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Thor : Ragnarok is an upcoming American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Thor , produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures . It is intended to be the sequel to 2011 's Thor and 2013 's Thor : The Dark World and the seventeenth film installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe -LRB- MCU -RRB- . The film is directed by Taika Waititi with a screenplay by Eric Pearson , and stars Chris Hemsworth , Tom Hiddleston , Cate Blanchett , Idris Elba , Jeff Goldblum , Tessa Thompson , Karl Urban , Mark Ruffalo and Anthony Hopkins . In Thor : Ragnarok , Thor must defeat the Hulk in a gladiatorial duel in time to save Asgard from Hela and the coming Ragnarök .   A third Thor film was confirmed in January 2014 , with the title and involvement of Hemsworth and Hiddleston announced that October . Waititi joined the film as director the next October , after Alan Taylor chose not to return from the second film , and Ruffalo joined the cast , crossing over the character Hulk from other MCU films . With the Hulk 's inclusion , elements from the 2006 comic storyline `` Planet Hulk '' were adapted for Ragnarok . The rest of the cast was confirmed the next May , with Pearson revealed to be involved with the film at the start of filming in July 2016 . Principal photography took place from July to October , 2016 , in Queensland and Sydney , Australia , with the film having exclusive use of Village Roadshow Studios in Oxenford .   Thor : Ragnarok is scheduled to be released on November 3 , 2017 , in IMAX .