It's always too early to anticipate Patty Jenkins's THOR 2

She directed 'Monster,' you know (Actually I didn't.)

Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige recently told EW that plans were developing fast for the sequel, which he said would “take Thor literally to other worlds.” While moviegoers will next see Chris Hemsworth as the hammer-swinging hero in The Avengers next May, Thor 2 would “primarily be the journey of that character, of he and Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) and how the new dynamic with his father (Odin, played by Anthony Hopkins) is working out, as well as what are the broader stakes for The Nine Worlds,” Feige said.
The Nine Worlds are the different planes of existence, of which Earth is one, that Thor and his Asgardian brethren recognize. It’s part of a push to expand the cosmic side of the Marvel Comics universe, which includes many more intergalactic heroes and villains.

marvel tries so hard since they cant do anything spiderman, xmen, etc related.

Well, she was the most obvious pick to helm this superhero sequel, after all.

literally

When I saw "Monster," my first thought was, if they ever make a Thor movie, and then a sequel to the Thor movie, this woman should direct it.

And Charlize Theron should play Thor.

When I saw "Monster," my first thought was, if they ever make a Thor movie, and then a sequel to the Thor movie, this woman should direct it.

that's what I said when I saw The Piano -- Jane Campion should direct Rocky Balboa.

marvel tries so hard since they cant do anything spiderman, xmen, etc related.

tbf the recent marvel movies, while not perfect, have been leagues better than the last x-men and spiderman movies (and i have little doubt that the new spiderman will be terrible)

So, apparently this will be called The Dark World, and the main villain is Malekith the Accursed (played by Christopher Eccleston), and it's also supposed to put Loki on some kind of a redemption arc. Wanna bet it'll end with an after-credits stinger showing Surtur, and in Thor 3 Odin, Thor, and Loki will fight against him together, like they did in the comics?

Also, maybe title hints that the way Thor got to Earth in The Avengers (Odin having to use "dark magic" to transport him there) is actually gonna pay off in this movie, instead of being just an easy way for Whedon to get over the bittersweet ending of the first Thor movie?

And the director is now Alan Taylor, though I'm not familiar with his work.

Anyway we all ended up talking about this here instead:

Od's Blood! Hath ILE no thread for anticipation of THOR 2: The Dark World? Verily?