Thor has lost his hammer and the Hulk can speak in a bold new trailer for the upcoming Thor: Ragnarok shown to Comic-Con audiences here on Saturday.
The film takes a more irreverent tone than the first two and brings the likes of Jeff Goldbum and Cate Blanchett into the fold.
Director Taika Waititi, actor Chris Hemsworth and the rest of the cast unveiled the 2.35 minute-long trailer on Saturday which features Thor (Hemsworth) and Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) battling each other before becoming friends again.
Thor, the hammer-wielding Asgardian God, is also seen putting together a supergroup — him, Hulk, Loki (Tom Hiddleston) and Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson) — to take on the villainess Hela (Cate Blanchett).
“I’ve played this character five times,” Chris Hemsworth told the audience. “Me, personally, I got a little bored and thought we’ve got to try something a little different ... Push the envelope, take it to another level.”
So, they cut his hair, take his hammer away and pit him against Jeff Goldblum and Cate Blanchett. When Blanchett’s Hela, the goddess of death, invades Asgard, Thor finds himself on the run and under the control of Goldblum’s Grandmaster on Sakaar where he is pitted against the Hulk in a Gladiator tournament. In this film, the Hulk refuses to turn back into Bruce Banner, but he is learning to speak, albeit slowly.
“He has the vocabulary of a two year old,” Mark Ruffalo said. The first teaser trailer for the film was released in April.
Thor: Ragnarok releases on November 3.
Watch the trailer here:
