Shaniasupersite.com NEWS & NOTES ARCHIVES: December 31, 2014 - January 1, 2008. News & Notes Archives 2 December 31, 2007 - January 1, 2003. News & Notes Archives 3.

1. Barbara Harris, Casting Department: The Shawshank Redemption. Barbara Harris is known for her work on The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Inception (2010) and Pulp.
2. Thor: Ragnarok is a 2017 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Thor, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion.
3. The Hollywood Reporter is your source for breaking news about Hollywood and entertainment, including movies, TV, reviews and industry blogs.

Thor: Ragnarok - Wikipedia. Thor: Ragnarok is a 2. American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Thor, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sequel to 2. Thor and 2. 01. 3's Thor: The Dark World and the seventeenth film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film is directed by Taika Waititi from a screenplay by Eric Pearson and the writing team of Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost, and stars Chris Hemsworth as Thor alongside Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba, Jeff Goldblum, Tessa Thompson, Karl Urban, Mark Ruffalo, and Anthony Hopkins.

We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us.

In Thor: Ragnarok, Thor must escape the alien planet Sakaar in time to save Asgard from Hela and the impending Ragnarök. A third Thor film was confirmed in January 2. Hemsworth and Hiddleston announced that October. Waititi joined the film as director a year later—after The Dark World director Alan Taylor chose not to return—and Ruffalo joined the cast in his role of Hulk from other MCU films, leading to elements of the 2. Planet Hulk" being adapted for Ragnarok. The rest of the cast, including Blanchett as Hela, was confirmed in May 2.

Pearson's involvement revealed at the start of filming in July 2. Principal photography took place through to October 2. Brisbane and Sydney, Australia, with the film also having exclusive use of Village Roadshow Studios in Oxenford. Thor: Ragnarok premiered in Los Angeles on October 1. United States on November 3, 2. D, IMAX, and IMAX 3. D. The film received largely positive reviews and was often called the best film in the Thor trilogy, with specific praise going to Waititi's direction, the cast, action sequences, music, and humor.

It has grossed more than $4. Plot. Two years after the Battle of Sokovia,[N 1]Thor has been unsuccessfully searching for the Infinity Stones, and is now imprisoned by the fire demon Surtur. Surtur reveals that Thor's father Odin is no longer on Asgard, and that the realm will soon be destroyed in the prophesied Ragnarök, once Surtur unites his crown with the Eternal Flame that burns beneath the city. Thor defeats Surtur and claims his crown, believing he has prevented Ragnarök. Thor returns to Asgard to find his adopted brother Loki posing as Odin.

Thor forces Loki to help him find their father, and with directions from Stephen Strange on Earth they locate Odin in Norway. Odin explains that he is dying, and that his passing will allow his firstborn daughter Hela to escape from a prison she was sealed in long ago. Hela had been the leader of Asgard's armies, and had conquered the Nine Realms with Odin, but had been imprisoned and written out of history after her ambitions became too great. Odin dies, and Hela appears.

She destroys Thor's hammer Mjolnir, and when Thor and Loki attempt to flee through the Bifröst Bridge, she pursues them and forces them out into space to die. Hela arrives in Asgard, destroying its army and the Warriors Three; resurrects the ancient dead who once fought with her, including her wolf Fenris; and appoints the downtrodden Asgardian Skurge as her executioner.

She plans to use the Bifröst to expand Asgard's empire, but Heimdall steals the sword that controls the Bridge, and hides away with the rest of Asgard's citizens. Thor crash- lands on the planet Sakaar, a garbage planet surrounded by wormholes. He is captured by a bounty hunter named Scrapper 1. Grandmaster, whom Loki has already become ingratiated with. Thor recognizes 1. Valkyrior, a legendary force of female fighters who were killed defending Asgard from Hela long ago. Thor is forced to compete in the Grandmaster's Contest of Champions, facing his old friend the Hulk.

Thor almost defeats the Hulk, before the Grandmaster fixes the fight to ensure the Hulk's victory. Still enslaved, Thor attempts to convince Hulk and 1. Asgard, but neither is willing. He soon manages to escape the palace and find the Quinjet that brought the Hulk to Sakaar. The Hulk follows Thor to the Quinjet, where a recording of Natasha Romanoff makes the Hulk transform back into Bruce Banner for the first time since Sokovia. The Grandmaster orders 1.

Loki to find Thor and the Hulk, but the pair come to blows and Loki forces her to relive the deaths of her fellow Valkyrie at the hands of Hela; she decides to help Thor, taking Loki captive to prove her goodwill. Unwilling to be left behind, Loki provides the group with the means to steal one of the Grandmaster's ships. They then liberate the other gladiators who, led by Korg and Miek, stage a rebellion.

Loki attempts to betray his brother to gain a reward from the Grandmaster, but Thor anticipates this and leaves him behind. Loki is soon found by the gladiators. Thor, Banner, and 1. Asgard, where Hela's forces are attacking Heimdall and Asgard's citizens. Banner becomes the Hulk again, fighting Skurge and the resurrected warriors with 1. Thor faces Hela. Loki and the gladiators arrive to help, and the citizens board their large ship; a repentant Skurge sacrifices himself to allow their escape.

Thor loses an eye, whereupon he has a vision of Odin that helps him realize that only Ragnarök can defeat Hela. He, 1. 42, and the Hulk distract Hela while Loki finds Surtur's crown and places it in the Eternal Flame. Surtur is reborn and destroys Asgard, seemingly killing Hela. Thor and the others escape aboard the Grandmaster's ship with Asgard's remaining citizens, where Thor is crowned king and decides to rebuild Asgard on Earth. In a mid- credits scene, they come across a large spaceship.[N 2] In a post- credits scene, the Grandmaster's subjects are still fighting the revolution started by the gladiators. Cast. Chris Hemsworth as Thor. Tom Hiddleston as Loki.

Thor's adoptive brother and nemesis based on the deity of the same name.[9][1. Hiddleston was interested in how Loki's attitude has changed, saying, "he is always a trickster. It is trying to find new ways for him to be mischievous".[1. As the ruler of Asgard since the end of Thor: The Dark World, Hiddleston notes that "Loki has devoted most of his efforts to narcissistic self- glorification. Not so much on good governance."[1. He also added that "the idea that Thor might be indifferent to Loki is troubling for him, because that's a defining feature of his character ..

My brother doesn't love me; I hate my brother.' And the idea his brother's like, yeah, whatever, it's an interesting development."[1. Cate Blanchett as Hela. Odin's first born daughter and the goddess of death, based on the deity Hel,[1. Blanchett noted the difficulty of playing the role in a motion capture suit rather than costume, feeling the character's headdress is "such a huge part of when she comes into the height of her powers in the film."[1. Hela's design was taken from Thor: God of Thunder by Jason Aaron, while the character Gorr from that comic, who has the ability "to manifest an infinite number of weapons", inspired a similar ability for Hela.[1.

Blanchett worked with stuntwoman Zoë Bell, Hemsworth's personal trainer Luke Zocchi, and studied capoeira for the role.[1. Idris Elba as Heimdall. The all- seeing, all- hearing Asgardian sentry of the Bifröst Bridge, based on the deity of the same name, who has gone into self exile during Loki's reign.[1. After Hela invades Asgard, he helps to hide its vulnerable citizens. Describing Heimdall's character arc in the film, Winderbaum says, "he's gone from this elder statesmen, the gatekeeper to Asgard, to this badass warrior- wizard character who lives in the hills and kicks a lot of ass throughout the entire film."[2. Jeff Goldblum as Grandmaster.

One of the Elders of the Universe,[1. Sakaar,[7] and enjoys manipulating lesser life- forms.[1. Goldblum described the character as "a hedonist, a pleasure- seeker, an enjoyer of life and tastes and smells." He also said that Waititi encouraged improvisation in order for Goldblum to "make [the character his] own".[2.