Thor: Ragnarok The Official News and Speculation Thread - Part 9

[Loden Greatstorm]

3 months away damn.

Less if you live in Australia

 

[waffles]

Or the UK! 27th October, woooooooooo!

 

[HammerDown]

Another look at the movie theaters standees.
It looks pretty sweet. And it certainly catches one attention.

 

[Finarfiniel]

http://www.news.com.au/entertainmen...k/news-story/6722ba821a58a53f703d5203844c1b49

Thanks for posting that, HD. It's really great to read about what a fun, harmonious set the Ragnarok set was. Man, I wish I worked on that movie, it sounds like it was an absolute blast. This Taika quote made me laugh:

"It's like two meerkats fighting over a cobra's carcass. You know, it’s cute but the nails are out."

"With Taika Waititi at the helm, when I would go down and visit that set, it was by far the happiest, most pleasant, most effective set that I’ve ever been on," said Feige, who is also a producer of the movie. "And I don’t know if that's Taika, I don’t know if there's something in the water there in Australia, if that's the crews, but that's a fact.”

So awesome.

Or the UK! 27th October, woooooooooo!

Sometimes there are actual benefits to living in the UK. 85 days and counting! t:

 

[Iceman]

Is it 85 days? Time for a calendar countdown!

 

[StarLord]

Empire's subscriber cover for September.

 

[Quasimod0]

Another look at the movie theaters standees.
It looks pretty sweet. And it certainly catches one attention.

I'm sure someone has mentioned this, but that's an Avenger's quinjet at the bottom right of the standee. Must be the one Hulk flew away in.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Empire's subscriber cover for September.

Spoiler

Cover art looks fantastic.

 

[Finarfiniel]

*subscribes to Empire immediately*

*will cancel subscription once mag received*

Seriously though, that cover is gorgeous, I NEED IT. Here's the info from Empire:

Empire's Exclusive Thor: Ragnarok Subscriber Cover Art Revealed

Whosoever holds this magazine, if he or she be worthy, shall possess the power of some really rather good film journalism... Marvel's Thor: Ragnarok just around the corner, and Empire is all over it like a hammer on dark elves. The Asgardian god of thunder is our latest cover star, doing battle with his latest fearsome foe – and as usual, our lucky subscribers will be getting their issue a little early, with an exclusive limited edition cover. Take a look below to see what they'll be getting.

For this subscriber-only cover, we've commissioned Marvel artist Russell Dauterman (the illustrator behind the current run of Marvel's Thor comics) to produce this gorgeous bespoke illustration, depicting Thor (played by Chris Hemsworth in the movie) taking on Hela (played by Cate Blanchett), the goddess of death, destroyer of hammers, and really not somebody to be trifled with in a hurry.

This cover, which will be arriving on subscribers' doormats any day now, is only the tip of an 146-page iceberg – inside the mag, there's an eight-page report from the Australian set of Taika Waititi's Thor: Raganarok; a massive 26-page Comic-Con Special; a huge career-spanning interview with James Cameron; and all the usual news, reviews, and exclusive previews you've come to expect from the world's biggest movie magazine.

Issue #340 of Empire goes on sale Thursday 17 August, with the newsstand cover still to be revealed. Subscribers should be receiving their copy any day. Want to get beautiful, limited edition art covers like the one above every month, days before the shops, for less than the cover price? Subscribe to Empire here. Thor: Ragnarok arrives in UK cinemas from 27 October.

I can't wait to see the newstand cover, and fingers crossed we'll get new pics and info in the inside spread, I imagine we will as this seems to be from the set visit that Empire did. t:

 

[Iceman]

That's great for a magazine cover.

 

[HammerDown]

Sweet cover. HD version.

The magazine comes out on Thursday 17 August. 8 pages about Thor Ragnarok and their set visit. Can't wait to have a look. If anyone gets their hans on the issue then we all would be very interested in hearing about what's the content of those 8 pages. I am sure a lot of new, fresh information, more details, images...

I am also curious about the "newsstand cover". It should also be Thor Ragnarok focused i guess.

 

[HammerDown]

Really well done. Loved that exchange.

“Yeah, same.” #Thorsday #ThorRagnarok in theaters November 3

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[Loden Greatstorm]

Nice.

 

[HammerDown]

And now one can understand the very early reports which pointed out that the script for this movie was very dark and that was also one of the reasons why Marvel decided to bring in Taika Waititi so he could add some levity and have a more balanced movie in terms of drama/humor... If we just go through several moments from the Teaser Trailer and Official Trailer we can do a list of pretty heavy and impactful "dramatic" moments.

- Thor chained up upside down in Muspelheim and also getting blasted by fire.
- Mjolnir getting obliterated by Hela. Not only his weapon of choice but also a big part of Thor as a character.
- Hela wiping out the Valkyries. Conjuring hundreds of sharp weapons and projecting them at will against an army of Valkyries.
- Asgard getting completely burned in flames. A wave of fire tearing through Asgard.
- Thor captured in Sakaar, electrocuted, hair cut, made to fight in a gladiatorial arena.
- Hela killing hundreds of asgardian warriors. Impaling them with swords, daggers, spears and even burning them in the process.
- Hela chocking Thor on the ground while he looks bloodied and helpless.
...

The Sakaar part of the movie seems to be more bright, eccentric, fun and colorful with that big influence by the Jack Kirby visuals. We also have the characters like The Grandmaster, Hulk, Valkyrie, Loki, Topaz, Korg, Miek... The look of the planet, the arena, the Thor vs Hulk fight, aliens, weapons and lasers, spaceships...

While the Ragnarok part looks to be the more epic side dealing with more heavier subjects like death and destruction of the asgardian civilization. It's more serious. We have our main villain Hela, Skurge, Fenris Wolf, Hela's minions, Heimdall, The Warriors Three... most of it set in Asgard with the grandiose and impressive scale looks. The big epic and final showdown.

And then in the middle we still have the Earth and Muspelheim sides of the story. Homeless Odin, Doctor Strange, Surtur...

 

[HammerDown]

Hela vs Valkyries

Spoiler

 

[Nathaniell]

Damn...ripped straight from the comicbook pages.

 

[The_Manhunter]

Question, does anyone have a link to the part of this thread where the run time news was discussed? I have been away from the boards due to dealing with some personal issues, but I was looking to hear what people here thought about Taika's words on the subject.

 

[Iceman]

Epic stuff!

 

[First Avenger]

And now one can understand the very early reports which pointed out that the script for this movie was very dark and that was also one of the reasons why Marvel decided to bring in Taika Waititi so he could add some levity and have a more balanced movie in terms of drama/humor... If we just go through several moments from the Teaser Trailer and Official Trailer we can do a list of pretty heavy and impactful "dramatic" moments.

- Thor chained up upside down in Muspelheim and also getting blasted by fire.
- Mjolnir getting obliterated by Hela. Not only his weapon of choice but also a big part of Thor as a character.
- Hela wiping out the Valkyries. Conjuring hundreds of sharp weapons and projecting them at will against an army of Valkyries.
- Asgard getting completely burned in flames. A wave of fire tearing through Asgard.
- Thor captured in Sakaar, electrocuted, hair cut, made to fight in a gladiatorial arena.
- Hela killing hundreds of asgardian warriors. Impaling them with swords, daggers, spears and even burning them in the process.
- Hela chocking Thor on the ground while he looks bloodied and helpless.
...

The Sakaar part of the movie seems to be more bright, eccentric, fun and colorful with that big influence by the Jack Kirby visuals. We also have the characters like The Grandmaster, Hulk, Valkyrie, Loki, Topaz, Korg, Miek... The look of the planet, the arena, the Thor vs Hulk fight, aliens, weapons and lasers, spaceships...

While the Ragnarok part looks to be the more epic side dealing with more heavier subjects like death and destruction of the asgardian civilization. It's more serious. We have our main villain Hela, Skurge, Fenris Wolf, Hela's minions, Heimdall, The Warriors Three... most of it set in Asgard with the grandiose and impressive scale looks. The big epic and final showdown.

And then in the middle we still have the Earth and Muspelheim sides of the story. Homeless Odin, Doctor Strange, Surtur...

The thing is: how will they pack so much stuff in 100 minutes? That's my only worry about the movie.

 

[HammerDown]

The thing is: how will they pack so much stuff in 100 minutes? That's my only worry about the movie.

http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?p=35581087#post35581087

 

[Iceman]

This suggests that there could be a lot of great material for an extended cut on blu-ray.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

No extended cut please.

 

[Iceman]

No extended cut please.

Why not?

 

[HammerDown]

One thing i noticed in the big battle on the rainbow bridge is this "pairings".
Thor & Valkyrie vs Hela
Hulk vs Fenris Wolf
Loki vs Hela minions

Thor and Valkyrie should be the ones better equipped and versed in taking on someone like Hela. While Fenris Wolf looks a lot like Hela's muscle and that is just a natural match for Hulk. Loki is probably going to be fighting and weaseling his way around foes. I hope we see a decent amount of team work too.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

One thing i noticed in the big battle on the rainbow bridge is this "pairings".
Thor & Valkyrie vs Hela
Hulk vs Fenris Wolf
Loki vs Hela minions

Thor and Valkyrie should be the ones better equipped and versed in taking on someone like Hela. While Fenris Wolf looks a lot like Hela's muscle and that is just a natural match for Hulk. Loki is probably going to be fighting and weaseling his way around foes. I hope we see a decent amount of team work too.

Loki, Korg & Miek vs Hela minions?