Happy Thorsday, everybody!

With Iron Man 3 having unseated Transformers: Dark of the Moon as the fifth-biggest global grosser of all time (not adjusted for inflation), it's time to get lathered up about the next sequel from Marvel Studios, Thor: The Dark World.

The celestial music filling the mead halls of Asgard in this year's Thor: The Dark World will sound a bit different than expected, it seems.

Carter Burwell, long set to provide the score for the second movie in Marvel's much-ballyhooed Phase 2, has departed the project.

Thor: The Dark World, the second movie of Marvel Studios' Phase 2, hits theaters in less than six months.  It's never too soon to feel the hype for a Marvel movie, so we're happy to present three image scans from the sequel.

These admittedly not-HD scans give us new looks at Chris Hemsworth in the redesigned Thor regalia, as well as Christopher Eccleston as the villainous Malekith the Accursed and a cadre of his Dark Elf soldiers.

Having kicked off Phase Two with Iron Man 3, Marvel Studios continues the superheroics this November 8th with Thor: The Dark World.

The one and only Ray Stevenson, who reprises his role as Volstagg, is talking up the latest Marvel sequel, promising that The Dark World finds Asgard going to full-blown cosmic war, raising the stakes for the eponymous deity and his fellow superbeings.

Synopsis: In the aftermath of Marvel’s Thor and Marvel’s The Avengers, Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos…but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.

Remember how the God of Thunder vowed to return to Midgard in order to reunite with his human lover in Thor, then didn't even throw a "Yo, girl" her way in The Avengers.  True, there were extenuating circumstances, but Thor didn't even text Jane Foster.

Well, Marvel Studios has released a pair of new official images from this year's Thor: The Dark World, and two of the big creative figures on the movie have discussed some story elements, confirming that Thor's going to be in the doghouse for avoiding Jane whilst saving the world.

With just two weeks until Iron Man 3 kicks off Phase 2 Stateside, Marvel Studios is hitting the promotional gas on its other 2013 sequel featuring a member of The Avengers.

The first teaser poster for Thor: The Dark World, due in theaters on November 8th, is currently making the rounds online.

Marvel Studios President of Production Kevin Feige is a third-degree black belt in the deadly art of offering vague yet exciting insights into the always eagerly-anticipated upcoming Marvel movies. 

Today, he's talking up all the forthcoming films of Phase 2, especially Guardians of the Galaxy, which he says takes place almost exclusively in outer space and is much more of a standalone movie than fans might anticipate.

Marvel Studios has been laying on the Iron Man 3 promotion pretty thick an anticipation of this Sunday's sixty-second Super Bowl TV spot.  So it's no surprise that Disney has dropped a new image featuring a cast member who hasn't been properly showcased thus far. 

Iron Man 3 is but one of two Marvel Studios movies arriving this year, though, and with that in mind, there's also a new behind the scenes image from November's Thor: The Dark World.

Scheduled to open in theaters on November 8th is the highly anticipated sequel to Thor entitled Thor: The Dark World, which will mark the second film released in Marvel Studios' Phase Two. The new installment was directed by Alan Taylor (Kill The Poor) and based on a screenplay by Captain America: The First Avenger scribes Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, and popular Marvel Comics writer Christopher Yost. The sequel features returning cast members Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Natalie Portman (Jane Foster), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Stellan Skarsgard (Dr, Erik Selvig), Idris Elba (Heimdall), Kat Dennings (Darcy Lewis), Ray Stevenson (Volstagg), Tadanobu Asano (Hogun), Jaimie Alexander (Sif), Rene Russo (Frigga), and Anthony Hopkins (Odin), as well as new cast members Christopher Eccleston (G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (The Thing), and Zachary Levi (Tangled). 

IAR's Managing Editor Jami Philbrick recently had the pleasure of sitting down with the beautiful Jaimie Alexander while she was promoting her new movie The Last Stand, which opens on January 18th and also stars Arnold Schwarzenegger. While we will run our interview with Alexander regarding The Last Stand closer to the films release date, we wanted to let you know now what the actress had to say about her work on Thor: The Dark World. The talented actress discussed the upcoming sequel, when she finished shooting, where we find the characters after the events of The Avengers, the darker tone of the film, more character development for Sif, exploring her possible romantic relationship with Thor, returning to the franchise without Thor director Kenneth Branagh, Marvel Comics scribe Christopher Yost's contributions to the project, and the addition of actor Zachary Levi as Warriors Three member Fandrai.