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24th July 2016 - Teasers
OH@ And now we're seeing some of the stuff they've shot for #Thor Ragnarok. Plus concept art. Thor's hair is cut. Aliens! #MarvelSDCC
— Ryan Penagos (@AgentM) July 24, 2016
GLADIATOR HULK! HELA! SURTUR!!!!! THis place just went bonkers. SO LOUD. #MarvelSDCC
— Ryan Penagos (@AgentM) July 24, 2016
24th July 2016 - New Logo
New logo for Marvel's "Thor: Ragnarok" unveiled at #MarvelSDCC! pic.twitter.com/Bu6H6UW7Ek
— Thor (@thorofficial) July 24, 2016
24th July 2016 - Hulk Armor Revealed
Some detail shots of the Gladiator #Hulk Armor. #MarvelSDCC pic.twitter.com/oqaBflGAo7
— Ryan Penagos (@AgentM) July 23, 2016
Some detail shots of the Gladiator #Hulk Armor. #MarvelSDCC pic.twitter.com/oqaBflGAo7
— Ryan Penagos (@AgentM) July 23, 2016
21st May 2016 - Marvel Confirms Cast
Two-time Oscar®-winner Cate Blanchett (“Blue Jasmine,” “Carol, “Cinderella”) joins Marvel Studios’ “Thor: Ragnarok” as the mysterious and powerful new villain Hela, along with Jeff Goldblum (the upcoming “Independence Day: Resurgence,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” “Jurassic Park”) who joins the cast as the eccentric Grandmaster, Tessa Thompson (“Creed,” “Selma”) who will bring the classic hero Valkyrie to life on the big screen, and Karl Urban (“Star Trek” trilogy, “The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King”) who will add his might to the fray as Skurge.
Rounding out the cast for the film is three-time Oscar®-nominee Mark Ruffalo (“Spotlight,” “The Kids Are All Right,” “Foxcatcher”), reprising his role of Bruce Banner/the Hulk from “Marvel’s The Avengers” and Marvel’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron.”
“The continuation of the epic Thor franchise will be powerful and unique, and with the additions of Cate, Jeff, Tessa, Karl, and Mark to the cast we have the makings of his most dangerous and heroic adventure yet,” said Producer Kevin Feige. “The sheer, raw talent each of these actors brings to the screen can’t be quantified. Having any one of them join the Marvel Cinematic Universe would be an honor, and having all of them is incredible."
Thor’s new cast members join returning stars Chris Hemsworth (“Rush,” “In the Heart of the Sea,” “Ghostbusters”) in the title role for the fifth time; Tom Hiddleston (“Crimson Peak,” “The Night Manager,” “Kong: Skull Island”) as Thor’s adversarial, adopted brother, Loki; Golden Globe® and Screen Actors Guild Award winner Idris Elba (“The Dark Tower,” “Luther,” “Beasts of No Nation”) as the Asgardian sentry, Heimdall; and Academy Award®-winner Sir Anthony Hopkins (“Silence of the Lambs,” “Nixon,” “Hitchcock”) again portraying Odin, Ruler of Asgard.
“Thor: Ragnarok,” the third installment of Marvel’s popular Norse Super Hero, is directed by Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Taika Waititi (“Two Cars, One Night,” “What We Do in the Shadows,” “Hunt for the Wilderpeople”). Kevin Feige will produce the film, joined by executive producers Louis D’Esposito, Brad Winderbaum, Victoria Alonso, Thomas M. Hammel and Stan Lee.
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Marvel
11th April 2016 - Tessa Thompson Joins Cast; Natalie Portman Not Returning
Details for Thompson’s part have not been revealed, but she could be the female lead as Natalie Portman, who was the female lead as Dr. Jane Foster in the previous two Thor installments, is not returning.
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The Hollywood Reporter
Tessa Thompson (Creed) has entered the Marvel Universe. The young actress first will star opposite Natalie Portman in Alex Garland’s Annihilation then segue to the third installment of the Thor franchise as Chris Hemsworth’s love interest. That film is expected to start production at the end of July.
Sources tell Deadline that Thompson’s character in Thor: Ragnarok will be a kind of superhero and will appear in other Marvel films as well. Thompson is a regular opposite Anthony Hopkins on HBO’s drama series Westworld, which resumed production this week.
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Deadline
30th December 2015 - Will Take Place Primarily In The Cosmos
Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige has been previewing Phase 3 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the press recently, and he says fans should expect something different out of Thor: Ragnarok.
Feige tells Empire that Thor: Ragnarok will be a departure from the previous two Thor movies.
“I don't think people will read into that title alone [regarding] what the movie's going to be,” he said. “It's going to be, perhaps, as totally different from the two prior Thor movies as Winter Soldier was from the first Captain America. We want to take it to new places, we've got new characters that will show how big we're swinging on this. And we have a Hulk.”
When Feige says he wants to “take it to new places,” he’s speaking both figuratively and literally, as the film will spend much less time on Earth, and much more time in space.
“The film takes place within the cosmos primarily which is to say, frankly, very little Earth.”
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ComicBook.com
12th December 2015 - Cate Blanchett In Final Negotiations to Join Cast
Cate Blanchett, coming off her best actress nomination for the 1950s drama Carol, is in final negotiations to join Thor: Ragnarok, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
The move comes a little more than a week after the Marvel Studios project hired Stephany Folsom to work on the script.
It is unclear what character Blanchett would play but several sources say that Marvel has been on the hunt for a “bad-ass female.”
Taika Waititi, who co-wrote and co-directed the vampire spoof What We Do In the Shadows, is directing the project, the third installment of Marvel’s Thor movies.
Chris Hemsworth will be back as the Norse god of thunder for the film that is also due to feature a team-up with the Hulk.
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THR
5th December 2015 - New Female Writer Hired, Stephany Folsom to Work on Script
Stephany Folsom has been tapped to work on the script for Thor: Ragnarok.
It’s the first move on the Marvel Studios project since early October, when Taika Waititi, who co-wrote and co-directed the vampire spoof What We Do In the Shadows, came on board to direct the project, the third installment of Marvel’s Thor movies.
Chris Hemsworth will be back as the Norse god of thunder for the feature project that is also due to feature a team-up with the Hulk.
Christopher Yost and Craig Kyle previously worked on the script.
Folsom is the latest female writer to be brought into the Marvel stable, whose stock in trade is a genre that many think of as male-oriented. Marvel already had Nicole Perlman as a writer on Guardians of the Galaxy and she is now writing Captain Marvel with another female screenwriter, Meg LeFauve (Inside Out).
Folsom is best known for her 2013 Black List script 1969: A Space Odyssey or How Kubrick Learned to Stop Worrying and Land on the Moon. The drama earned high marks in its alternate history telling of a publicist that convinces filmmaker Stanley Kubrick to work with NASA in order to fake the moon landing.
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The Hollywood Reporter
14th November 2015 - Rumor - Will Have A Female Villain
Over at Birth.Movies.Death they’re hearing that lady hero Valkyrie could be joining the team in Ragnarok. She was on the list of potentials for Thor: The Dark World but didn’t make the final cut, so she’s already in the wheelhouse. If Valkyrie is really coming to the big screen, that will make two high-profile female roles being cast in Ragnarok, because I have heard that Marvel is also planning on bringing their first major female villain into their cinematic universe. I don’t know who the character is for sure, but there are a couple likely candidates from Asgard: Amora the Enchantress, a sorceress; or Hela, Queen of the Dead (and also Loki’s daughter but that won’t necessarily be the case if Hela does indeed get the cinematic treatment).
Bringing a villainess into the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a two-for-one bargain, addressing both the ongoing lack of diversity in superhero movies and also Marvel’s memorable villain problem. To that end, and empowered by their recent A-list success in casting Doctor Strange, Marvel will pursue a big name actress for Mystery Villainess—like Cate Blanchett big. With Mark Ruffalo along for the ride, this guy directing, and potentially two major new female characters, are you feeling Thor 3 yet? I kind of am.
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Lainey Gossip
16th October 2015 - Mark Ruffalo Nears Deal To Join Cast
BREAKING: Marvel Studios is near a deal with Mark Ruffalo to bring his Hulk character to Thor: Ragnarok, the third installment of the hammer-wielding Norse god series that stars Chris Hemsworth.
The film will be directed by Taika Waititi, the New Zealand-born director whose credits include the indie Eagle Vs Shark and last year’s Sundance vampire mockumentary What We Do In The Shadows.
Disney has set a November 3, 2017, release date for Thor 3. Rumors of Ruffalo’s involvement is tearing up the geek sites, and it’s indeed happening.
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Read More on Deadline
2nd October 2015 - Taiki Waititi in Negotiations to Direct
Taiki Waititi, who co-wrote and directed the vampire spoof What We Do In the Shadows, is in negotiations to direct the third installment of Marvel’s Thor movies, titled Thor: Ragnarok.
Waititi’s emergence as the choice caps off a round of intense meetings that took place over the last month. Ruben Fleischer, Rob Letterman, and Rawson Marshall Thurber were the other directors that were finalists for the gig.
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Read More on THR
22nd July 2015 - Jaimie Alexander Confirms Sif Will Have A Pivotal Part In The Film
What's going to happen with you and your character Sif in the next "Thor" film? We've been teasing out a lot of your character's origins, but we've never seen it. Are we going to explore this? And how deep are we going to go ?
Marvel, I think on purpose, they don’t tell me certain things. Because they know I’ll be like, "So here's what's gonna happen." But I do know I will be in "Thor 3" and that Sif will have a very pivotal part in that movie. I just can’t tell you what because I’ll get shot.
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LA Times
20th June 2015 - Rumor - Marvel Wants Kenneth Branagh From Original Thor To Direct
I was hearing that Marvel wanted Kenneth Branagh back for ‘Thor 3′. But, he just got an offer to direct ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ at Fox. So, I don’t know if it is going to happen or not. They’re thinking about bringing him back into the fold.
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Popcorn Talk
9th February 2015 - New Release Date Scheduled
Four future installments in the Marvel Cinematic Universe have received new release dates through 2019, including Thor’s next solo adventure as well as the first films for Black Panther, Captain Marvel and the Inhumans!
Marvel’s “Thor: Ragnarok” will hit theaters November 3, 2017. The following year, Marvel’s “Black Panther” will make its way to theaters on July 6, 2018, and Marvel’s “Captain Marvel” on November 2, 2018. Finally, Marvel’s “Inhumans” will now debut in theaters July 12, 2019.
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Marvel
28th October 2014 - Film Announced
Marvel Studios held a major event in Los Angeles today, announcing titles, release dates, and initial details for the Marvel movies coming out between now and 2020.
Thor 3 is now officially known as Thor: Ragnarok, and is confirmed to hit theaters on July 28, 2017:
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IGN
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