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Marvel's Thor : The Dark World

Cast & Actors
Chris Hemsworth - THOR
Tom Hiddleston - LOKI
Natalie Portman - JANE 
Christopher Eccleston - MALEKITH
Anthony Hopkins - ODIN
Jamie Alexander - SIF
Idris Elba - HEIMDALL
Ray Stevenson - VOLSTAGG
Zachary Levi - FANDRAL
Stellan Skarsgård
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Kat Dennings
Tadanobu Asano
Rene Russo
Chris O'Dowd
Richard Brake
And Many More!


Directed By       Produced By       Screenplay By       Music By
Alan Taylor                  Kevin Feige               Christopher Yost            Brian Tyler 
                                                                    Christopher Markus                                                                                                          Stephen McFeely

Cinematography By               Editing By               Studio        
Kramer Morgenthau                             Dan Lebental                   Marvel Studios                                                                           Wyatt Smith               
                                                                                                        
Distributed By          Release Dates          Audience          Formats
Walt Disney Studios            October 22, 2013                     12A                       2D   

• Motion Pictures                         (London premiere)                                                                         3D
•                                            November 8, 2013
•                                                          (United States)
•                                            October 30^th
                                             (Cinema & Theaters)

Examples of synergy with other Products/Merchandise 
There are merchandise of good synergy and cross media convergence used such as Toys, Action Figures, Costumes, Phone Cases, Posters, Props (e.g. Thor's Hammer), Clothing, Teddy Bears, Back Packs, Stationary, USB/Cable and much more! 

Budget

There has been no information released for most of the Thor 2 details such as the budget. However there are numerous rumours that it is most likely to be around the $100m+ mark as well as there have been problems with box office tracking so once the movie has been released into cinemas all the details should be out after that.

Thor 2 Trailer 

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WHY THOR 2 IS AN IMPORTANT MOVIE

It is important because the movie contains a lot of the stuff that relates back to our media syllabus. Examples are ;

Cross media convergence -  Thor 2 is being released  with the backing of Marvel. This is an example of cross media convergence. Also at their premier they had x factor contestants, this makes x factors fan interested in Thor and this works vice versa. These are all fundamental points we can talk about in our examination.

Technology - Different technology will be used in the making of Thor such as CGI, 3D, special effects.

The target audience of the movie Thor will mainly be  young males due to the action and the concept that it has the backing of Marvel which normally has teenagers as their audience.

Thor 2 is also meant to the big release that generates a lot of profit, acting as the TENTPOLE

Thor 2

Why is Thor 2 an important movie?

• Massive marketing campaign 
• Sequel - why did the industry continue the franchise?
• Comic - x media convergence and marvel
• Ten pole
• Global audience - mainly younger males
• X media - Avengers  
• GUI, 3D, Special effects, motion capture, performance capture - convergent technologies.

Why is Thor 2 an important movie?

Why is Thor 2 an important movie?

Thor 2 is an important movie to study because it is carried on from a first movie and explains avengers, it also has a massive marketing campaign and has recently had a premiere to promote the movie this Tuesday.

Cross Media convergence - Thor 2 is being released with the backing of Marvel. An example of this is at the premiere contestants from x-factor had also joined, been interviewed and took pictures of. This would make x-factor fans interested in Thor and vice versa.

The global audience of this movie is young males. Therefore this movie is more likely to have adverts around where they hang around, for example before other action movies in cinemas and on film4 and channels they watch.


Characters: Loki, Thor, Malekith the Accursed, Jane Foster, Sif, Odin,Heimdall, Frigga, Volstagg, Darcy Lewis, Hogun, Professor Erik Selvig,Fandral, Kemper