Alan Taylor has revealed that we are going to be seeing a more historical look in Thor: The Dark World.
Taylor takes over the director's chair from Kenneth Branagh for the second stand alone Thor film; and we are going to get a very different look from the first move as Taylor puts his stand on the franchise.
Speaking to SFX the director said: "I love doing period stuff, and I was immersed in Game Of Thrones. I was lucky that Marvel seemed to have an appetite for that this time.
"They’d consciously steered away from that kind of thing in the first one. Because they wanted to make sure they were distinguishing themselves from Lord Of The Rings. They didn’t want to be mistaken for that.
"But by the time I came along it seemed like they were ready to embrace a slightly more historical attitude towards it.
"In my mind this is an ancient, ancient culture that highly reveres the horse and the culture of the horse. We still use fountain pens because we think they’re really cool - it’s not like we all use laser pens.
"So I think there’s a living culture that keeps these things. To me the defining thing was that Thor is a superhero amongst many superheroes, but the thing that makes him different is the thing that should be featured in the movie. And that is that he’s also a warrior prince from ancient culture."
Thor: The Dark World sees Chris Hemsworth reprise the title role, while Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston and Anthony Hopkins are all returning.
As for Taylor he will be back in the director's chair for the fifth Terminator movie.
Thor: The Dark World is released 30th October.
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