Incredible new poster for Thor: The Dark World

Thor: The Dark World has released an epic new poster online.

The hotly anticipated sequel - which lands in late 2013 - is the next step in Marvel’s Phase 2 megaplan, with Chris Hemsworth’s Thor returning to his old life after his adventures in The Avengers .

As well as returning to London to reconnect with his Earthbound love, Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), he’s also got an army of dark elves to deal with, led by Christopher Eccleston’s Malekith.

As the subtitle hints at, the sequel will spend more time exploring the nine realms of Asgard, with Thor whisking her off to meet his folks in his homeworld. Naturally, Thor’s adopted brother Loki looks set to cause all manner of mischief.

Director Alan Taylor - who takes the reigns from Kenneth Branagh - has experience on Game Of Thrones , and should bring an earthier aesthetic to one of Marvel’s more fantastical settings.

Check out the poster in full below:

[ Click on the poster to see it in hi-res ]

Thor: The Dark World will open in UK cinemas on 30 October 2013, before hitting the US on 8 November 2013.

For more on Marvel's future movies, read Marvel Panel: 15 Things We Learned At Comic-Con 2013

Comic-book fans should be sure to pick up the brand-new issue 210 of Total Film magazine, which hits shelves on 2 August 2013.

Inside the issue, you’ll find full Comic-Con coverage of the likes of Joss Whedon on Avengers: Age Of Ultron , X-Men: Days Of Future Past , The Amazing Spider-Man 2 , Edge Of Tomorrow , Guardians Of The Galaxy , RoboCop , and more, plus Chris Hemsworth, Halle Berry, Lena Headey, James McAvoy and Matt Damon. Seriously, you’re not going to want to miss this one…

Matt Maytum
Editor, Total Film

I'm the Editor at Total Film magazine, overseeing the running of the mag, and generally obsessing over all things Nolan, Kubrick and Pixar. Over the past decade I've worked in various roles for TF online and in print, including at GamesRadar+, and you can often hear me nattering on the Inside Total Film podcast. Bucket-list-ticking career highlights have included reporting from the set of Tenet and Avengers: Infinity War, as well as covering Comic-Con, TIFF and the Sundance Film Festival.