnarok drawings revealed early looks at Cate Blanchett's Hela, while the Ant-Man imagery included updated looks for various costumes.
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In conclusion: Thor: Ragnarok wins, thanks to the forever-humor of Damon and the forever-humor of director Waitit, who told news.com.
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Not to mention, the Taika Waititi-directed movie Thor: Ragnarok, which I call "the fun Thor," will make its way to Netflix.
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This is why the scene that was cut from Ragnarok — according to Thompson, it showed a woman leaving Valkyrie's bedroom — is important.
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The movies range from establishment blockbusters like the Marvel cinematic universe's Thor: Ragnarok to the star-studded firefighting thriller, Only the Brave.
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Director Taika Watiti advises the women to "Make something big," referencing his work at the helm of Marvel's wildly successful Thor: Ragnarok.
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There are only so many times we can fall for his tricks again; even Thor seemed kind of over them in Ragnarok.
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He also produced the documentary A Hundred Streets and has begun filming on The Dark Tower and Thor: Ragnarok, among other projects.
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"Gettin it done with the worlds best trainer," he wrote about Luke Zocchi, who also trained Hemsworth's Thor: Ragnarok costar Cate Blanchett.
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Johnson doesn't go nearly as far as Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi in re-creating a tentpole franchise in his own image.
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The Thor: Ragnarok star rocked up to the the 28nd British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) at London's Royal Albert Hall on Sunday.
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" Naomi's speech was met with praise on Twitter, including from Thor Ragnarok actress Tessa Thompson who wrote, "Naomi Wadler is my president.
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Uses may have been found for it in other conflicts, but the Ragnarok of technology and maneuver warfare never came to pass.
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The Thor: Ragnarok Comic-Con clip opens with Thor coming to, only to discover he's shackled to some kind of fancy chair.
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Many of the studio's upcoming releases, including "Spider-Man: Homecoming" and "Thor: Ragnarok," are expected to build humor into their audience appeal.
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Doctor Strange also made a brief appearance in Ragnarok, showing up long enough to introduce himself to Thor as the Sorcerer Supreme.
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GUPTA: But it's grown and now Bjorn's tiny town hosts the biggest snow kite race in the world, the Red Bull Ragnarok.
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Once again the cast of Thor: Ragnarok have proven that filming a Marvel movie is more fun than your average day job.
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But movies like Guardians of the Galaxy and Thor: Ragnarok have surpassed the original in terms of general goofiness – to their credit.
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The two — who first starred together in 2017's "Thor: Ragnarok" — reunited for the latest addition to the "Men in Black" franchise.
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In addition to Portman and Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson will reprise her role as Valkyrie, previously seen in Thor: Ragnarok and Avengers: Endgame.
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But before the final showdown, Hemsworth is starring in Thor: Ragnarok alongside the franchise's first female villain, Hela, played by Cate Blanchett.
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Netflix's newest superhero coming-of-age drama, Ragnarok, de-Marvelizes the viking myths for our climate-crisis age of Scandinavian child heroes.
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The series from Norway, called "Ragnarok," centers around Norse mythology and a god who is reincarnated as a 17-year old boy.
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Ragnarok may not wind up being the best-reviewed superhero movie of all time, but it'll always be your friend from work.
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But Ragnarok is uninterested in story and the satisfactions of narrative, which Byatt considers to be counterproductive to the project of myth.
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Sometimes they contain huge reveals that hint at future movies (see: Thanos intercepting Thor's Asgardian spaceship at the end of Thor: Ragnarok).
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For its new trailer, Thor: Ragnarok gave fans more of what they want, namely more Thor, more Hulk, and more Cate Blanchett.
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Superheroes are really big on this shape-shifting stuff—but is the Incredible Hulk really as hulky as he looks in Thor: Ragnarok?
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Ragnarok is not one of my favorite Marvel movies, and its chief villain, Hela (Cate Blanchett), is ultimately a bit of a letdown.
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Thor and his put-upon roommate Darryl are back in a new short that needs to be a movie, Thor Ragnarok be damned.
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In Norse mythology Surtr guards the fiery realm of Muspell, and he will lead the mysterious sons of Muspell to battle in Ragnarok.
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Just when you thought Thor: Ragnarok had the coolest cast ever, here comes the Black Panther team to show them how it's done.
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Plus, Marvel has been known to mislead viewers in its trailers before (like hiding the loss of Thor's eye from the Ragnarok promos).
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Chris has been busy lately promoting Thor: Ragnarok, the latest installment of his solo superhero franchise, which premieres in November of this year.
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His costar Chris Hemsworth made No. 4 on the list with $64.5 million largely in part to his leading role in Thor: Ragnarok.
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That being said, Thor: Ragnarok is the first Marvel film to feature not one, but two strong female characters in meaty, complex roles.
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And with Thor: Ragnarok on the horizon and Black Panther getting us pumped up, the comic book film franchise is still going strong.
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Then again, some of these movies — like Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Black Panther, Thor: Ragnarok, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
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In that moment, with Baldur's death, the God of War franchise begins the slow turn toward Ragnarok and the rebirth of the world.
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As we later learned in "Thor: Ragnarok," the God of Thunder's sister, Hela, was banished to Hel until she escaped following Odin's death.
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Thor: Ragnarok, directed by Taika Waititi, is the third film in the Thor franchise — often considered one of Marvel's less notable superhero franchises.
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Tessa Thompson's character made her debut in Ragnarok, and she was a key player in both the story and the surprisingly prevalent comedy.
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Jeff has been inducted into the Marvel universe as the main glam villain Grandmaster in Thor: Ragnarok due to come out this fall.
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The jet-setting couple recently touched down in Sydney, Australia where the English actor is set to begin filming Thor: Ragnarok in Queensland.
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"I played a bunch of MMORPGs, both Western and Eastern—from Ragnarok Online, to Star Wars Galaxies, to World of Warcraft," he says.
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During the Thor: Ragnarok press tour in 2017, Thompson indicated that she had played Valkyrie as bisexual, as she is in the comics.
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She was last seen accompanying Thor and his rag-tag band of Asgardian refugees aboard a spaceship at the end of Thor: Ragnarok.
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For a certain subset of movie fans, the news that Thor: Ragnarok would be directed by Taiki Waititi was cause for great celebration.
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"Thor: Ragnarok" is directed by Taika Waititi from a screenplay by Eric Pearson and the writing team of Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost.
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"Thor: Ragnarok" has also taken in $306 million overseas, including $109 million in its international launch last week in 52% of foreign markets.
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"I played a bunch of MMORPGs, both Western and Eastern—from Ragnarok Online, to Star Wars Galaxies, to World of Warcraft," he says.
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Across the universe, his sister, Thela (Cate Blanchett), has descended on Asgard while the threat of Ragnarok — the end of Asgardian civilization — looms.
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I started with 36A — after watching "Ocean's Eight" and "Thor: Ragnarok" in one summer, I made it a goal to debut her ASAP.
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He brings the same kind of deadpan looseness to the character interactions that he brought to the Marvel Cinematic Universe movie Thor: Ragnarok.
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Ego, the Living Planet, wanted to take over the universe in the Guardians sequel, as did Hela, goddess of death, in Thor: Ragnarok.
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Shortly after, the pair were separated by the Pacific Ocean for a spell while the English actor filmed the upcoming Thor: Ragnarok in Australia.
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But, some characters that don't make it into Infinity War but show up in Endgame are first introduced in Ragnarok, like Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson).
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The first trailer for Thor: Ragnarok opens not with a bang, but with a wink: the Norse god of thunder in chains, cracking wise.
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Ragnarok — the third film in the Thor franchise — was a big success for the character, as well as for Hemsworth and director Taika Waititi.
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A writing credit for Christopher Yost, who wrote on Thor: Ragnarok, could also bode well for capturing the show's dynamic pacing and wry humor.
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Except, before Asgard gets destroyed in Thor: Ragnarok, Loki steals it again and uses it to teleport himself on to the Asgardian refugee ship.
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Writer-director Taika Waititi is fresh off What We Do In The Shadows and currently hard at work on the Marvel movie Thor: Ragnarok.
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Her absence in subsequent films had been hand-waved away in Ragnarok by explaining that Thor and Jane had broken up offscreen between films.
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Park's office also held a treasure trove of concept drawings from three upcoming films: Ant-Man and the Wasp, Thor: Ragnarok, and Captain Marvel.
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Shortly after, the pair was separated by the Pacific Ocean for a spell while the English actor filmed the upcoming Thor: Ragnarok in Australia.
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A gay man's guide to THOR RAGNAROK: Cate Blanchett as the villainess may be the first actress to deliver her performance entirely in GIF.
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With Thor: Ragnarok just around the corner, what better way to spruce up your fan game than by wearing this hoodie to the movie?
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But don't let this dash your hopes of yet another Thor film: The massive destruction of Ragnarok is followed by a period of creation.
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That edged the sixth weekend of Disney-Marvel's "Thor: Ragnarok" with $22 million at 103,210 sites, which put its domestic total above $232.3 million.
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In what feels like a spoiler forThor: Ragnarok, the Norse god out of nowhere crashes right onto the front window of the Guardians' ship.
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The God of Thunder goes toe-to-toe with The Incredible Hulk in this DIY shot-for-shot remake of the Thor: Ragnarok trailer.
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The Loki series may follow that Loki, who is ignorant of the events of Thor: The Dark World and Thor: Ragnarok, and who knows?
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Look for Adam to factor into the Avengers: Infinity War storyline next year, or maybe even get a shoutout in this fall's Thor: Ragnarok.
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It's just that armed with such a potent and promising arsenal, "Thor: Ragnarok" manages to feel less mighty than the sum of its parts.
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According to the reviews, director Taika Waititi's touch is all over Thor: Ragnarok – from its playful humor to its '70s- and '80s-inspired visuals.
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It wasn't until last year's "Thor: Ragnarok" that the character found a definitive voice in the MCU, and Hemsworth was allowed to be himself.
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Disney disagrees, noting that Marvel movies come out at even shorter intervals — "Thor: Ragnarok" in November, "Black Panther" in February, "Infinity War" in April.
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Critic's Notebook Offerings include Netflix's "Ragnarok," with a hammer-throwing teenage hero, and "Twin," where a "Game of Thrones" favorite plays a shifty doppelgänger.
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Feige and the team developed a three-picture arc for Ruffalo's Bruce Banner that took place over Thor: Ragnarok, Infinity War, and Endgame instead.
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If you watched "Thor: Ragnarok" before seeing "Infinity War," you definitely feel like the writing is on the wall for Thor's dear departed brother.
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In books, the most beautiful and stirring of the recent retellings is A.S. Byatt's Ragnarok, the story of the apocalyptic destruction of the gods.
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The tesseract was then name dropped in Thor: The Dark World, and appeared in Thor: Ragnarok where Loki stole it once again from Odin's vault.
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In fact, in early 33, after the release of Ragnarok, Hemsworth told USA Today that he and Waititi envisioned at least one more Thor movie.
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From directing horror comedies like What We Do In The Shadows to superhero blockbusters like Thor: Ragnarok, Taika Waititi is a man of many talents.
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The Thor: Ragnarok star is back in Australia, spending some quality time with the family and keeping the world up to date on his Instagram.
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Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi brought a new irreverence to the MCU, while also lining up Thor, Hulk, and Doctor Strange for Avengers: Infinity War.
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Strange is wearing the Eye when he meets Thor in Thor: Ragnarok, which seems to imply he's figured out how to properly use it now.
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Norse Mythology is Gaiman's attempt to retell many of the original Norse myths in a modern narrative, from the world's birth to its apocalypse, Ragnarok.
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Hiring the charismatic Thompson and Hemsworth makes the situation worse, rather than better, because they've both been so much better elsewhere, including in Thor: Ragnarok.
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Thor fight is a big centerpiece [of Ragnarok], and you want the audience to believe this is really these two gods actually battling it out.
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And he's capped off his year in what feels like an instantly classic turn, starring as the Grandmaster in the fun and funny Thor: Ragnarok.
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But after the hilarious Thor: Ragnarok, Chris Hemsworth's often "meh" god is actually awesome now, so Marvel couldn't possibly consider offing him already… could they?
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Thor: Ragnarok isn't due to be released until November 221, but in the meantime you can check out what they've been up to Down Under.
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"Home Entertainment results also faced a difficult comparison given Q2 titles last year included 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi,' 'Thor: Ragnarok' and 'Coco,'" McCarthy said.
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The biggest reason, though, may be that Thor: Ragnarok finally figures out what we probably should've known all along: Chris Hemsworth is a comedy star.
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Jeff Goldblum has ruled some of Hollywood's most iconic alternate worlds, most notably as Ian Malcolm in Jurassic Park and the Grandmaster in Thor: Ragnarok.
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We're then in a bit of a dry spell of Chris movies until Ragnarok in November, so I recommend Netflix's GLOW, which features Chris Lowell.
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About 2,000 of Ruffalo's followers joined an elite group of Marvel superfans, because they're the only ones that got any sort of Thor: Ragnarok preview.
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Box office successes in the quarter included "Thor: Ragnarok," which collected $852.7 million worldwide (26 percent more than "Doctor Strange" took in a year earlier).
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Edda just so happens to be the location of Ragnarok — the huge battle of the gods that almost led to the destruction of the world.
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"Ragnarok" was developed by the Danish writer and producer Adam Price, who created the highly regarded series "Borgen" and "Herrens Veje" ("Ride Upon the Storm").
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Shark, who stepped into the big blockbuster flick mainstream with Thor: Ragnarok did not, actually, do our entire interview in the creaky old lady voice.
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Still, more people will see Mr. Waititi's next film, the Marvel-Disney action adventure "Thor: Ragnarok," in November in its first few hours of release.
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But in Ragnarok, Yost, Kyle, and Pearson reveal what is perhaps Odin's most foolish betrayal by omission — and it's somehow completely understandable given the circumstances.
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Ragnarok lives in that afterthought — the silly extended joke, the sly check-in to gauge whether the audience is paying attention, the sardonic eye roll.
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Shaping every narrative arc is the knowledge that Ragnarok is coming, and that with each myth the gods bring themselves closer to their own destruction.
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According to interviews with Waititi, Ragnarok will be more lighthearted than its dreary, faux-Shakespearian predecessors — even though Thor has a new and depressingly short haircut.
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So Ragnarok is easily the best Thor movie, and the first entry in the series that can stand with the best of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Consider that Spider-Man: Homecoming, Thor: Ragnarok, Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, and Ant-Man and the Wasp all hit theaters during the same 12 months.
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But there's something funny about this trailer: To me, it seems like The Hulk is much bigger in Thor: Ragnarok than in the previous Marvel movies.
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Thor: Ragnarok begins more or less when Odin dies the sparkliest death ever, but in the myths his death comes later and not at all pretty.
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Marvel comics fans will know Korg is from a species called the Kronan, and he features prominently in the Planet Hulk storyline Ragnarok is pulling from.
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For Thor: Ragnarok: "Matt [Damon] and Chris [Hemsworth] know each other and we really wanted someone good and someone who's funny," director Taika Waititi told News.com.au.
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The format fits the familiar pattern of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but Ragnarok nevertheless stands out due to the unique comic sensibilities of director Taika Waititi.
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But Ragnarok is also a tentpole visual effects film, filled with CG characters like Hulk, artificial environments like the planet of Sakaar, and massive superhero fights.
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Tessa Thompson, who is set to appear in Thor: Ragnarok this November, has spoken out against the terrible way male Hollywood writers portray female action stars.
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With Thor: Ragnarok in theaters, millions of mainstream moviegoers who have never heard of writer-director Taika Waititi are becoming familiar with his improv comedy style.
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The third installment of the Thor franchise hits theaters Friday, and already critics are calling Ragnarok one of the funniest films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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When Valkyrie, played by Tessa Thompson, appeared in Thor: Ragnarok, we questioned whether or not her full humanity, and sexuality, was being honored in her portrayal.
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There's even been talk of it being the DC-equivalent of Thor: Ragnarok, Taika Waititi's wacky, genre-bending installment, to which I can only respond: no.
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I identify strongly with Hela, Cate Blanchett's Goddess of Death villain from Thor: Ragnarok, Marvel's third installment in the mythology of the Norse God of Thunder.
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Marvel extending that spirit of looking to less-expected heroes has resulted in many of its best films, from Guardians of the Galaxy to Thor: Ragnarok.
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Hulk, the muscle-bound, larger-than-life green alter-ego of scientist Bruce Banner, appears in the upcoming "Thor: Ragnarok," out in U.S. theaters on Nov.
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Don't Miss: Our rundown of the Thor: Ragnarok clip that only Comic-Con got to see and our panel report on the new and improved Hulk.
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Did Valkyrie take the remaining Asgardians and escape before Thanos could light up the entire ship they were traveling on at the end of "Thor: Ragnarok"?
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Hemsworth looks to have pulled in a favour or two from his Thor: Ragnarok co-stars to throw together the short promo video for the event.
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From Noah's flood to Ragnarok, the apocalypse was a way for celestial beings of one sort or another to hit the cosmic reset button on humankind.
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Mr. Hemsworth looks happier and far more relaxed in "Ragnarok" than he did in the previous Thor vehicles, which is perhaps Mr. Waititi's truest achievement here.
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Disney also did not give The Times early access to "Thor: Ragnarok" so that it could prepare a review in time for the movie's Friday opening.
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Speaking with journalists after winning his first Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, Jojo Rabbit and Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi had other things on his mind.
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If you thought Netflix's new series Ragnarok had something to do with Thor, you wouldn't totally be wrong — but definitely don't expect to see Chris Hemsworth.
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Thor's home planet, Asgard, is invaded by the Goddess of Death — who is his sister — in "Thor: Ragnarok," the most recent movie in this Marvel trilogy.
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According to Collider, the one-time Dark Knight is in talks to join the next film, which will be directed by Thor: Ragnarok helmer Taika Waititi.
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Queer actress Tessa Thompson claims that her character Valkyrie in canonically bisexual, but that no mention of her sexuality was present in Thor: Ragnarok after edits.
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Ragnarok gives Hemsworth the chance to showcase his gifts as a physical comedian, making Thor feel more natural and human than he's been in the past.
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Hemsworth's performance in Ragnarok is more akin to his airhead dope Kevin in 2016's Ghostbusters reboot than it is to his past turns as Thor.
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We'll have to see when Thor: Ragnarok comes out in November if it returns the Easter egg favor with a nod back toward the Guardians franchise.
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All is relatively well until the events of 2017's Thor: Ragnarok, when Asgard is destroyed and Loki saves the Tesseract at the very last moment.
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In fact, the widely beloved film helped introduce Japanese animation to Western audiences, and it's soon getting a live-action adaptation from Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi.
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More recent efforts, like James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy films or Taika Waititi's reportedly mold-breaking Thor: Ragnarok, are trying to edge further from the formula.
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Thor: The Dark World and Thor: Ragnarok screenwriter Chris Yost will pen the series, while Sunrise, the studio behind the original show, is attached to executive produce.
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Thor: Ragnarok has quickly spread across torrent sites after customers were able to prematurely download the title an entire month before its planned mid-February digital release.
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Infinity War unites characters and ties together plotlines from more than a decade of Marvel movies, from Iron Man to this winter's Thor: Ragnarok and Black Panther.
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After Thor: Ragnarok, Loki seems to be leaning heavily toward anti-heroism, leaving the MCU in need of a worthy full-bore antagonist to fill his role.
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Indeed, Ragnarok is colorful and accessible and full of Taika Waititi's playful spirit, and it does its part to raise the stakes of this particular Marvel franchise.
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Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson first teamed up to take on the villainous Hela in Thor: Ragnarok, but now they're back together to protect Earth from aliens.
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It turns out that a certain cameo in Thor: Ragnarok was in honor of the real-life friendship between Chris Hemsworth and The Martian star Matt Damon.
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Look at this year's Thor: Ragnarok, or the first Guardians of the Galaxy, both of which let idiosyncratic directors play with well-established worlds in unexpected ways.
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"I'd like to see Korg in the lobby here," Hemsworth told BET, referring to the rebellion-leading Kronan warrior from Thor: Ragnarok, voiced by director Taika Waititi.
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The month's all-time champs for box office openings include three Twilight movies, two Harry Potter movies, Thor: Ragnarok, Justice League, and all three Hunger Games sequels.
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And it's home to a large annual snow kiting race called the Red Bull Ragnarok that, at 240 miles in length, is more endurance than speed race.
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Mark Ruffalo spilled details about the big fella during Marvel's Thor: Ragnarok panel on Saturday at Comic-Con, including that he won't be playing much Bruce Banner.
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The Avengers won't assemble for Infinity War until next year, but you will get to see some big Marvel superheroes come together this fall in Thor: Ragnarok.
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The last time we saw her was at the end of Thor: Ragnarok when she, Thor, Loki, and the surviving people of Asgard escaped their dying... planet?
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His role in 2017's "Thor: Ragnarok" as the fashion-forward Grandmaster, reminded fans of his charm — and later inspired another hilarious installment of BuzzFeed's "Thirst Tweets."
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The movie was executive produced by Taika Waititi, director of "Thor: Ragnarok," a film that Sami credited with exposing global audiences to a similar style of humor.
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"Who the hell are you guys?" asks Mr. Hemsworth's Norse god, still missing the eye he lost in "Thor: Ragnarok" but not his newfound sense of humor.
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As with Parker and Black Panther, Marvel isn't going to kill an Avenger after one movie (well, two if you count his brief appearance in Thor: Ragnarok).
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"Thor: Ragnarok" (Walt Disney Studios) collected an estimated $237 million, for a two-week domestic total of $21.8 million, according to comScore, which compiles box office data.
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Perhaps hoping to contrast with the unyielding gloom of DC's "Batman v Superman," Marvel pivoted toward buddy comedy in "Thor: Ragnarok," the newest installment of that franchise.
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Technically, this makes Thor: Ragnarok a Jurassic Park reunion – though sadly, we don't actually get Neill and Jeff Goldblum onscreen at the same time in this one.
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With a brand new director, "Thor Ragnarok" was a breakthrough moment for the character on the big screen giving him much more humor than he had before.
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He thinks that myths do tell satisfying stories, and that the Norse myths are more satisfying than most, because of the promise of the apocalypse in Ragnarok.
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Sometimes, they contain huge reveals that hint at future films (see: Thanos intercepting Thor's Asgardian spaceship at the end of Thor: Ragnarok, which nodded toward Avengers: Infinity War).
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At Marvel Studio's Comic-Con panel on Saturday, director Taika Waititi answered a question about his upcoming film Thor: Ragnarok with a new spin on an old platitude.
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Rocannon's World, after all, is patterned after Norse mythology, that makeshift patchwork of stories that, finally, dissolves into Ragnarok and its apocalyptic reconstruction of the cosmology of things.
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But that bummer came with a sighting of Korg (voiced by Taika Waititi) and his BFF Miek, who Thor brought with him from alien planet Sakaar in Ragnarok.
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Writer Chris Yost, currently a screenwriter for the upcoming Thor: Ragnarok, is attached to write the script, building on a draft penned by Westworld co-creator Lisa Joy.
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Instapaper is temporarily shutting off access to European users, while an online game called Ragnarok Online is shutting down European servers after a decade in operation and Unroll.
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They reportedly "feared" the repercussions of igniting a Hiddleswift "circus," which may have distracted from the actor's promotion of his latest films Kong: Skull Island and Thor: Ragnarok.
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Fans of the film will remember that Clement and Waititi (who hadn't yet found mainstream fame for directing Thor: Ragnarok) starred in, co-directed, and co-wrote it.
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He's been a minister (Hunt for the Wilderpeople), a vampire (Viago in What We Do in the Shadows), and a friendly pile of rocks (Korg in Thor: Ragnarok).
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After having been bound and tortured in the bowels of the Earth for millennia by the other gods, Loki will break free and Ragnarok will begin in earnest.
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Thor: Ragnarok was critically praised, and set Waititi up as a director not scared to take on a project or franchise with a strong built-in fan base.
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Thor: Ragnarok placed its story in the hands of Taika Waititi, a comedian with a distinctively deadpan sensibility, and introduced indie-style emotional improv to the superhero world.
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The doting dad, who is in Australia filming Marvel's latest saga, Thor: Ragnarok, somehow manages to make the most out of every moment spent away from superhero duty.
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It opens with Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and Loki (Tom Hiddleston) on the ship last seen at the end of Thor: Ragnarok, facing off against the big purple villain.
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At the end of Thor: Ragnarok, Thor, the Hulk, Loki, and the rest of the "Revengers" — Miek, Valkyrie, and Korg — are on a ship fleeing a destroyed Asgard.
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Marvel Studios' Thor: Ragnarok is on Blu-ray and digital now, Isle of Dogs is in theaters March 23, and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom comes out June 22.
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The version of Loki played by Hiddleston appears to be one that didn't experience the events of several films, like Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame.
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Traditional theatrical blockbusters swing for the fences, and if a movie doesn't perform like Star Wars: The Last Jedi or Thor: Ragnarok, it could be considered a failure.
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The two first paired up for Thor: Ragnarok (and later reunited for Avengers: Endgame) and are now starring in another movie together this year, Men In Black: International.
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Thor's Australian roomie first made an appearance during Comic Con 2016 when Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi released a very funny viral short film, featuring the Marvel superhero.
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For American audiences, it exists in this moment mostly as proof of what director Waititi could do with his next film, Thor: Ragnarok, an expensive Marvel superhero blockbuster.
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In the latest trailer for Thor: Ragnarok, which debuted during Thursday's NFL regular season opener on NBC, the Norse God is rounding up some new and familiar faces.
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This all means that Waititi, whose last movie was the offbeat Marvel blockbuster "Thor: Ragnarok," may soon find his brand of irreverence rewarded on Hollywood's most reverent night.
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From a Western perspective, we do tend to view Ragnarok in a more apocalyptic context, so you've given hope to a subject often perceived in a dark way.
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Speaking of Mark Ruffalo, here's a tweet from the man himself that'll give you a sense of just how much he loves his fellow Thor: Ragnarok cast members.
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Thor's battle with the goddess of death in "Thor: Ragnarok" looks poised to breathe new life into a franchise that has garnered lukewarm reviews and underwhelming ticket sales.
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While Thor's hallucinations do give him some insight into the birth of Vision, their primary purpose seems to be giving the character something to do until Thor: Ragnarok.
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A fourth Thor film may never happen (contracts and Infinity Stones depending), but the leads of the wonderfully bent Ragnarok are back to save a different beloved franchise.
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It's amusing how "Ragnarok" humanizes Thor, yet in doing so it dilutes his Thorness, the essential qualities that make him more than a dude with a cool hammer.
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That means that, two weeks away from its release, Infinity War has sold more tickets than Black Panther, Thor: Ragnarok, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
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And, yes, Thor: Ragnarok does all this while delivering jokes about Shake Weights and Hulk dick and introducing something called the Devil's Anus to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Since What We Do In the Shadows was released, Waititi has become a major Hollywood name, thanks to his crowd-pleasing turn as director of Thor: Ragnarok, a.k.a.
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Meanwhile, due to an unforeseen Bifröst hiccup, Hemsworth's revitalized Thor only has one real objective in Ragnarok: trying to get home to Asgard, which Hela has gloriously seized.
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Loki, of course, has also been given three movies, not including Ragnarok, to get to this point, and he'll reportedly be a part of Infinity War as well.
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"Hunt for the Wilderpeople" comes from director Taika Waititi, who co-directed last year's hilarious "What We Do in the Shadows," and will be directing "Thor: Ragnarok" next.
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We talked to him about his unlikely marriage with Marvel, making a funny superhero movie, and what's next: VICE: Thor: Ragnarok is quite a leap for you, stylistically.
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Again, Marvel contracts are a mystery, but history seems to show that actors typically sign on for six movies as featured characters (like the Hulk was in Thor: Ragnarok).
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" Other A-list stars packed the premiere, including Chris Hemsworth's brother Liam and his wife Miley Cyrus, and Matt Damon, who had a cameo in 2017 film "Thor: Ragnarok.
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Suicide Squad, The Dark Knight, Deadpool, Thor: Ragnarok, Batman & Robin, whatever the film's Rotten Tomatoes rating, they offer a form of escapism that makes me happy without hurting myself.
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If you can hear the sound of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" playing in the distance, it's likely because Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi is returning for Marvel's Thor 4.
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The first trailer for Jojo Rabbit, the new "anti-hate satire" from director Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok, What We Do in the Shadows, Hunt for the Wilderpeople), has arrived.
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Directed by What We Do In the Shadows director Taika Waititi, Thor: Ragnarok has been stunning fans for months thanks to its surprising sense of humor and quirky characters.
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The clip stars an alien intern, voiced by Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi, who has developed an app that Morty and his father Jerry want removed from the internet.
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In the meantime, though, you'll get to see Goldblum this fall in Thor: Ragnarok, and hear him next spring in Wes Anderson's stop-motion animated feature Isle of Dogs.
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Others pointed out that Warner Brothers may have also made the change after seeing how well Thor: Ragnarok did in the box office at the beginning of this month.
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If you're like us, you're still stressed about Thor losing his glorious straw-colored locks in Thor: Ragnarok, the newest Marvel Cinematic Universe film, and definitely its best yet.
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Mark Ruffalo has described Thor: Ragnarok as a road trip movie starring the Hulk and Thor, but the first trailer leaves off with them still in the gladiator arena.
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Yet "Thor: Ragnarok," from a screenplay by Eric Pearson, had no such troubles in returning Chris Hemsworth in the titular role along with franchise regular Tom Hiddleston as Loki.
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The end of the game screams "here comes Ragnarok," and it's easy to get the feeling at the end of the game that Baldur really was just his function.
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Thompson herself expressed disappointment that material more clearly revealing Valkyrie as bisexual was cut from 2017's "Thor: Ragnarok," but even without the confirmation, her character radiated bi energy.
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Marvel Studios announced a host of casting news for the upcoming film "Thor: Ragnarok" last week, revealing that Cate Blanchett, Jeff Goldblum, and Karl Urban were joining the film.
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Its opening comes two weeks after Disney-Marvel's "Thor: Ragnarok" debuted above forecasts with a $122.7 million opening weekend in what was the fourth-biggest launch of the year.
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If you're looking for suggestions, check out either Thor: Ragnarok, which was very funny, or Justice League, which is much better than the reviews make it out to be.
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In last year's Thor: Ragnarok, Black actress Tessa Thompson played Valkyrie, a character who is bisexual in the comics but whose sexuality is never explicitly addressed in the film.
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There's a nice bit in "Thor: Ragnarok," the latest Marvel blowout to feature the god of thunder, where he tries to start a jet using a voice-activated password.
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"Allow me to help you," Strange says, teasing that he'll be making an appearance in the next Thor movie, Thor: Ragnarok, which is due out on November 3, 2017.
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But it would certainly be awesome to see him going around in space with the Guardians, especially since "Thor: Ragnarok" looks and feels a lot like a "Guardians" movie.
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But if you say, "We are the home for all things Marvel," they'll happily choose you over sifting through Triple Frontier and The Ridiculous Six to find Thor: Ragnarok.
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Disney Plus&apos "The Mandalorian" wrapped up its first season on Friday with its eighth episode, titled "Redemption" and directed by "Thor: Ragnarok" and "Jojo Rabbit" director Taika Waititi.
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Asgard is a realm removed from Midgard (or as we know it, Earth), but make no mistake: Thor: Ragnarok is as much about us as it is about them.
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" Other A-list stars packed the premiere, including Chris Hemsworth's brother Liam and his wife Miley Cyrus, and Matt Damon, who had a cameo in 2017 film "Thor: Ragnarok.
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"Thor: Ragnarok" is hilarious, but it is sometimes tonally inconsistent, especially in the beginning — everything before Thor arrives on the planet Sakaar feels like it's from a different movie.
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Tom Hiddleston experiments with subtle patterns and unconventional color combinations, as seen in the outfit he wore to the premiere of "Thor: Ragnarok" in Los Angeles, California, in October.
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Ragnarok is a welcome sign that Marvel can laugh at itself, and that the universe has gotten big enough to make room for brighter colors, weirder designs and better jokes.
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Tessa Thompson's character Valkyrie from Marvel's 2017 movie Thor: Ragnarok is bisexual, but as she told The Independent, the one scene alluding to her sexuality was cut from the movie.
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In contrast, Marvel Studios will follow up this month's hit "Thor: Ragnarok" with "Black Panther" in February, "Avengers: Infinity War" in May and "Ant-Man and The Wasp" in July.
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The first Thor: Ragnarok trailer landed today, and it already looks like the most fun Marvel production since, well, the last fun Marvel production we got a close look at.
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The closest any of the recent crop of superhero franchises have come to a coherent statement prior to Black Panther was the previous Marvel film, Taika Waititi's Thor: Ragnarok (2017).
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The news come after an early announcement ahead of SDCC that revealed that Thor: Ragnarok director Taiki Waititi would be returning to direct the fourth installment of the superhero franchise.
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Scrapper 142 made a great addition to the motley crew of Thor: Ragnarok, but the function of the Valkyries in Norse mythology had nothing to do with taking down Hela.
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Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi's next big-budget project, a live-action version of the beloved manga series Akira, finally has a release date, The Wrap reports: May 21st, 2021.
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According to TorrentFreak, some users on Reddit noticed that when placing a preorder for the well-received Thor: Ragnarok with Vudu, the movie showed up as immediately available on iTunes.
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Between the classic rock soundtrack (Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song"), Froot Loops color palette, and quirky sense of humor, Thor: Ragnarok feels almost like a third Guardians of the Galaxy movie.
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The two, as proved by their previous collaboration in Thor: Ragnarok, have great chemistry, and it's to the movie's credit that there's no explicit implication that they'll be romantically involved.
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But Marvel – which has always encouraged fans to conflate their heroes with the stars who are playing them – kept running with this version of Thor throughout the Ragnarok marketing campaign.
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For all her appearances in big-budget blockbusters like The Hobbit series and upcoming Thor: Ragnarok, Cate Blanchett seems to always have her feet dipped in the experimental art world.
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The next two Marvel movies slated for release are Black Panther in February and Infinity War in May, and this Ragnarok credits scene is definitely a tease for the latter.
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" Read more: 7 Marvel movie characters who are on the LGBTQ spectrum in the comics Valkyrie was first introduced on-screen in "Thor: Ragnarok" and recently appeared in " Avengers: Endgame.
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Because of the conflict with theater chains, Netflix movies aren't going to enjoy the same kinds of broad theatrical releases as something like Thor: Ragnarok — at least not anytime soon.
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" Waititi has also begun work writing "Thor: Love and Thunder" (coming out November 2021), the sequel to his successful first directing effort of a Marvel Cinematic Universe title, "Thor: Ragnarok.
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"'Thor: Ragnarok' and other Marvel films are successful in theaters because they don't attempt to be arthouse films wrapped in capes, but live action cartoons with simple themes," he said.
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OK, so this is barely above a solid rumor, but The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi is being "courted" to develop a Star Wars movie.
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Hiddleston arrived in Australia Friday for the filming of Thor 3: Ragnarok, and much to the excitement of every breakfast TV show in the country, his new girlfriend came along.
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Valkyrie Current status: Alive Critics agreed that Tessa Thompson knocked it out the park as warrior drunk Valkyrie in "Ragnarok," and there's plenty of room for this character to grow.
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But the third film in the series, Thor: Ragnarok, completely changes that, flexing its self-awareness as the movie and its star laugh both at themselves and with their audience.
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The first trailer for Thor: Ragnarok — Taika Waititi's next indie film — has been taking the internet by storm this morning, with its neon-soaked color scheme, lighthearted humor, and incredible helmets.
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The British actor has been busy with his acting career, currently filming Thor: Ragnarok in Australia, while Swift has been taking a much needed break after completing her 1989 World Tour.
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Also returning is Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi, while Natalie Portman will make her first appearance in the franchise since 2013's Thor: The Dark World as the first female Thor.
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If you can't get enough of Thor and Loki's troubled bromance, you can see our Asgardian faves in all their live-action glory when Thor: Ragnarok hits theaters on Nov. 3.
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On Tuesday, the actor, 34, shared an adorable behind-the-scenes photo of him and one of his three kids on the set of his now-released Marvel film, Thor: Ragnarok.
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Chris Hemsworth took to social media this week to announce that filming for Thor: Ragnarok had officially begun – and to show off one huge advantage to playing the hammer-wielding superhero.
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Normally I try to stick to trailers meant for US audiences — there are enough movie trailers to watch as it is — but this Japanese trailer for Thor: Ragnarok is pretty awesome.
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Taika Waititi, the comedic filmmaker best known for directing "Thor: Ragnarok," has signed on to co-write and direct the pilot of a "Time Bandits" series currently in development for Apple.
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Marvel's films have always had a flair for comedy, but Infinity War turns the dial up further, maximizing the levity found in movies like Thor: Ragnarok and Guardians of the Galaxy.
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Thor eventually took it to Asgard for safekeeping, but Loki retrieved it again in Thor: Ragnarok, and it ended up in space with the Asgardian refugees, until Thanos came for it.
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The Australian actress was most recently seen on-screen in Thor: Ragnarok and will appear next as part of the all-female cast of Ocean's 8, which hits theaters June 8.
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A day after PEOPLE confirmed the couple's split on Tuesday, Hiddleston, 35, was spotted at an outdoor cafe on Australia's Gold Coast, where the British actor is busy filming Thor: Ragnarok.
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Thor: RagnarokThor's films weren't that interesting until Thor: Ragnarok—directed by Taika Waititi, and therefore obviously good—so skip the first two films and instead read the Wikipedia pages about them.
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Unlike the other two Thor movies, which are kind of a drag, Ragnarok is funny and joyful, even as Thor has to fight to stop the destruction of his home planet.
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I recently talked to Waititi about giving up control for Thor: Ragnarok, the importance of flexibility, and why Maori funerals are funny enough that they helped inspire his whole comic approach.
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Social data also indicates Marvel has successfully positioned "Thor: Ragnarok" as a prequel to its hotly anticipated "Avengers: Infinity War," which will unite virtually every character in the Marvel cinematic universe.
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Sometimes they contain huge reveals that hint at future movies (see: Thanos intercepting Thor's Asgardian spaceship at the end of Thor: Ragnarok, which sets up the starting point of Infinity War).
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Ryan Deitsch said that he did not feel comfortable even tweeting his opinion of "Black Panther" (he thought it was great and that comparisons to "Thor: Ragnarok" were beside the point).
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The long-awaited film, which premieres this weekend at the Toronto International Film Festival, stars the Thor: Ragnarok director as a German boy's imaginary friend, who is also, yes, Adolf Hitler.
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"If you take Ragnarok, which I feel was a very outlandish and big, bombastic film, we're trying double down on everything we did with that," Waititi explained to ET in 2019.
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Thor: Ragnarok doesn't just bring back Thor, Loki, and Odin – it also brings in brand-new versions of them, in the form of actors playing the trio in a stage show.
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Thor: Ragnarok seems to be taking the same approach as Guardians of the Galaxy (itself a breath of fresh air for superhero cinema) by moving the action to a more fantastical setting.
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The stone might be connected to his orange eyes, or more likely to the gem embedded in the breastplate of his armor (though he no longer has that as of Thor: Ragnarok).
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But while fans may have thought the Thor: Ragnarok star was training for a new film or television role, it turns out he's actually on the road to becoming a professional kickboxer.
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"Thor: Ragnarok" director Taika Waititi will return to direct the movie and Portman will have an even bigger role this time around, wielding the hammer to portray a female version of Thor.
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And taking cues from Thor: Ragnarok, Iron Man 3, Spider-Man: Homecoming, and Black Panther, Infinity War is far more self-aware than its predecessors, embracing its goofiest aspects with infectious zest.
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Understandably so, considering the movie isn't coming out until 2021, and we found out that Ragnarok director Taika Waititi had signed back onto the project on July 16, just one week ago.
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Though the Thor: Ragnarok star has had a busy few years in the Marvel universe and beyond, he always finds time to bond with his little ones and make them the priority.
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While the British actor has been busy with his acting career – he's currently filming Thor: Ragnarok in Australia – Swift has been taking a much-needed break after completing her 1989 World Tour.
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The Ragnarok effects team used CGI to push a solid design into glorious over-the-top camp, rather than relying on the computers to bring across the entire weight of Hela's menace.
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New Zealand director Taika Waititi (What We Do in the Shadows, Hunt For the Wilderpeople) is helming Thor: Ragnarok next year, so it's a perfect time to revisit his breakthrough indie film.
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New Zealand director Taika Waititi (What We Do in the Shadows, Hunt For the Wilderpeople) is helming Thor: Ragnarok next year, so it's a perfect time to revisit his breakthrough indie film.
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Most Marvel movies earned fairly high ratings, including last year's Thor: Ragnarok and Spider-Man: Homecoming (both at 92 percent), with the historical low going to Thor: The Dark World (66 percent).
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The very first trailer for Thor: Ragnarok has arrived, giving us the first glimpse at what Chris Hemsworth's Thor and Mark Ruffalo's Hulk have been up to since Avengers: Age of Ultron.
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In the case of Thor: Ragnarok, there are two end-credits scenes – one that teases a future installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and another that seems to be just for fun.
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Rather than wait for Marvel to address this in one of *Thor: Ragnarok'*s post-credits scenes, we got our hands inside a souped-up replica Iron Man glove to find out.
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The nominees for Favorite Movie Actor include Ben Affleck (Batman, Justice League), Chris Hemsworth (Thor, Thor: Ragnarok), Chris Pratt (Peter Quill/Star-Lord, Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 2), Dwayne Johnson (Dr.
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Thor: Ragnarok alumni Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson join forces in the first trailer for Men in Black: International, a prequel film about the earlier years of the Men in Black organization.
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Taika Waititi, who successfully took over the Thor franchise with 2017's smash hit Ragnarok, is reportedly set to return for an upcoming fourth Thor-centered movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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After appearing in the first two Thor movies, Oscar winner Natalie Portman bowed out of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and didn't return as Chris Hemsworth's love interest for 2017's Thor: Ragnarok.
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Though the Thor: Ragnarok star has had a busy few years in the Marvel universe and beyond, he always finds time to bond with his little ones and make them the priority.
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Thor: Ragnarok, Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, and Ant-Man and the Wasp will also likely head over to Disney+ at some point, after the current Disney-Netflix licensing deal runs out.
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Probably. Jerky Bouquet — $55 See Details If Marvel's most recent smash hit with the god of thunder rocked your guy's world, then get him decorated with this assortment of Thor: Ragnarok accessories.
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The series is written and produced by "Iron Man" and "The Lion King" director Jon Favreau, and directed by "Jurassic World" actress Bryce Dallas Howard, "Thor: Ragnarok" director Taika Waititi, and more.
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The Last Jedi and Thor: Ragnarok will join the streaming platform's movie library this month, along with new seasons of GLOW and Luke Cage, the finale of Sense8, and much, much more.
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To give you an idea of my headspace, the Marvel films I'd watched before were Spiderman: Homecoming, Ironman, Thor: Ragnarok, Black Panther, Dr. Strange, and Guardians of the Galaxy (volumes 1 & 2).
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And while the film's hero, Thor, has never had quite the same clout as A-list solo Avengers like Iron Man or Captain America, Ragnarok is on the brink of changing that.
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Hopefully this means enjoying more of Goldblum's permanent affectation of charmed interest, and his knack for making even the most mundane of scenarios bizarrely sensual—see, also: Jurassic Park, and Thor: Ragnarok.
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While Feige and Marvel Studios have championed original filmmaking (consider movies like Taika Waititi's Thor: Ragnarok and Ryan Coogler's Black Panther), a key instrument to keeping the MCU going strong is consistency.
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Chris Hemsworth has said he's out of contract after "Endgame," but after the roaring success of Thor's last solo outing "Ragnarok," it doesn't feel like the Norse god has run his course.
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And Hemsworth, after flexing his knack for comedy in 2017's Ragnarok, taps into that same humor but laces it with jagged grief and anger informed by having seen Thanos's wrath firsthand.
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As reviews of Marvel's Thor: Ragnarok began rolling out in advance of the movie's November 3 release, a review from one news outlet in particular — the Los Angeles Times — was glaringly absent.
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As Valkyrie in Thor: Ragnarok, and Charlotte Hale in Westworld, Thompson has built her Hollywood career around portrayals of badass women who take what they want, when they want it, consequences be damned.
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The posters and trailers for Thor: Ragnarok promised something different — a movie that's a little more psychedelic than your typical Marvel film, a little more retro, while taking itself a lot less seriously.
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Thanks to roles like Samantha White in Dear White People, Detroit in Sorry to Bother You, and Valkyrie in Thor: Ragnarok, Tessa Thompson is well on her way to becoming a household name.
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The Thor: Ragnarok actress was the one who shared the image, and comments began to gather about Dunham's presence in the photo, wondering why she was there given her statement about Murray Miller.
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Endgame represents the fifth Marvel appearance for Ruffalo, who has so far appeared in The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Thor: Ragnarok, and Avengers: Infinity War, and will next appear in Avengers: Endgame.
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In the most recent trailer for Thor: Ragnarok, it seems clear that Thor teams up with The Hulk, Loki, and Valkyrie—but for me, I'm mostly pumped up about seeing The Hulk again.
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Via Skype from Australia, where he's currently putting Elba through his paces in between takes of a little film called Thor: Ragnarok, he ended up telling us a fair bit more than that.
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Such was the case for Goldblum's turn as the Grandmaster in Thor: Ragnarok, the downright silliest Marvel movie that owes a debt to both Taika Waititi's let-loose direction and Goldblum's improv charm.
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During an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in October, Damon stated that he has love for all three of the Hemsworth brothers, which now includes two of his Thor: Ragnarok co-stars.
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Slip into a T-rex costume for $220 See Details With Thor: Ragnarok coming out in a week or so, why not celebrate early by dressing up as the God of Thunder himself?
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Ironically, the news comes just as Levi prepares to return to cinemas in another superhero movie, this one from DC competitor Marvel – he reprises the role of Fandral in next month's Thor: Ragnarok.
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Ragnarok was more entertaining than it had any right to be, and so were the weeks leading up to it as the cast and directors charmed us all into buying many a ticket.
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That's a respectable haul, but it comes in below the $14.5 million that Disney's "Thor: Ragnarok" earned on Thursday night two weeks ago, when it sailed to a $122.7 million three-day opening.
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The latest in Disney's long line of live-action remakes has a star-studded cast including Justin Theroux ("The Leftovers"), Tessa Thompson ("Thor: Ragnarok"), Benedict Wong ("Doctor Strange"), Janelle Monáe, and Sam Elliott.
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Taika Waititi became a cult name in the US for his 2014 horror-comedy masterpiece What We Do In the Shadows, which led to his being named director of the upcoming Thor: Ragnarok.
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While filming Spider-Man: Homecoming, he instigated a stunt-off with his In the Heart of the Sea costar Chris Hemsworth, who was filming his own Marvel movie at the time, Thor: Ragnarok.
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The only films that aren't on the service are those that will remain on Netflix until the end of 2019 (Black Panther, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Avengers: Infinity War, and Thor: Ragnarok).
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The only films that aren't on the service are those that will remain on Netflix until the end of 2019 (Black Panther, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Avengers: Infinity War and Thor: Ragnarok).
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Thor lost an eye in Ragnarok, but got it back; Tony Stark destroys his suits in Iron Man 3 only to return with a plethora in Avengers: Age of Ultron two years later.
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Finally, since Avengers: Age of Ultron hinted that Ragnarok ties into the inevitable Infinity War, Hela's role to play in Marvel's larger story is probably much bigger than what it looks like right now.
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Still, with Nicole Kidman in Aquaman, Cate Blanchett in Thor: Ragnarok, and Michelle Pfeiffer now in Ant-Man and The Wasp, Davis would fit right in alongside her fellow starlets of the silver screen.
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Each of Ruffalo's Marvel appearances has been as a supporting character: "The Avengers" (2012), "Iron Man 3" (2013), "Avengers: Age of Ultron" (2015), "Thor: Ragnarok" (2017), "Avengers: Infinity War" (2018) and "Avengers: Endgame" (2019).
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"Ragnarok: The Final Destiny of the Gods" is an epic battle at the end of the world, while "The Last Days of Loki," where Loki is horribly tortured for his misdeeds, is pure tragedy.
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Better than any Crosswalk Theater — although, those were pretty spectacular this year — Corden assembled the cast of Thor: Ragnarok to surprise a movie theater audience in California with a live reenactment of the story.
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This past weekend, Marvel's Thor: Ragnarok became the studio's 24th straight number-one opening, thanks to a well-established formula of heroic action moments, grand mythology, and evil entities eager to destroy the universe.
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Marvel has released a behind-the-scenes featurette for Thor: Ragnarok, in which director Taika Waititi discusses how he approached the film and how he hopes to inject some new fun into the character.
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But studios and filmmakers learned the lessons of Deadpool quickly, with James Mangold's Logan embracing the visceral intensity an R-rating can allow, and Marvel practically lampooning itself with Taika Waititi's hilarious Thor: Ragnarok.
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It's still a minor entry in the Marvel pantheon compared to standouts like Thor: Ragnarok, which went further in upending Marvel's established superhero-movie template, playing with tone and puncturing the characters' self-importance.
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On Tuesday, Fox Searchlight released the first trailer for Jojo Rabbit, Waititi's much-anticipated follow-up to 2017's Thor: Ragnarok, and please, just watch: Yes, that is Taika Waititi dressed up as Hitler.
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The comedy pop trio has released a demo for a never-used Oscars song that pays respect to some of last year's under-awarded hits, including Thor: Ragnarok, Wonder Woman, It, and Girls Trip.
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One of the most high-profile draws of the annual convention for pop and nerd culture fans, Marvel's star-studded panel session on Saturday kicked off with "Thor: Ragnarok," due in theaters in November.
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Even something as brightly comedic as last year's Thor: Ragnarok ultimately takes seriously the business of saving the world/universe and acknowledges the nobility of those who make it their business to do so.
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Get these Wonder Woman headphones for $25 See Details Hela is our new favorite (and unfortunately one of like, two) villainesses of the MCU that rocked the god of thunder's world in Thor: Ragnarok.
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That's a strategy that seems to be working, with the most recent film Thor: Ragnarok getting praise for its Flash Gordon-y sense of classic sci-fi adventure (and 80s comic-book color palette).
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In 2014's What We Do in the Shadows, Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi teamed up with Flight of the Conchords' Jemaine Clement for one of the most delightful monster movies of the decade.
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Taika Waititi, the director behind Oscar nominated film Jojo Rabbit and Marvel hit Thor: Ragnarok, is in talks with Disney and Lucasfilm about overseeing a future Star Wars movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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The Sakaar setting is also what allows Ragnarok to have Thor fight the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) in a gladiator-style face-off, a showdown that Ragnarok's marketing materials have invariably hyped from the jump.
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When Disney blocked LA Times critics and journalists from attended advanced press screenings for Thor: Ragnarok, the paper still ran a review of the film after its critic Justin Chang attended a public screening.
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What We Do in the Shadows (2014) and last year's Hunt for the Wilderpeople were both left-field takes on genre-ish trappings that oozed a specific wit, and Thor: Ragnarok is no different.
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As the Hollywood Reporter explains, despite studio efforts to prevent leaks from the Tuesday night premiere of Thor: Ragnarok, more than 113,600 people got an illegal sneak peek thanks to Ruffalo's limitations with Instagram Live.
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The Thor star went on to appear in a sequel plus two Avengers movies, and he'll likely have appeared in 2017's Thor: Ragnarok (and possibly 2018's next Avengers) before the new Trek surfaces.
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Mark Ruffalo was a guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday night, and he addressed his now legendary snafu — when he live streamed the first ten minutes of Thor: Ragnarok via Instagram.
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For example, Tessa Thompson has said she played her Thor: Ragnarok character Valkyrie as queer — but you wouldn't know it from the finished film, which cut out a scene that would've confirmed her as such.
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Created by Taika Waititi, who is currently directing Thor: Ragnarok, the clip has all the heart and deadpan humor of the director's vampire mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows and it's pretty much perfect.
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And in the process we often catch films that might fall under the radar (or just get overlooked in lieu of a second, or third, viewing of Thor: Ragnarok or Star Wars: The Last Jedi).
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Last year's Thor: Ragnarok wasn't just about the god of thunder and lightning fighting with the goddess of death — it was also about refugees, immigrants, the pitfalls of imperialism, and Donald Trump's vision for America.
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Vision (Paul Bettany) and Wanda Maximoff (Elisabeth Olsen) are off on a romantic getaway, Banner has been off with Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) dealing with Ragnarok and the destruction of Asgard.
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Sequences with Star-Lord, Rocket (Bradley Cooper), and Groot (Vin Diesel) feel like they're from one of James Gunn's Guardians films; Thor seems like he's walked right off the set of Taika Waititi's Thor: Ragnarok.
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The trio are striking a power pose in front of a poster for Thor: Ragnarok, and it looks like five-year-old Jack loved the movie just as much as his dad and uncle did.
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Black may have made a mistake directing his gauntlet at Hemsworth, since the actor probably had little to nothing to do with the choice of music in Ragnarok, but director Taika Waititi cleared things up.
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That means teaming up with old Thor Ragnarok pal Chris Hemsworth, who seems to take a little inspiration from his role in Ghostbusters when he wakes up from his morning nap and asks for tacos.
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The teaser trailer for Thor: Ragnarok, which debuted on Monday, racked up a record 136 million views in its first 24 hours, making it the highest viewed trailer debut for Marvel and Disney to date.
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Thor and the Hulk were absent from the events of Civil War and were last seen fleeing Asgard at the end of 2017's Thor: Ragnarok, so their current Avenger status is a question mark.
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There's actually a fairly valid reason for this — Alexander had a scheduling conflict with her NBC series, Blindspot (which films in New York), that prevented her from being involved in Ragnarok (which shot in Australia).
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Even "Thor: Ragnarok" harnessed a comedic talent, New Zealand director Taika Waititi, known for hits such as the vampire mockumentary "What We Do in the Shadows," to take the Norse god in a new direction.
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It's hard to see how any of this familiar texture will fit into his current project: he just started shooting the new Marvel Cinematic Universe installment Thor: Ragnarok, currently slated for release in November 2017.
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Thompson plays Agent M, who teams up with the charming British operative Agent H—played by her Thor: Ragnarok co-star Chris Hemsworth—to stop a mysterious force that threatens to unravel the whole organization.
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Here's what to look forward to: Thor: Ragnarok has everything you could want in a Thor movie: Loki, Tessa Thompson, and Cate Blanchett assuming what is doubtless her true form as a goddess of death.
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For others, Thor: Ragnarok and Chris Hemsworth's new haircut, or Black Panther and the wonders of Wakanda, or Carol Danvers zipping through the galaxy or all three were the gateway movie that got us hooked.
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Taika Waititi, director of Thor: Ragnarok, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, and What We Do in the Shadows (basically a great filmmaker is what we're driving at) has a tendency for getting snapped while sound asleep.
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While Thor: Ragnarok still centers around a white guy, it's got a meatier role than ever before for Heimdall, leader of the Asgardian resistance and protector of its people in Thor's absence during Hela's reign.
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That tension is part of what powers the stories as they move, inexorably, toward Ragnarok and the apocalypse, and it's how Gaiman plays between the two extremes that keeps this retelling fresh, vital, and compelling.
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For one thing, while Ragnarok doesn't waste much time setting up other Marvel movies, it still feels very much like a single chapter in an ongoing story, rather than a complete experience in and of itself.
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Civil War questions the utility of superheroes when the damage they cause can be so much worse than a villain's initial attack, while both Ragnarok and Black Panther are interested in the legacy of Western colonialism.
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As Cosmopolitan pointed out, Hiddleston was in the middle of a jog in Australia, where he's filming Thor: Ragnarok, when a reporter stopped to ask him about Swift, who has been spotted with him Down Under.
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Ever since it was announced that Tessa Thompson would portray Valkyrie in Thor: Ragnarok, the third installment of the Chris Hemsworth-starring series, fans speculated about a romance between the hammer-loving Avenger and the warrior.
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The actress, 48, is stepping into the role of Hela, the goddess of death in the upcoming Thor: Ragnarok — and she recently that she is actually the first female villain to appear in a Marvel movie.
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And it's likely to kick off a debate about whether Star Wars eventually needs its own version of Thor: Ragnarok, an idiosyncratic, obviously director-flavored, predominately humorous movie that gives its characters a hipshot, silly charm.
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In a picture featuring the 5-year-old and his brother Cully, the actor gave a bicep pose to the camera following a viewing of the new movie Thor: Ragnarok, starring fellow Marvel member Chris Hemsworth.
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Come Thor: Ragnarok in November, we will behold the ultimate act of preserving Jeff Goldblum as our grounding constant in a film: a villain updated from his Marvel comic origins to be more like Jeff Goldblum.
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Early behind-the-scenes looks (courtesy of social media) teased Thompson and Hemsworth falling into their established Ragnarok chemistry, and the trailer proves we're in for another memorable romp with these two and some intergalactic enemies.
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That Loki, who did not experience the redemption arc seen through Thor: The Dark World, Thor: Ragnarok, and Avengers: Infinity War is still villainous and ready to wreak havoc...and he's coming to Disney+ in 2021.
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The funny Kiwis Jemaine Clement (of Flight of the Conchords) and Taika Waititi (the director of "Thor: Ragnarok") have taken that movie, which they directed, and turned it into a TV series of the same name.
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Hela serves as a terrifying reminder that the past has a way of catching up to the present In Thor: Ragnarok, Thor is the one who rises to the occasion of facing down Asgard's ugly past.
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Thor: Ragnarok This movie serves up Thor's Infinity War challenges by seeing Loki take the Tesseract (the thing Thanos comes for in Infinity War) and by destroying Thor's hammer at the hands of his sister Hela. 19.
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The Thor: Ragnarok star, 34, shared a photo of himself alongside his wife Elsa Pataky, Damon and his wife Luciana Barroso and other friends on Instagram on Sunday at the Byron Bay Bluesfest, a local music festival.
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Instead, Thor: Ragnarok stars Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson reunite for a more prosaic expansion of the 22-year-old (!) franchise that, as the straightforward title suggests, extends the MIB agency from the US to the world.
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The end of Thor: Ragnarok left our mightiest hero down a planet, an eye, and a hammer — but judging by a new batch of Avengers photos, two of those things might be more replaceable than we thought.
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Standouts include Chris Hemsworth, who brings a ragged edge to the funnier Thor we saw in Ragnarok, and Tom Holland, who proves capable of expressing an entire monologue's worth of feelings with a change in facial expression.
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So even in the midst of a busy Australian stay (filming Thor: Ragnarok with his mates Hiddleston and Hemsworth), the Luther star managed to squeeze in an impromptu gig in at a Sydney club on Thursday night.
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Thor: Ragnarok is a certifiable thirst-fest—directed by Taika Waititi, starring Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Mark Ruffalo, Idris Elba, and Cate Blanchett as a villain—could a movie ask for more in terms of sex appeal?
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It's hard to see how this kind of deadpan humor and petty-ante struggle could work in Waititi's latest project, directing the new adventures of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's god of thunder in 2017's Thor: Ragnarok.
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The image featured Jack as well as Pratt's brother Cully, with the star giving a bicep pose to the camera following a viewing of the new movie Thor: Ragnarok, starring fellow Marvel Cinematic Universe member Chris Hemsworth.
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A picture recently surfaced on Reddit claiming to show an image of Thor's new hammer from Avengers: Infinity war, his trusty blunt instrument Mjolnir having been shattered by his sister Hela during the events of Thor: Ragnarok.
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That said, Thor: Ragnarok ended with Loki growing up and actually being a good guy, and Thanos killing a Loki who just decided to be good is a lot more powerful than if Loki were still evil.
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From Boy to Thor: Ragnarok, Waititi's zany body of work is also an exploration of the double-edged sword of prejudice and hate, which hurts both the one it's aimed at and the one who wields it.
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What's interesting about Ragnarok, though, is that even its across-the-board criticisms — that it's a little too jokey and doesn't carry a lot of emotional heft — don't seem enough to push it in to "rotten" territory.
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In the Marvel Cinematic Universe (the Marvel movies that started with Iron Man in 2008 and continue through today), The Hulk has appeared three times with one more coming in the movie Thor: Ragnarok, out on October 25.
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While Foster never technically left the universe there are a few lines about how she's off being a scientist (Avengers: Age of Ultron), or that she and Thor broke up (Thor: Ragnarok), to explain why she didn't appear.
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On the big screen, Zoe Saldana recently reprised her role as alien-humanoid Gamora in Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War, and Tessa Thompson also joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe last year as the butt-kicking Valkyrie in Thor: Ragnarok.
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"Thor: Ragnarok," the third installment of Marvel's standalone "Thor" film franchise, sees Chris Hemsworth reprise his role as the superhero and places Thor well outside of his comfort zone, relying on others to help him save the world.
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Last seen impersonating Odin on the Asgardian throne at the end of Thor: The Dark World, Loki returns with a fetching new uniform, a couple of cool knives, and some brand-new allies in the Thor: Ragnarok trailer.
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The most important prerequisites to enjoying Infinity War are, in my humble opinion, the first two Avengers movies, the first Guardians of the Galaxy film, Iron Man, Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, Thor: Ragnarok, and Black Panther.
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Whether the improvement is due to some unspoken prophecy of Shadows' serialized destiny, the duo's ever-increasing talent and experience (Waititi's work on Thor: Ragnarok certainly didn't hurt), or a combination of the two is tough to say.
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Time will tell whether it can stretch up to MCU blockbuster scale, but if he can approach Ragnarok with the distinctiveness and ease he shows here, it may mark a high point for the Thor series to date.
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More than anything, it speaks to what Thor has been through, losing his mother, father, brother, best friend, and entire civilization in such quick succession (when Endgame starts, the events of Ragnarok were still barely a month ago).
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It was projected to sail past the $100 million mark at the domestic box office, but fell short of that benchmark — and earned less than the $122 million that Marvel's "Thor: Ragnarok" raked in just two weeks before.
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In fact, Disney and Marvel Studios' 2017 film, "Thor: Ragnarok," grossed over $850 million worldwide and reinvigorated Thor's character, all while throwing Cate Blanchett's Hela, and Jeff Goldblum's Grand Master into the mix — two of Thor's mightiest villains.
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Of course, there are worse missteps for a movie to make than sparking viewers' desire to see more of actors like Blanchett or Goldblum, who are living their best lives in Ragnarok and enjoying every second of it.
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In a 2017 interview with Page Six, Chris Hemsworth said that his time in Ghostbusters and Saturday Night Live — both productions with many women at the forefront — allowed him practice his comedic timing before the very funny Thor: Ragnarok.
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The excitement over Spider-Man: Homecoming and Thor: Ragnarok has made me realize how few superhero movies capture the joy and fun of being a hero, and how many dwell on the pain and duty aspect of the job.
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The Guardians of the Galaxy star stayed silent on Instagram until November of that year, when he shared a photo himself, Jack, his 6-year-old son with Faris, and Cully, his brother, after a viewing of Thor: Ragnarok.
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Even Loki, a villain turned semi-hero, seemingly died in Thor: The Dark World, came back for Thor: Ragnarok, died again in Avengers: Infinity War, and is back in play due to time-travel shenanigans as of Avengers: Endgame.
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The Thor: Ragnarok premiere was held at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood last night, and according to People Magazine, Miley and Liam "walked hand-in-hand" and posed for photographs together on the red carpet before the screening.
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In the run-up to the autumn release of Thor: Ragnarok, Jeff Goldblum hit the promo track hard, appearing in brightly colored clothes and his trademark thick-rimmed spectacles, sprinkling cheer and goodwill across a generally turd-stained year.
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Before Taika Waititi directed one of the best superhero movies of all time (Ragnarok, obviously), he teamed up with Flight of the Conchords' Jemaine Clement on this perfect mockumentary about a group of vampires flatting together in New Zealand.
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Compare it to Thor: Ragnarok, where the villain was just an excuse to do battle, and the difference is perfectly clear — battle here doesn't just mean success for our hero, it means success for one world view over another.
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If Ragnarok is an adjustment to the overly serious, faux-Shakespearean theatrics of Thor and The Dark World, then it feels like a slight over-correction, to the extent that it's hard to take any of this very seriously.
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Although Marvel's Kevin Feige has said "80 to 90 percent" of Thor: Ragnarok takes place outside of Earth (hence why Natalie Portman's Jane Foster won't appear), we know Thor swings by at least long enough to visit Stephen Strange.
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Then there are the Guardians of the Galaxy and Doctor Strange, who haven't interacted with the rest of the characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (save Doctor Strange's brief Thor: Ragnarok cameo) and therefore haven't been offered Avenger status.
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Spending time in nature has a proven wellness benefit and those who are dedicated to this sport, especially on a long endurance race such as Ragnarok, report peak experiences of being in the zone, and engaged at every level.
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Now, there's Taika Waititi, who made his name as a director on Flight of the Conchords and the vampire mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows, and is now shifting gears to direct next year's Thor: Ragnarok for Marvel.
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Seconds before that, we see unidentified legs wandering through a sea of bodies — and the casualties all seem to be dressed in Asgardian robes, or the gladiatorial armor of the rebels who escaped Sakaar at the end of Ragnarok.
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" It's clear from Waititi's comedies that he is still in touch with his mischievous inner child, which served him well when Marvel Studios was looking for a director to reinvigorate the "Thor" franchise for its third entry, "Thor: Ragnarok.
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"Thor Ragnarok" director Taika Waititi is deep in production for "Jojo Rabbit," a WWII satire in which a young German boy with an imaginary friend (played by Waititi in Hitler get up) is forced to confront his naive worldview.
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The Defenders (August 18, Netflix): It's gonna be a few months until Thor: Ragnarok assembles some of your favorite big-screen MCU heroes, so click over to Netflix to see the MCU's scrappier small-screen heroes form the Defenders.
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"Hunt for the Wilderpeople" is the highest-grossing film in New Zealand, by local filmmaker Taika Waititi, who is moving up from indie films to Hollywood blockbusters, directing the upcoming Disney-Marvel superhero movie "Thor: Ragnarok" starring Chris Hemsworth.
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Tasha Robinson: I'm definitely not feeling the work in watching movies like Spider-Man: Homecoming, Guardians of the Galaxy 20173, and Thor: Ragnarok, except to the degree that seeing and writing about these films literally is my actual work.
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Celebrated director and actor Taika Waititi gets his long-overdue mainstream break with the upcoming Thor: Ragnarok, and it's largely due to this savvy vampire mockumentary, a breakout cult favorite that skewers horror tropes, reality TV, and bad roommates.
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" That blockbuster made Mr. Jordan an even bigger star, and Tessa Thompson, who plays Adonis' girlfriend, Bianca, has also seen her Hollywood profile rise in the past few years thanks to her roles in "Thor: Ragnarok" and HBO's "Westworld.
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The Marvel mold is as close to being broken with this film, as "Thor: Ragnarok" turns the comedy and action of "Guardians of the Galaxy" into the blockbuster equivalent of an airbrushed van mural or '80s rock album cover.
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There's a keen realization of Thor's ego in Ragnarok, as the film explores what happens to a man who's been told he's a god since the day he was born, and the alienation he can feel as a result.
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The interconnected universe approach is what allowed the Hulk to disappear from the Marvel Universe after the events in Age of Ultron and not appear in another movie or in the universe again until he's found in Thor: Ragnarok.
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In March 2017, the star posted a video of how he gets into shape for Thor and captioned it, "Gettin it done with the worlds best trainer," he wrote about Luke Zocchi, who also trained Hemsworth's Thor: Ragnarok costar Cate Blanchett.
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Appearing in racially-charged films including For Colored Girls (2010) and Selma (2014), Thompson also hinted at her own sexual identity by advocating for that of her character Valkyrie's in Thor: Ragnarok, taking to Twitter to confirm the warrior's bisexuality.
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Chris Hemsworth's Marvel Cinematic Universe character Thor was an integral part of the first Avengers movie, but as the shared-world series has continued, he's been moved out of the main storyline in preparation for his sidebar movie, Thor: Ragnarok.
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On Thursday, Lucasfilm posted the first photo of The Mandalorian and announced they have hired people like actor Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic World) and filmmakers Rick Famuyiwa (Dope) and Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok) to direct episodes of the new series.
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Tom Hiddleston has once again slipped into character as Thor and The Avengers' scheming nemesis, showing up with costar Chris Hemsworth on the set on Thor: Ragnarok in Brisbane, Australia, as he sported the God of Mischief's trademark long, oily 'do.
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And now this month, Hiddleston returned to his fan-loved role Loki for the beginning of production on Thor: Ragnarok in Australia, along with a San Diego Comic-Con appearance Saturday in support of his upcoming film, Kong: Skull Island.
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Thor: Ragnarok, the third movie following the Asgardian god of thunder, is set to be released in November of this year, and after watching the film's first trailer, which premiered at San Diego Comic-Con in July, we were immediately excited.
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And then there's the question Thor: Ragnarok raises, the question I ask every time a new Marvel movie out-performs a DC film at the box office: Has DC finally learned something about why Marvel movies get so much praise?
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Outside of his blossoming mixed martial arts career, Elba is set to reprise his role as Heimdall, the all-seeing Asgardian god, in Thor: Ragnarok, and will play gunslinger Roland Deschain in The Dark Tower adaption coming out next year.
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"You've got nothing for each other – so make sure you have date night even if it's once in a blue moon, because most of the time you're just too tired and you'd actually prefer to sleep," the Thor: Ragnarok star explained.
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That means it's surpassed the opening weekends of nearly all of Marvel's other superhero flicks, including The Avengers: Age of Ultron, both Guardians of the Galaxy movies, and solo vehicles like Captain America: Civil War, Iron Man, and Thor: Ragnarok.
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At the time, it was the biggest trailer debut in history, before being dethroned by Fate of the Furious and later still by Stephen King's It. The most viewed Marvel trailer before Ragnarok was for 2016's Captain America: Civil War.
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Helping matters is that the core Avengers — Black Widow, Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, and the Hulk — all have distinct characterizations that can be matched up in exciting new permutations; think of Thor and Hulk's buddy-comedy antics in Thor: Ragnarok.
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Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston are in the city to film scenes for the latest instalment of the Marvel film series Thor: Ragnarok, with hundreds of onlookers trying their best to squeeze a glimpse of the stars on Monday morning.
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While Thor's roommate Darryl isn't featured in the actual movies, he became a Marvel fan-favorite, thanks to a series of hilarious shorts that explained what Thor was up to during Captain America: Civil War and leading up to Thor: Ragnarok.
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I applied that formula to a couple of big movies since, the first being Thor: Ragnarok – which I predicted could be the best-reviewed superhero movie of all time (it came very close, missing that honor by only 943 percentage points).
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Directed, written, and starring filmmaker Taika Waititi (who's helming the upcoming Thor: Ragnarok), the offbeat comedy follows vampire roommates living in New Zealand and gives an "insider's look" at what it's really like as supernatural creatures adapting to the 21st century.
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Hollywood could continue to raise The Center for Great Apes' profile later this year, thanks to a stop-motion film about Bubbles' life is directed by Taika Waititi of the upcoming Thor: Ragnarok and Mark Gustafson of Fantastic Mr. Fox.
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The 34-year-old Australian actor walked the red carpet on Wednesday at the Los Angeles premiere of Marvel's latest film Thor: Ragnarok with his wife Elsa Pataky by his side, and admitted she is in better shape than he is.
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In a sense, a movie like "Thor: Ragnarok" represents the apex of Marvel's strategy -- a giant spectacle that in many respects plays like a comic book come to life, while being liberated enough to experiment with light-hearted quirks and idiosyncrasies.
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Disney's tentpole properties have been selecting young directors who cut their teeth in independent film to helm major blockbusters (like Taika Waititi's Thor: Ragnarok and Rian Johnson's Star Wars: The Last Jedi), but even by those standards Coogler is a newbie.
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With Chris Hemsworth reprising the title role, "Thor: Ragnarok" will finish far above its predecessors, nearly doubling the 2011 opening of "Thor" at $65.7 million and coming in 41% above the 2013 sequel "Thor: The Dark World" at $85.7 million.
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Disney assembled a team that gave the show immediate credibility: Jon Favreau (Iron Man) as showrunner, a cast that includes Carl Weathers and Werner Herzog, and episode directors like Rick Famuyiwa (Dope) and Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok; Jojo Rabbit) among them.
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Directed by Taika Waititi (who is slated to direct Thor: Ragnarok), Hunt for the Wilderpeople is about Dennison's Ricky Baker, a foster kid who is taken in by kindly Bella (Rima Te Wiata) and her grumpy husband, Hec (Sam Neill).
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" Cornel Ozies, an Australian Aboriginal filmmaker who was one of eight native people Waititi invited to shadow him on the "Ragnarok" shoot, characterizes Waititi's on-set style as specifically indigenous: "If you talk about his Maori heritage, it's big families.
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Coming of Ragnarok The socio-economic situation of the region had recovered at the time of the carving of the Rok runestone, but the collective memory of the extreme cold climate event likely passed down through the generations, the study said.
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A few would pop up from time to time: Tony Stark appeared in Spider-Man: Far From Home, and Thor went on an adventure with the Hulk in Thor: Ragnarok, but the third phase was mostly left for developing new characters.
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The nagging flaw and missed opportunity of Ragnarok is that despite Hemsworth performing at the top of his game alongside talented actors like Hiddleston, Hopkins, and Blanchett, the movie's most renowned cast members hardly get to play off one another.
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Gamora, Drax, and the other Guardians aren't technically Avengers, but that's just because they operate in Marvel's cosmic universe, which we found out in Thor: Ragnarok is connected to Thor's Asgard, a recently destroyed world populated by Norse gods and goddesses.
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In Norse mythology, the sky wolves Hati and Skoll chase the sun and the moon endlessly, waiting for Ragnarok, when they can finally swallow their prey and plunge the earth into darkness, heralding the final destruction of the Viking gods.
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Outside of shooting the films, nearly every element of the filmmaking process happens within Marvel's offices or on the Disney lot — and in one of its visual-effects screening rooms, Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi screened an in-progress scene from his film.
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Twitter introduces 40 adorable Avengers emoji, including Korg from Thor: Ragnarok Twitter might be slow to addressing any of your personal concerns about the platform and its relationship to democracy, but it's moving fast when it comes to big movie tie-ins.
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In another recent Verge interview, Thor: Ragnarok visual effects supervisor Jake Morrison talked a fair bit about how the set and costumes were specifically designed so you could keep your cameras rolling and shoot this as much like an indie film as possible.
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It sounds like a perfect fit for Marvel's blockbuster Thor movies about the hammer-wielding Norse thunder god, which is why Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi was so insistent about getting it in his film — but landing the rights was no easy feat.
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And with big-budget examples like Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Thor: Ragnarok adding women of color to their central ensembles, some stellar actors of color got a chance to shine in major blockbusters in 2017 — something that is always worth celebrating.
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" But the comedy in "Ragnarok" is very much a trademark of Waititi, who likes to find comedy often by placing unlikely characters in mundane settings, such as vampires sharing an apartment in 2014's cult hit "What We Do in the Shadows.
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The director leaped from beloved indie filmmaker into the A-list when he single-handedly saved one of the worst Marvel franchises—Thor—with the stellar Ragnarok, and the man basically has a free pass to do whatever he wants to now.
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Studio entertainment revenues fell 27 percent to $1.8 billion thanks to the strong performance of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" and "Thor: Ragnarok" in the prior-year quarter compared with "Mary Poppins Returns" and "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms" this year.
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" Watch this space... #Ragnarok A post shared by Taika Waititi (@taikawaititi) on Sep 30, 2016 at 5:15am PDT "So we got the next best thing, which is this super hot young character actor named Taika Waititi, who I've personally come to love.
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Get set for new entries in durable movie franchises like Spiderman ("Homecoming"), the X-Men ("Logan"), Alien ("Covenant"), Thor ("Ragnarok"), Pirates of the Caribbean ("Dead Men Tell No Tales"), Transformers ("The Last Knight") and The Fast and Furious ("The Fate of the Furious").
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The Hulk may be invulnerable, but Bruce is all vulnerability, and his fear of his desires causing further harm is part of what drives Hulk to steal Quinjet and hide away in space, where he remains until the events of Thor: Ragnarok.
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Josh Dickey, Mashable: If Ragnarok is an adjustment to the overly serious, faux-Shakespearean theatrics of Thor and The Dark World, then it feels like a slight over-correction, to the extent that it's hard to take any of this very seriously.
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Hunt for the Wilderpeople once again draws on Waititi's talent for unexpected comedy against a backdrop of affectionate characterization, and it was a hit with critics, some of whom saw it as a welcome harbinger of what audiences could expect with Thor: Ragnarok.
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Months later, in October, Ruffalo would accidentally live-stream a portion of Thor: Ragnarok on his Instagram story, making it seem like he's not only bad at technology but also possibly capable of accidentally spoiling the biggest movie in Marvel Studios history.
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It follows the mold-breaking work of James Gunn's stylish "Guardians of the Galaxy" movies and Taika Waititi's self-aware "Thor: Ragnarok," suggesting — after 10 years of Tony Stark — that Marvel's tolerance for risk might be growing along with its financial clout.
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Byatt's Ragnarok is lyrical and positively teeming with imagery: As you read, you can vividly imagine the dripping maw of Fenrir the wolf as he prepares to swallow the world, the sea frothing around the Midgard Serpent as she frolics in destruction.
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Among our favorite moments: Before he became a geek favorite for his adorable on-set antics as director of Thor: Ragnarok, Taika Waititi was a cult fave thanks to a charming cadre of films set in his home country of New Zealand.
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That's where the humor [on Thor: Ragnarok] differs from every other one of these superhero movies—not to detract from the comedy of something like Guardians of the Galaxy, but you can tell that certain things rely on the skill of the actors.
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And while previous Thor films have been pretty drab-looking (particularly disappointing given the crazy beauty of the source material), Waititi really embraces that fact — even more than Guardians of the Galaxy, Ragnarok is packed with creatively designed aliens, alien costumes and alien technology.
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GLAAD points out that a number of comic book characters have seen their queer identities erased in their big-screen adaptations — in addition to Valkyrie, there's Korg (also from Thor: Ragnarok), Wonder Woman, and Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn (from The Lego Batman Movie).
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The film was co-directed by Taika Waititi (The Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Thor: Ragnarok) and Mark Gustafson (The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio), from a script by unknown screenwriter Isaac Adamson that ranked near the top of Hollywood's 2015 Black List.
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In theory, the shift makes sense: the MIB agency is supposed to be vast and far-reaching, and Smith's de facto replacement is rising star Tessa Thompson, a gifted actress who has also enlivened her share of franchise films (Thor: Ragnarok; the Creed movies).
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Even in a world as primary colored as director Taika Waititi's Thor: Ragnarok, he stands out: dressed in gold and blue and red, hair coiffed so he resembles a pewter cockatiel, and adorned with electric blue eyeliner and a vertical line of matching lipstick.
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Given how many small details and setups any given expanded universe film has to cram in these days, it's a testament to Waititi's resolve that Thor: Ragnarok is able to spend so much of its running time on small character beats and funny asides.
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And all of this would be of little consequence, except that back home in Asgard, Hela (Cate Blanchett) is busy bringing about "Ragnarok," which is some kind of cryptic code-word for the destruction of this little slice of Valhalla that Thor calls home.
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In The Poetic Edda and The Prose Edda — the two primary accounts of Norse mythology in existence today — it's said that when Sól and Máni are swallowed by the wolves Skoll and Hati, the world will be plunged into darkness, and Ragnarok will begin.
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Netflix is leaning into its selection of Marvel titles, including the second season of Luke Cage, the hilarious Thor: Ragnarok, and the latest season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Not only that, but the service is also adding Rian Johnson's Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
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Tessa Thompson & Chris Hemsworth's movie bond is one for the ages, born out of Thor: Ragnarok, cemented by Avengers: Endgame, and basically the main selling point for their new movie, MIB: International (their hilarious on-set Instagrams are a master class in organic marketing).
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With What We Do in the Shadows director Taika Waititi behind the camera, Thor: Ragnarok looks like the first Marvel movie to take full advantage of Chris Hemsworth's comic chops – with welcome assists from Mark Ruffalo, Tessa Thompson, Jeff Goldblum, and Cate Motherf*cking Blanchett.
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WATCH: Miley Cyrus & Liam Hemsworth Make Rare Red Carpet Appearance to Support His Brother Chris at 'Thor: Ragnarok' Premiere The two were talking a stroll in Savannah, Georgia, wearing comfy clothes, ball caps and matching bands on their ring fingers that ignited some marriage buzz.
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Sometimes they contain huge reveals that hint at future movies (see: Thanos intercepting Thor's Asgardian spaceship at the end of Thor: Ragnarok, which sets up the starting point of Infinity War, or Infinity War's post-credits scene, which teases the introduction of Captain Marvel).
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And though Evans mentions Hemsworth as ending his Marvel run, too, it's generally believed that the success of Thor: Ragnarok, combined with Hemsworth's positive comments about working on the film and director Taika Waititi's take on the character, could bring Hemsworth back for Thor 4.
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Spider-Man: Homecoming was one of the most genuinely fun superhero movies I've seen since The Avengers; Thor: Ragnarok turned the franchise on its head, recreating the superhero and giving the character a much-needed, refreshing change; Wonder Woman redefined what a DC/Warner Bros.
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Although neither could topple "Thor: Ragnarok," which remained No. 224 for a second week, the sturdy results for "Daddy's Home 21.2" and "Murder on the Orient Express" gave Hollywood hope that its formulas may not be as broken as many had started to believe.
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Veering from farce to sentimentality, infused throughout with the anarchic pop humanism Waititi has brought to projects as various as "Hunt for the Wilderpeople" and "Thor: Ragnarok," it risks going wrong in a dozen different ways and manages to avoid at least half of them.
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Waititi and his writing team lean into this idea in Ragnarok, cleverly mining the idea that Thor has no idea just how much his home means to him, and using his aloof relationship with the Asgardian people to finally infuse him with real humanity.
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Like a Halloween haul of glimmering treasures with a pale band of Necco Wafers waiting at the bottom, Thor: Ragnarok is an entertaining gem full of treats and surprises that can't quite obscure one sad problem: The film's main villain, Hela, is a disappointment.
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It's still unclear whether Strange's role in Ragnarok extends beyond this cameo, but it's fun to know that he's giving the god of thunder some mystical arts advisement; judging from the wrath that Hela is bringing, Thor needs all the help he can get.
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In a simple "note to readers," published November 3, the newspaper explained that it could not review Thor: Ragnarok prior to the film's release — nor include it or the highly anticipated Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi in its annual entertainment Holiday Preview.
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But the studio can still use the character, and what's especially interesting is that Ruffalo has said that Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War, and the upcoming Avengers: Endgame represent a trilogy for Bruce Banner/the Hulk, with Endgame serving as the final chapter of the Hulk's arc.
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Now, with Doctor Strange in the fold, Hulk on a planet of alien gladiators in Thor: Ragnarok, the discovery of the Microverse in Ant-Man, and the promised arrival of Captain Marvel in 203, it's clear that Earth is just one location in a far grander reality.
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier grappled with the surveillance state; Thor: Ragnarok transformed Asgardians from galactic colonizers into refugees; and Black Panther tackled the moral hazard of isolationism through the prism of the African diaspora, a topic no other Hollywood studio had ever considered giving blockbuster treatment.
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Beyond adapting Christine Leunens' book, Waititi (an indie darling whose studio credentials include "Thor: Ragnarok") also plays the role of Adolf Hitler, the slightly funky imaginary friend of 10-year-old Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis), who wants nothing more than to be a good Hitler youth.
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In the Prose Edda, a volume of Norse mythology cobbled together out of the Icelandic oral tradition by Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century, Baldur's death immediately precedes Ragnarok, an event that upends much of the world and causes the destruction of many of the gods.
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The Avenger — played to perfection by either your first or second favorite Hemsworth brother, Chris — has certainly had a lot to deal with across the Marvel universe's many, many films, but one thing that he'll likely have to deal with in Thor: Ragnarok that he hasn't before?
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Once he accidentally live-streamed audio from the premiere of Thor: Ragnarok, and there was that other time he straight up revealed the ending to Avengers: Infinity War, which is likely why Jimmy Fallon invited him on The Tonight Show to discuss the upcoming Avengers film.
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Although a large portion of it focused on his upcoming project, Thor: Ragnarok, Waititi also shared his thoughts on the Marvel universe (he ignored it), breaking into the film industry (be an assistant first), and the best way to approach a celebrity in public (just do it).
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There are ice giants and elves, familiar deities like Thor, Odin (the wise and occasionally vengeful highest god) and Loki (the giant trickster), and a frightening doomsday scenario, Ragnarok, where the gods fight a fire giant with a flaming sword in an apocalyptic, world-ending battle.
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The Disney-owned superhero factory, which plans to unleash "Ragnarok" in November 2017, ended by announcing that the Oscar-winning actress Brie Larson would play the lead in "Captain Marvel," which is planned for 2019 and will become the first Marvel movie anchored by a woman.
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Gradually, though, Mr. Hemsworth was allowed to cut down on the piety and self-seriousness so that, maybe, by the time "Thor: Ragnarok" opens in November, what's left is a leading-man foundation that takes him from subpar Laurence Olivier to peak Charlton Heston or Mel Gibson.
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The comic book industry doesn't care if you're a New York Times best-selling author or the winner of a National Book Award — it has no problem canceling books, even great ones, even ones featuring Black Panther, the star of Marvel's next big movie after Thor: Ragnarok.
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Luckily, MIB: International has plenty of all of those things, and Tessa Thompson and her co-star Chris Hemsworth — rewarming the chemistry they first served to viewers in 2017's Thor: Ragnarok — have the ability to charm even if they're just silently grinning at each other.
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Throughout Marvel Studios' 10-year cinematic history, we've seen the world saved multiple times, from threats ranging from a chunk of Earth poised to crash down and wipe us out like the dinosaurs in Avengers: Age of Ultron to the unkillable goddess of death in Thor: Ragnarok.
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With some major star power in Blanchett, Hiddleston, a rumored appearance by Benedict Cumberbatch's Doctor Strange, and the piqued interest of how Thor and the Guardians of the Galaxy are now connected, it looks like Ragnarok might prove that for Thor, the third time's the charm.
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Sure, it's pretty much just a renaming at this point, not a Grandmasters Arena-themed overhaul a la Thor: Ragnarok, but seeing as Chris Hemsworth is a major fan of one of the home team, the Australian Football League's Western Bulldogs, we're keeping everything crossed for some fun stunts.
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Hunt for the Wilderpeople, a misfit buddy comedy from indie darling Taika Waititi — who's slated to direct Thor: Ragnarok next — was pure delight, while Don't Think Twice, from comedian Mike Birbiglia (probably best known for his appearances on This American Life), explored friendship in the context of standup comedy.
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Fed up with the speculation and misinformation, the Thor: Ragnarok actor hit up Instagram where he called out the magazine and poked fun at the speculations, announcing that he was "looking for a new wife," while Pataky (definitely still his wife) reclined next to him on a boat.
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There are lots of reasons Thor: Ragnarok works as well as it does: a ridiculously talented director, an deep bench of charismatic supporting stars, an eye-popping array of costumes and sets, a killer synth-heavy score, a franchise-making machine well-honed after nine years and 17 films.
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McAvoy and Fassbender declined to reveal which film they were referring to, but Yahoo points out that the only other superhero movies that have been released in the right time frame and feature scenes set in space are Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War, Captain Marvel and Avengers: Endgame.
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And if so, will this cause the seas to rise, the skies to darken, the mountains to tremble and the events of Ragnarok to unfold, with the great wolf Fenris devouring Odin the All-Father and even mighty Thor brought low, after slaying the world-encircling Midgard serpent?
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As with other test cases for narrative globalization, like the South Korean "Kingdom" or the Scandinavian "Ragnarok," you can sense the bending of local traditions toward Netflix norms: the six-episode season; the emphasis on action and mystery; the clockwork interjections of a Westernized, universally intelligible wry humor.
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JOJO RABBIT Scaling down after "Thor: Ragnarok," Taika Waititi directed this (somehow) comedy set during World War II. It's about a German boy (Roman Griffin Davis) whose imaginary friend is Hitler (Waititi) and whose mother (Scarlett Johansson) is secretly sheltering a Jewish girl (Thomasin McKenzie, from "Leave No Trace").
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JOJO RABBIT Scaling down after "Thor: Ragnarok," Taika Waititi directed this (somehow) comedy set during World War II. It's about a German boy (Roman Griffin Davis) whose imaginary friend is Hitler (Waititi) and whose mother (Scarlett Johansson) is secretly sheltering a Jewish girl (Thomasin McKenzie, from "Leave No Trace").
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According to Lainey Gossip, Hemsworth — or, more likely, whoever is in charge of the Aussie actor's social media accounts — posted a pretty sweet snapshot from the Atlanta set of Thor: Ragnarok to wish Hopkins (who also happens to be in the Norse-mythology-turned-superhero-epic franchise) a happy birthday.
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Neil Gaiman's "Norse Mythology" seems the more modest: it is a simple retelling of the backbone of myths from the creation of gods and men to Ragnarok, the final battle of the gods, when "brothers will fight brothers, fathers will kill sons" and the sun will vanish from the sky.
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The next phase includes a mix of sequels, like Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness — to be directed by Scott Derrickson, which is described as the MCU's first horror film, Thor: Love and Thunder, the fourth movie in the franchise, to be directed by Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi.
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Plot details for the Men in Black spinoff are unknown, but Hemsworth and Thompson do have character names listed on IMDb with the Thor actor playing Agent H and the actress portraying Agent M. The pair previously worked together as another heroic duo in Thor: Ragnarok, in which Thompson played Valkyrie.
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On October 21, Wardruna will release Runaljod – Ragnarok, the final album in its trilogy devoted to the Elder Futhark runes, via a partnership with By Norse (with whom Noisey has partnered to present the New York By Norse two-day musical and cultural event—a few tickets are still available here!).
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But it gave the thumbs-down to "Thor: Ragnarok" for deleting references to two characters who are bisexual or queer in the original Marvel comic book source material, criticized "Baywatch" for its "many jokes relying on gay panic for cheap laughs," and said "Pitch Perfect 3" sidelined a lesbian character.
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"Three years later, she posted a new selfie, telling the "Thor: Ragnarok" star that —juliette & the avocados (@gyllendaya) June 25, 2017Ruffalo spotted the tweet and said, "—Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) July 15, 2017 Speaking to INSIDER, Juliette said that Ruffalo's words made her feel "like I wasn't alone" as a teenager.
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I did like RAZZ, HAVE NOT, EVEN NOW, HOW GOES IT, X GAMES (which is also the name of the crossword in the print version of BUST Magazine), AJAX, RAGNAROK, ALL-IN-ONE, ZOOMS OUT, IRON MIKE, ZEROES IN, ZOETROPE, WHIZ KID and even SEXPOTS (it's still a great word).
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Seth Meyers breaks down the 'insane' things Trump said about hurricanes, climate change, and Colombia this week 'Thor Ragnarok' director's Nazi satire 'Jojo Rabbit' gets ridiculous first trailer Man with missing tooth uses it to freak out of his friends Orlando Bloom gets pranked by Katy Perry, totally falls for it
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" To help ensure nothing goes awry, executive producer Steven Spielberg has brought back the box-office good luck charm Jeff Goldblum (who also appears with Mr. Pratt in the current hit "Thor: Ragnarok") as Ian Malcolm, the mathematician from the original 1993 "Jurassic Park" and its 1997 sequel "The Lost World.
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With the producers Craig Kyle (who helped write Thor: Ragnarok) and Greg Johnston (who produced the animated X-Men: Evolution series) teaming up with Legendary Entertainment, the studio behind Detective Pikachu, it's safe to assume Pacific Rim will have an epic comic book scale and tongue-in-cheek sense of humor.
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As soon as he made what appeared to be a joke about sharing an Infinity War spoiler, Mark Ruffalo's cast members ratted him out as the least-trustworthy cast member, prompting Tom Hiddleston to share the time Ruffalo accidentally live-streamed a portion of Thor: Ragnarok on Instagram at the film's premiere.
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In it we note that when it comes to the apocalypse, there's nothing new under the sun: As long as we humans have been telling the story of our beginning, we've also been telling the story of our end—for every Asgard and Midgard, a Ragnarok; for every Garden of Eden, an Armageddon.
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Waititi wrote and directed 2017's Thor: Ragnarok, which took Chris Hemsworth's Asgardian hero Thor Odinson in a different, more comedic direction than his two previous movies and was the best reviewed Thor movie in the MCU, with a 93% Rotten Tomatoes score compared to Thor: The Dark World's 66% and Thor's 77%.
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Dive on in below: Marvel may unfortunately be keeping its trailer for Avengers: Infinity War under wraps for now, so fans will have to take solace in the neon-soaked synthesizers of a new Thor: Ragnarok trailer, which might just be the most fun a superhero movie has had in a long time.
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In the first season of Amazon's comics adaptation The Boys, anti-superhero vigilante Billy Butcher (Karl Urban of the Star Trek reboot movies and Thor: Ragnarok) comes to Susan Raynor, the deputy director of the CIA, with evidence of a massive corporate conspiracy, and a list of demands in exchange for the information.
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CreditCreditEmily Shur for The New York Times It was 1803 days before the scheduled release of "Thor: Ragnarok," and at 2180:22006 in the morning, the movie's director, Taika Waititi, was already dressed for another long day: knit cap, dapper wool shirt buttoned up to the neck, cup of coffee in hand.
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Billed as an "anti-hate satire" from Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi, the film follows young Jojo Betzler (newcomer Roman Griffin Davis), a Hitler Youth member during the waning months of WWII who is so fanatically devoted to the Third Reich that Hitler (as played by Waititi) is his personal imaginary friend.
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