Kevin Feige Talks Thor 2: More Asgard, Bigger Villain
By Cody "The Thorverine" Ferrell on May 28, 2012 with Comments 4
The Avengers is still making massive amounts of money. Men In Black 3 took the number one spot this past weekend, but Earth’s Mightiest continues to smash records across the board. With The Avengers success, people are excited to see what Marvel’s next steps are as they work their way toward the sequel. Kevin Feige spoke with Empire Magazine about The Avengers success. He says he was just hoping it could top Iron Man 2′s opening, which was Marvel’s biggest opening weekend at the time. He talks about how Avengers is just a stepping stone to bigger and better things:
The Avengers was not the finale for us. It was a giant, giant marker, but it was never the finale. We are already well into the plan for the next phase of our little cinematic universe.
Next up for Marvel is Thor 2 which will begin shooting very shortly. Feige touches on what we can expect in the sequel as well as confirming what Chris Hemsworth has stated in previous interviews. We will see more of Asgard as well as different parts of the realms. Like the first film, we can expect a split between earth and Asgard:
We’re going to see the other side of Asgard. It’s not all polished and golden in this film. And the events of Avengers will have affected Thor for sure. His relationship with Loki will continue to evolve, and the biggest part is Natalie and Thor returning with Jane Foster.
With the recent casting news that Mads Mikkelsen is going to be a baddie, probably in addition to Loki, and the rumors of The Enchantress popping up we can expect Thor to face a lot of danger. At the end of The Avengers we saw a huge threat in the form of the mad titan Thanos. Hemsworth himself said that Thanos would not be showing up in Thor 2 as the threat, and Feige confirmed this.
No, future, future. But there will be a major new villain. A major, major new antagonist.
Now I would say there will probably be some hint or easter egg to keep all the movies tied together, but it’s safe to say Thanos will not be showing up. We’re still taking bets on who Mikkelsen is playing, but there will be a huge threat in Thor 2.
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STRANGE things are coming… Get it?
They will probably show Dr. Strange in Thor 2, when he comes to earth, or at the end..
Hmm, Mads is probably playing Surtur. Then probably throw in the Enchantress and Executioner as minor villains.
I was acctually referring to the 2014 mystery movie. Feige keeps teasing it and i do thinks its a DR. Strange movie.
Some fans are refering to the scene in Thor where we see Odin’s vault but that wasn’t The eye of Agamotto..it was The Warlocks Eye … a random piece that Kirby drew back in the original comics that they recreated.
There is actually five items found in Odin’s vault: The Eternal Flame, The Infinity
Gauntlet, The Warlock’s Eye, The Orb of Agamatto and the Tablet of Life and Time.
Like The Eye of Agamotto, this Orb is another item in possession of
Dr. Strange in the comics. He stores it in the Chamber of Shadows, a
room in his Sanctum Sanctorum (his mansion and base of the New
Avengers).
The Orb of Agamatto offers Dr. Strange clairvoyance since it can
locate where magic is being used, or dangers to the world. It can be,
however, blocked by other powerful magic users (i.e. Asgardian sorceress
Enchantress – a potential Thor 2 villain?) to keep their location secret.
So there is a clear connection to Dr. Strange which just makes things that more interesting!
Also, The Tablet of Life and Time is actually a chemical formula, the “Lifeline
Formula,” which augments its user into a superior being, the best of
their species. It and its more evil counterpart (Tablet of Death and
Entropy) have played a prominent role in Spider-Man comics for years. Another tablet, the Tablet of Order and Chaos represented the plot device for last year’s successful Spider-Man: Shattered Dimension video game.
If you’re into Marvel history, The Amazing Spider-Man series
reveals that the Tablet of Death and Entropy originates from from
Lemuria and the Tablet of Life and Time from Atlantis. Atlantis, later
home to Namor the Sub-Mariner and the Homo mermanus race, were enemies
to the Deviants, the people of Lemuria whose continent was sunk by the
Atlanteans 21,000 years ago.
See, there is your connection to Namor right there!
Marvel is being very very clever about the MCU and they are taking each step very carefully it seems. Although all of the connections to characters might not end being used, they are leaving breadcrumbs everywhere! And potential stories they can pick up anytime!