Thor: Ragnarok

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Thor: Ragnarok

film by Waititi [2017]

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Thor: Ragnarok is a 2017 film directed by Taika Waititi, known for his comedic and often absurd style. This installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe brings a lighthearted and humorous tone to the superhero genre. The film's title, Ragnarok, refers to the end of the world in Scandinavian mythology, a series of events culminating in a final battle between gods and giants, after which the world is reborn. In the movie, Thor faces threats from Hela, who seeks to rule Asgard, and the fire demon Surtur, who aims to destroy it. Chris Hemsworth reprises his role as Thor, with Waititi also voicing a character in the film.12345

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Cate Blanchett
Hepburn, Dylan, and Academy Awards
…the goddess of death, in Thor: Ragnarok. The next year she starred in Ocean’s 8, the female-driven reboot of the Ocean’s Eleven franchise from the early 2000s, and The House with a Clock in Its Walls, an adaptation of a 1973 children’s fantasy novel.
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…the goddess of death, in Thor: Ragnarok. The next year she starred in Ocean’s 8, the female-driven reboot of the Ocean’s Eleven franchise from the early 2000s, and The House with a Clock in Its Walls, an adaptation of a 1973 children’s fantasy novel.
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Thor
Thor in other media
…Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019).
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…Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019).
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Benedict Cumberbatch
Doctor Strange and The Grinch
He reprised the role in Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022).
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He reprised the role in Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022).
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Taika Waititi
Flight of the Conchords and What We Do in the Shadows
…comedy to good effect into Thor: Ragnarok (2017), his well-praised contribution to the Marvel superhero canon; in addition to directing, he voiced a character in the movie. Also in 2017 Waititi was named New Zealander of the Year. He served as executive producer for the TV series What We Do…
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…comedy to good effect into Thor: Ragnarok (2017), his well-praised contribution to the Marvel superhero canon; in addition to directing, he voiced a character in the movie. Also in 2017 Waititi was named New Zealander of the Year. He served as executive producer for the TV series What We Do…
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Idris Elba
Stardom: The Wire, Luther, and Thor
…Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022). The versatile actor earned critical acclaim for his moving portrayal of Nelson Mandela in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013) and for his harrowing turn as the Commandant, a brutal warlord leading…
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…Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022). The versatile actor earned critical acclaim for his moving portrayal of Nelson Mandela in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013) and for his harrowing turn as the Commandant, a brutal warlord leading…
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Chris Hemsworth
Thor
…Thor: The Dark World (2013), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022); the latter two were both directed by Taika Waititi. Hemsworth also played the character in other Marvel movies, including The Avengers (2012).
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…Thor: The Dark World (2013), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022); the latter two were both directed by Taika Waititi. Hemsworth also played the character in other Marvel movies, including The Avengers (2012).
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Tom Hiddleston
…Thor: The Dark World (2013), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), and Avengers: Infinity War (2018). He also played Loki in the television show Loki (2021– ) and voiced the character in the animated television series What If…? (2021) and in The Simpsons short films The Good, The Bart, and the Loki (2021)…
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…Thor: The Dark World (2013), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), and Avengers: Infinity War (2018). He also played Loki in the television show Loki (2021– ) and voiced the character in the animated television series What If…? (2021) and in The Simpsons short films The Good, The Bart, and the Loki (2021)…
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Anthony Hopkins
Later movie and television roles
…The Dark World (2013) and Thor: Ragnarok (2017). He also starred in the kaleidoscopic drama 360 (2011) and as film director Alfred Hitchcock in Hitchcock (2012), which centred on the making of the classic suspense movie Psycho (1960). In the ensemble action comedy Red 2 (2013) Hopkins stole scenes as…
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…The Dark World (2013) and Thor: Ragnarok (2017). He also starred in the kaleidoscopic drama 360 (2011) and as film director Alfred Hitchcock in Hitchcock (2012), which centred on the making of the classic suspense movie Psycho (1960). In the ensemble action comedy Red 2 (2013) Hopkins stole scenes as…
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Incredible Hulk
The Hulk in television and film
…Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019).
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…Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019).
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Mark Ruffalo
Smashing as the Hulk, Oscar-nominated turn in Spotlight, and other works
Marvel universe movies in 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2019. He also reprised the role in the spin-off TV series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022– ). He received a second Oscar nomination for his portrayal of real-life wrestler Dave Schultz in the biopic Foxcatcher, about John du Pont, the wrestling benefactor…
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Marvel universe movies in 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2019. He also reprised the role in the spin-off TV series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022– ). He received a second Oscar nomination for his portrayal of real-life wrestler Dave Schultz in the biopic Foxcatcher, about John du Pont, the wrestling benefactor…
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supervillain
Modern villainy
…Hiddleston in films such as Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and The Avengers: Endgame (2019). The epitome of the psychopathic modern supervillain remains the late Heath Ledger’s version of the Joker in The Dark Knight (2008).
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…Hiddleston in films such as Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and The Avengers: Endgame (2019). The epitome of the psychopathic modern supervillain remains the late Heath Ledger’s version of the Joker in The Dark Knight (2008).
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Richard Taylor
…and the Wardrobe (2005) and Thor: Ragnarok (2017). He also served as a costume designer for Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012). Taylor later handled the special effects for such films as Blade Runner 2049 (2017), The Meg (2018), and I Am Mother (2019).
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…and the Wardrobe (2005) and Thor: Ragnarok (2017). He also served as a costume designer for Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012). Taylor later handled the special effects for such films as Blade Runner 2049 (2017), The Meg (2018), and I Am Mother (2019).
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Tessa Thompson
…superhero films in Taika Waititi’s Thor: Ragnarok (2017) as Valkyrie, a down-on-her-luck warrior with superpowers who befriends the titular Norse god, and she reprised the role in Avengers: Endgame (2019) and, as King Valkyrie, in Thor: Love and Thunder (2022).
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…superhero films in Taika Waititi’s Thor: Ragnarok (2017) as Valkyrie, a down-on-her-luck warrior with superpowers who befriends the titular Norse god, and she reprised the role in Avengers: Endgame (2019) and, as King Valkyrie, in Thor: Love and Thunder (2022).
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