The 2017 American superhero movie Thor: Ragnarok, which was released by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and produced by Marvel Studios, is based on the character of Thor from Marvel Comics. It is the 17th movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the follow-up to Thor (2011) and Thor: The Dark World (2013). Chris Hemsworth plays Thor in the movie, which was directed by Taika Waititi and features Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba, Jeff Goldblum, Tessa Thompson, Karl Urban, Mark Ruffalo, and Anthony Hopkins in supporting roles. The script was written by Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost. Thor has to flee the alien planet Sakaar in Thor: Ragnarok in order to preserve Asgard from Hela and the approaching Ragnarök.
A third Thor film was confirmed in January 2014, when Kyle and Yost began work on the screenplay. The involvement of Hemsworth and Hiddleston was announced that October. Waititi joined the film as director a year later, after Thor: The Dark World director Alan Taylor chose not to return. Ruffalo joined the cast reprising the role of Hulk from previous MCU films, which allowed elements of the 2006 comic storyline “Planet Hulk” to be adapted for Ragnarok. The rest of the cast, including Blanchett as Hela, was confirmed in May 2016, with Pearson’s involvement revealed at the start of filming that July. Principal photography took place in Brisbane and Sydney, Australia, with the film also having exclusive use of Village Roadshow Studios in Oxenford, concluding in October 2016.
Thor: Ragnarok premiered in Los Angeles on October 10, 2017, and was released in the United States on November 3, 2017, as part of Phase Three of the MCU. The film received praise for its acting and Waititi’s direction, as well as the action sequences, humor, and musical score, with many critics considering it to be the best installment of the Thor films. It grossed $854 million, becoming the highest-grossing film of the trilogy and the ninth-highest-grossing film of 2017. A sequel, Thor: Love and Thunder, is scheduled for release on February 11, 2022.
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