Thor:-The-Dark-World-PosterMarvel is just a few weeks away from unleashing the second instalment in Phase Two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thor: The Dark World.

The blockbuster is a sequel not only to the original Thor, but also last year’s incredibly successful The Avengers, and everyone’s looking forward to seeing what happens when Thor and Loki go up against each other once more.

The latest trailer surfaced early last month, and now a new extended trailer has landed online. Though it’s largely the same as that most recent trailer, it does feature a handful of new snippets of footage, and that’s more than enough to warrant putting it in front of your eyes.

Marvel’s “Thor: The Dark World” continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself. In the aftermath of Marvel’s “Thor” and “Marvel’s The Avengers,” Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos…but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.

Chris Hemsworth is back in the lead, starring alongside another great cast, led by Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Idris Elba, Christopher Eccleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jaimie Alexander, Kat Dennings, Tadanobu Asano, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Chris O’Dowd, Rene Russo, and Anthony Hopkins.

Alan Taylor (Game of Thrones) is at the helm for the sequel, with Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier) and Christopher Yost (The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes) penning the script.

Thor: The Dark World will be released in 3D and IMAX 3D on 30th October here in the UK, with its US release date following shortly after on November 8th.

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