Thor: The Dark World was being planned as a very different movie before it went to the editing room.

It looks like Darcy Lewis has been busy since we last saw her in the MCU.

The God of Thunder's second solo outing is widely considered as one of the MCU's worst entries. But why?

It all makes sense now.

Before Alan Taylor stepped in to direct Thor: The Dark World, Marvel had signed with Monster helmer Patty Jenkins, which was a pretty big deal. She would be Marvel's first female director and it would be for the first Thormovie post-Avengers. However, she left the project after three months due to "creative differences." Thanks to a new interview with Vanity Fair, we now know what those differences were: she wanted a good script and Marvel disagreed. Jenkins spoke frankly about her departure: “I did not believe that I could make a good movie out of the script that …

Marvel's Thor: The Dark World originally had a very different ending - and it would have been a vast improvement on the final cut.

We get it.

Leading up to Marvel’s The Avengers, the question on everyone’s minds was whether this interconnected universe of Marvel movies would work. But after The Avengers, which was a monumental success, the studio then had to turn to continuing to build out its individual franchises. First up was Iron Man 3, a fairly safe bet given the success of the first two movies. But second out of the gate was a Thor sequel, following an initial film that had a few issues and a character that was still somewhat ill-defined. Indeed, as evidenced by the creatively difficult production …

Thor’s brother Balder the Brave almost made the cut for Thor: The Dark World, but was apparently removed from the film before its script was finalized.