Thor: The Dark World is Marvel’s next film to hit theaters this year, and today we have loads of new images featuring Tom Hiddleston as Loki, Chris Hemsworth, Christopher Eccleston, and Natalie Portman.

Empire has released a massive amount of Thor: The Dark World images, giving us our first HD shot of Christopher Eccleston as the film’s main villain, Malekith the Accursed. Thor and Loki are featured on the magazine’s front page and within the article there are lots of new looks at all the actors in Thor’s sequel.

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These new images from Thor’s sequel are inspiring. While the first film was visually incredible, these definitely take it up a notch or two.

Thor: The Dark World’s latest trailer gave us some great new footage, along with some new looks of Tom Hiddleston as Loki as well. It was also announced that the cast and crew were going back for reshoots to add even more Loki to Thor’s sequel.

Actress Natalie Portman recently revealed that she “thinks they will be making” Thor 3, so we’ll be interested to see if the entire cast will be back for that during Marvel’s Phase three.

With the new footage, we’re seeing a much darker film than before, and while the comedic aspects are still present, we can tell that Game of Thrones’ director Alan Taylor has had a huge impact on the style of the film.

With these new images and the latest footage that leaked, we’re definitely looking forward to Thor’s sequel and its November 8 release date.