In a surprise no one saw coming, Marvel Studios has released the first teaser trailer for their highly anticipated fall release, Thor Ragnarok, and it's pretty damn awesome.
It's not particularly forthcoming with plot details, but we do learn why Chris Hemsworth's God of Thunder hasn't been spotted with Mjolnir in any of the early promo art as Cate Blanchett's Hela, headdress and all, shatters his mighty hammer to Kingdom Come and takes over Asgard. The trailer also shows off nearly all of the new and returning characters and closes with our hero stepping into the Grandmaster's arena where he reencounters an old friend from work... but it doesn't seem like the reunion will be as joyous as he had hoped.
Check out the trailer, which is set to Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song," below:
In Marvel Studios' "Thor: Ragnarok," Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe without his mighty hammer and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok - the destruction of his homeworld and the end of Asgardian civilization - at the hands of an all-powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela. But first he must survive a deadly gladiatorial contest that pits him against his former ally and fellow Avenger - the Incredible Hulk!
Thor: Ragnarok features:
Director: Taika Waititi
Chris Hemsworth as Thor Odinson
Tom Hiddleston as Loki Laufeyson
Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk
Cate Blanchett as Hela
Idris Elba as Heimdall
Sir Anthony Hopkins as Odin Borson
Jeff Goldblum as Grandmaster
Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie
Karl Urban as Skurge/The Executioner
Sam Neill in an undisclosed role
Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Stephen Strange
Thor: Ragnarök hammers into theaters November 3