Thor: Raganarok Sets Being Built On Gold Coast

On July 4th, while fireworks will be lighting up the skies in North America, principal photography on Marvel's Thor: Ragnarok will commence in the land Down Under.

With less than two weeks to go, production crews are working at feverish pace to complete several outdoor sets being erected on the Village Roadshow Studios lot at Oxenford on the Gold Coast. Today, Gold Coast Bulletin posted first batch of photos showing some of the sets being built.

GCB reports, "Production crew members have been going hammer and tongs for the past few months to get the film's epic array of props, costumes and sets, said to include several spaceships, ready for July 4."

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Yesterday, Chris Hemsworth had a Thor: Ragnarok story meeting with his Kiwi director, Taika Waititi. He also helped promote Waitit's latest movie Hunt For The Wilderpeople, which became the highest-grossing New Zealand of all-time. It won't make its U.S. debut until January.

Just had a very constructive story meeting with our Thor 3 director @taikawaititi - gonna be a lotta fun. If you haven't seen his other film yet @huntforthewilderpeople, go see it! It's got more heart, humor and fun than a bag of marshmallows. It opens tomorrow in LA/NYC and everywhere in July. Visit wilderpeople.film to buy tickets !!

A photo posted by Chris Hemsworth (@chrishemsworth) on Jun 23, 2016 at 5:52pm PDT

The cast features returning stars Chris Hemsworth in the title role for the fifth time; Tom Hiddleston as Thor's adversarial, adopted brother, Loki; Idris Elba as the Asgardian sentry, Heimdall; and Sir Anthony Hopkins again portraying Odin, Ruler of Asgard. Newcomers to the franchise include Cate Blanchett as the mysterious and powerful new villain Hela, Jeff Goldblum as the eccentric Grandmaster, Tessa Thompson as the classic hero Valkyrie, Karl Urban as Skurge, and Mark Ruffalo reprising his role of Bruce Banner/The Hulk.

Thor: Ragnarok, the third installment of Marvel's popular Norse Super Hero, is directed by filmmaker Taika Waititi. Kevin Feige will produce the film, joined by executive producers Louis D'Esposito, Brad Winderbaum, Victoria Alonso, Thomas M. Hammel and Stan Lee.

Thor: Ragnarok will be released on November 3, 2017.