Thursday, 7 November 2013

THOR: THE DARK WORD



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Thor: The Dark World

Thor: The Dark World (2013) Poster
 
Thor 2 is an American super hero action film which was released on the 30th of October 2013 in the UK and scheduled to be released worldwide on the 9th of November 2013. 

Thor: The Dark World premiered at the Odeon Leciester Square in London 
on the 22nd of October, 2013.
The cast at the film premiere in London


The film trailer 


Thor 2 is produced by Marvel who released the first trailer for Thor 2 back in March 2013 and distributed by Walt Disney

This movie was produced by Kevin Feige and directed by Alan Taylor.

The main stars are Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Natalie Portman as Jane Foster, Tom Hiddleston as Loki and Anthony Hopkins as Odin and many more!  

Natalie Portman as Jane Foster
Tom Hiddleston as Loki

Chris Hemsworth as Thor
Anthony Hopskins as Odin

There are a lot of special effects such as green screens used to add to the action/fantasy feel of the film. 

At the moment, this film is available only at the cinema in 2D and 3D in a variety of nationwide cinemas such as Cineworld, IMAX and Vue.
 It will also be available on DVD, Blu ray, by next year.

 It is a big budget film which has proven to be very successful with the public so far as they made a huge $109.4 million worldwide already. 

One main reason why this film is so successful is due to their marketing, they used a variety of marketing techniques such as posters, trailers on YouTube, trailers before other films in the cinema, billboards and many more.

Thor 2 was distributed by Walt Disney

A billboard in the US adversting Thor 2

This film is rated 12a so it is aimed at teenagers who enjoy action, adventure, fantasty films and Marvel fans. They also had merchandise along with their advertising to entice the fans, such as games, t shirts and comic books. This is ideal as many action fans may like collecting and it would interest them into watching the film. 
Thor 2 toy as part of the toy range
 

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