Live-Action News From D23 Expo

We all got pretty excited about the news from the D23 Expo on Day 1, so you can imagine how thrilled we were with more, live-action-y, updates from Day 2 yesterday.

Full Trailer for Thor: The Dark World

With the release date looming, we have a brand new trailer for Marvel's next film in Phase 2, Thor: The Dark World. Click below to see the new tease!

This Week on A113Animation (29th July - 4th August, 2013)

While no life altering developments happened this week, we still had some pretty exciting news, Blu-ray announcements, teaser trailers and more. And of course we got the latest features, one guest review and the latest podcast episode. Check out the full breakdown of this mildly busy week.

New Poster for Thor: The Dark World

Nadine's out and about tonight, so emailed me this post to get all blogged up:

With the release date fast approaching (3 months for the UK now!), a new poster for Marvel's Thor: The Dark World has risen, with a new trailer due to drop on 7th August.

The new poster is full of characters, taking the usual 'epic' layout with Thor looking heroic in the middle, while Malekith The Accursed (Christopher Eccleston) looks menacing in the background. As well as the hero and villain, Loki (who we're not quite sure will be turning good or remaining evil, played by Tom Hiddleston), Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) and the rest of Thor's pals round out the poster.

2013 Comic-Con Posters for Thor and Captain America

Avengers cosplay at Comic-Con. Credit: GeekExchange.com

Comic-Con kicks off in San Diego in just a few days and the convention has released some pretty cool concept art posters for the next instalments of Marvel's Phase 2, Thor: The Dark World and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Click below to see them!

Watch: Teaser Trailer for Thor: The Dark World

Just ahead of the release of their Shane Black-directed Iron Man threequel (3rd May in the US, this Thursday in the UK), Disney and Marvel have rolled out the teaser trailer for the second film in Phase 2 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thor: The Dark World.

The teaser - which is the latest in the line of big-budget sci-fi flicks that seem to enjoy destroying London - comes via iTunes Movie Trailers, and is embedded above via YouTube. Much as Iron Man 3 seems a lot darker than its predecessors, so too does Thor 2 look a bit more adult - I'm certainly getting a Lord of the Rings vibe from it. That said, it does look freaking great - visually, thematically, it just works.

Thor: The Dark World is directed by Games of Thrones' Alan Taylor, and smashes its way into US cinemas on 8th November, while it hits the UK a week earlier on 30th October.

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