Trailers and images for Thor: The Dark World – this fall’s installment in Phase 2 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe – have made it clear that the sequel will certainly look strikingly different than director Kenneth Branagh’s first installment in the God of Thunder’s movie franchise. That quality can be attributed to The Dark World helmer Alan Taylor, a longtime TV director who was serving as a co-executive producer on HBO’s Game of Thrones just before he signed on to oversee the Thor sequel.
Taylor has spoken before about the storytelling and thematic similarities between the conflicts in author George R.R. Martin’s Thrones universe and those in ...
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