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New 'Thor: The Dark World' Poster Storms The Web

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Right now, Iron Man 3 is hogging the superhero movie attention spotlight, but Marvel has another film coming down the pipeline, albeit later in the year. Now, there’s a poster for Thor: The Dark World. The next stage of Marvel’s Phase Two brings back Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Natalie Portman, and, most importantly of all, Kat Dennings.

As for the poster… well, at least there aren’t any sparks flying around. You know what? No. I’m not letting it off the hook. Snow blowing about still counts as flying debris. Heck, it might as well be recolored ash. Still trapped in the cliches, Marvel. I propose an official ban on all swirling motes in movie posters, from now until the end of time.

Thor: The Dark World will be released November 8th. It’ll be interesting to see how a superhero film performs during a holiday release. Up till now, all of them have come out in the summer.

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