Producer: Kevin Feige - (President of Production at Marvel Studios)
- Films produced include; Iron man 3, The Avengers, Captain America
Director: Alan Taylor - TV (The Sopranos, Lost, Six Feet Under)
Budget: 175 Million (Gross = 600 Million)
Cast/features:
- Chris Hemsworth (Thor)
- Natalie Portman (Jane Foster)
- Tom Hiddleston (Loki)
- Anthony Hopkins (Odin)
- Stellan Skarsgård (Dr. Erik Selvig)
- Idris Elba (Heimdall)
- Christopher Eccleston (Malekith)
Marketing:
April 2013
- 1st trailer
July 2013
- San Diego Comic-Con International
- Tom Hiddleston introduced film footage in character as Loki
- Gameloft announced a video game.
August 2013
- 2nd trailer
- Youtube geek week
- Later in the month, Kevin Feige (producer) and some of the cast presented additional footage at Disney's D23 Expo.
- Plans to promote with an attraction at Disneyland (Treasures of Asgard), open on 1st november
- Episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D "The Well" is based on the aftermath of Thor 2
Release:
- World premier on 22nd October 2013 (Odeon Leicester Square, London)
- Received generally positive reviews
- Ben Child (The Guardian) "...far from a franchise killer"
- Opening day (October 30th)
- $8.2 Million (in 33 territories)
- #1 film in 33 territories (including UK and France).
- More successful than Thor 1 (opened higher)
- Available on an IMAX 3D format
Filming: 2012
- Principal Photography
- Bourne Wood, Surrey
- London
- Iceland (October)
*Most extensive film project in Iceland.
- Late October
- Old Royal Navy College (Greenwich London)
- Finished filming on 14th December 2012
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