Thor: Legend of the Magical Hammer (2011) Hetjur Valhallar - Þór (original title)

Directors:

Óskar Jónasson
Toby Genkel (co-director)
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Writers:

Friðrik Erlingsson (written by)
Toby Genkel (additional story & writing)
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Release Date:

8 January 2013 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Plot:

An over confident teen with a magical weapon and a handful of imperfect gods join forces against an evil queen and her army of giants

Plot Keywords:

Thor | Valhalla | Computer Animation | Adventure Hero | Norse Mythology

Awards:

2 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Justin Gregg	...	Thor
Paul Tylak	...	Crusher
Nicola Coughlan	...	Edda (voice)
Liz Lloyd	...	Hel
Alan Stanford	...	Odinn
Emmett Scanlan	...	Sindri
J. Drew Lucas	...	Thrym
Mary Murray	...	Freyja
Lesa Thurman	...	Mother (voice)
Gary Hetzler	...	Grandfather (voice)
Hillary Kavanagh	...	Old Age
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Keith Alexander	...	Additional Voices
John Broderick	...	Additional Voices
Rod Goodall	...	Additional Voices
Liam Heffernan	...	Additional Voices
Corey Macri	...	Additional Voices
Andrew Mangan	...	Additional Voices
Paul McCloskey	...	Additional Voices
Steve McGrath	...	Additional Voices
Liam O'Brien	...	Additional Voices

Directed by
Óskar Jónasson
Toby Genkel		(co-director)
Gunnar Karlsson		(co-director)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Mick Casale		script consultant
Friðrik Erlingsson		written by
Toby Genkel		additional story & writing
Mark Hodkinson		dialogue writer
Óskar Jónasson		additional story & writing

Produced by
Emely Christians	....	executive producer
Ralph Christians	....	executive producer
Hilmar Sigurðsson	....	producer
Arnar Thorisson	....	producer
Maite Wokoeck	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Stephen McKeon

Film Editing by
Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir

Casting by
Moe Honan

Production Design by
Gunnar Karlsson

Art Direction by
Tómas Þorbjörn Ómarsson

Production Management
Viola Lütten	....	production manager
Heather Mills	....	production manager
Tinna Hrönn Proppé	....	unit production manager
Karólína Stefánsdóttir	....	production manager
Miriam Thiel	....	assistant production manager
Marcel Tie	....	assistant production manager
Maike Timmann	....	production manager
Hannes Tödter	....	production manager: Germany

Art Department
Pétur Arnórsson	....	texture artist
Hjalti P. Finnsson	....	texture artist
Toby Genkel	....	storyboard artist
Sigmundur Mossi Guðlaugsson	....	texture artist
Gísli Darri Halldórsson	....	storyboard artist
Ægir Örn Ingvarsson	....	texture artist
Gunnar Karlsson	....	art supervisor
Gunnar Karlsson	....	matte painting
Snædís Kjartansdóttir	....	texture artist
Eva Kristjáns	....	storyboard artist
Eva Kristjáns	....	texture artist
Magne Kvam	....	graphic designer
Siggi Valur	....	storyboard artist
Milan Vasek	....	visual development
Skúli Theodórs Ólafsson	....	texture artist
Tómas Þorbjörn Ómarsson	....	matte painting
Tómas Þorbjörn Ómarsson	....	set designer
Tómas Þorbjörn Ómarsson	....	storyboard artist
Tómas Þorbjörn Ómarsson	....	texture artist
Tómas Þorbjörn Ómarsson	....	visual development
Karl Örvarsson	....	graphic designer

Sound Department
Keith Alexander	....	adr recordist
Rocci Barrett	....	dialogue recordist
Rachel Donovan	....	sound facilities manager
Caoimhe Doyle	....	foley artist
Patrick Drummond	....	supervising sound editor
Steve Fanagan	....	foley editor
Garret Farrell	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Fitzgerald	....	sound re-recording mixer
Aza Hand	....	sound designer
Andrea King	....	foley artist
Michelle McCormack	....	sound effects editor
Eoghan McDonnell	....	foley artist
Laurence McGowan	....	dialogue recordist
Jean McGrath	....	foley recordist
Steve McGrath	....	adr recordist
Ciaran Mulligan	....	adr recordist
Ciaran Mulligan	....	dialogue recordist
Debbie Smith	....	dialogue recordist
Jon Stevenson	....	dialogue editor

Visual Effects by
Ronney Afortu	....	colorist
Ulla Ardal	....	lighting assistant
Jörundur Rafn Arnarson	....	compositing supervisor
Pétur Arnórsson	....	shading artist
Jakob Baltzersen	....	lighting artist
Phillip Berg	....	lighting artist
Maxime Chaix	....	compositor
Graham D. Clark	....	stereoscopic consultant (as Graham Clark)
Andreas Cronström	....	compositor
Eric Deren	....	stereoscopic consultant
Thomas Diesselhorst	....	digital artist
Friedolin Dreesen	....	senior character technical director
Stefan Eksteen	....	modeller
Sigurður Eyþórsson	....	visual effects editorial
Hjalti P. Finnsson	....	shading artist
Luca Fiorentini	....	lead lighting artist
Dirk Frischmuth	....	digital artist
Kate Gabriel	....	lighting artist
Jonmundur Gislason	....	compositor: Framestore
Rui Gomes	....	systems administrator: Framestore
Javier González Alonso	....	lead lighting artist
Arnar Gunnarsson	....	CGI supervisor
Arnar Gunnarsson	....	effects animator
Arnar Gunnarsson	....	lighting TD and programming
Arnar Gunnarsson	....	lighting artist
Arnar Gunnarsson	....	shader development
Arnar Gunnarsson	....	stereoscopic supervisor
Sigmundur Mossi Guðlaugsson	....	shading artist
Frank Hellmann	....	digital intermediate supervisor
Thomas Helzle	....	lighting TD and programming
Thomas Helzle	....	shader development
Johannes Hezer	....	compositing supervisor
Eyrún Hjörleifsdóttir	....	lighting prep, pre lighting and render wrangling
Ægir Örn Ingvarsson	....	lighting assistant
Ægir Örn Ingvarsson	....	shading artist
Simon Isenberg	....	digital compositor
Krzysiek Jedrzejek	....	character technical director
Linda Jen	....	lighting assistant
Davíð Ingi Jóhannsson	....	lighting artist
Gunnar Karlsson	....	lighting director
Snædis Kjartansdottir	....	stereoscopic camera setup
Eva Kristjansdottir	....	shading artist
Daniel Kuntz	....	visual effects artist
Garloff Langenbeck	....	visual effects artist
Helgi Laxdal	....	pre-comp operator
Florian Linner	....	character technical director
Henrik Linnet	....	compositor
Sebastian Luedke	....	lighting artist
Heiko Lueg	....	compositor
Jens Luetkens	....	system administrator
Gudjon Magnusson	....	lighting assistant
Gudjon Magnusson	....	shading artist
Chris Marshall	....	effects animator
Ben Mathis	....	lighting artist
Sunna Mogensen	....	lighting prep, pre lighting and render wrangling
Sunna Mogensen	....	stereoscopic camera setup
Debadas Mohanty	....	effects animator
David Ramon	....	lighting artist
Markus 'Maggi' Selchow	....	digital artist
Ögmundur Sigfússon	....	pre-comp operator
Siggi Orri Thorhannesson	....	lighting prep, pre lighting and render wrangling
Gunnhildur Thorkelsdottir	....	visual effects production assistant
Michael Todd	....	compositor
Sveinbjörn J. Tryggvason	....	character td and programmer
Sveinbjörn J. Tryggvason	....	effects animator
Sveinbjörn J. Tryggvason	....	lighting TD and programming
Milan Vasek	....	lead lighting artist
Stephan Wagemann	....	digital effects supervisor
Florian Westermann	....	compositor
Skúli Theodórs Ólafsson	....	effects animator
Skúli Theodórs Ólafsson	....	lighting prep, pre lighting and render wrangling
Skúli Theodórs Ólafsson	....	shading artist
Tómas Þorbjörn Ómarsson	....	lighting artist
Marteinn Örn Óskarsson	....	effects animator
Marteinn Örn Óskarsson	....	lead character technical director
Marteinn Örn Óskarsson	....	lighting prep, pre lighting and render wrangling
Marteinn Örn Óskarsson	....	shading artist

Animation Department
Ulla Ardal	....	animation set-up & scene preparation
Odinn Arnason	....	layout artist
Pétur Arnórsson	....	lead modeler
Jakob Baltzersen	....	animator
Jakob Baltzersen	....	layout artist
Peter Bohl	....	animation director
Raoul Cacciamani	....	animation director
John T. Coomey	....	animator (as John Coomey)
Arno Franzl	....	animator
Martin Freitag	....	animator
Lára Garðarsdóttir	....	animator
Lára Garðarsdóttir	....	layout artist
Markus Geerts	....	animator
Sigmundur Mossi Guðlaugsson	....	animation set-up & scene preparation
Bjarki Rafn Guðmundsson	....	animation director
Bjarki Rafn Guðmundsson	....	animator
Bjarki Rafn Guðmundsson	....	layout & scene planning supervisor
Gísli Darri Halldórsson	....	animator
Gísli Darri Halldórsson	....	layout artist
Heiko Hentschel	....	animator
Eyrún Hjörleifsdóttir	....	animation set-up & scene preparation
Eyrún Hjörleifsdóttir	....	assistant animator
Eyrún Hjörleifsdóttir	....	scene planning assistant
Ægir Örn Ingvarsson	....	animation set-up & scene preparation
Linda Jen	....	animation set-up & scene preparation
Davíð Ingi Jóhannsson	....	layout artist
Davíð Ingi Jóhansson	....	animator
Thorsten Kesse	....	animator
Snædis Kjartansdottir	....	animation set-up & scene preparation
Snædis Kjartansdottir	....	layout artist
Eva Kristjansdottir	....	layout artist
Eva Kristjáns	....	layout artist
Robert Lehman	....	animator
Gudjon Magnusson	....	animation set-up & scene preparation
Jason Meah	....	animator
Elena Miroglio	....	animator
Sunna Mogensen	....	animation set-up & scene preparation
Tom Mortimer	....	animator
Sandra Ni Chonaola	....	animator
Ray O'Dwyer	....	animator
Paul O'Flanagan	....	animator
Markus Plinke	....	animator
Michael Plummer	....	animator
Antti Ripatti	....	animator
Philip Rudolph	....	animator
Carsten Seller	....	animator
Pedram Taghdisi	....	senior character animator
Siggi Orri Thorhannesson	....	animator
Sveinbjörn J. Tryggvason	....	animator
Sveinbjörn J. Tryggvason	....	layout artist

Casting Department
Moe Honan	....	original casting

Editorial Department
Ronney Afortu	....	colorist
Ólafur Jóhanesson	....	trailer editor
Ögmundur Sigfússon	....	on-line editor

Music Department
Darran Cummins	....	protools engineer
Peter Fuchs	....	music engineer
Peter Fuchs	....	scoring mixer
Gavin Murphy	....	orchestrator
Bragi Valdimar Skúlason	....	composer: end title song
The Slovac National Symphony Orchestra and Choir	....	score performed by
Paul Talkington	....	music contractor
Marian Turner	....	choir master
Allan Wilson	....	conductor

Other crew
Thorhallur Agustsson	....	licensing director
Jana Bohl	....	studio manager
Gero Brugmann	....	legal counsel: completion guarantor
Christian Burgdorff	....	head of lab production
Friedolin Dreesen	....	it director
Gagarin Ehf	....	web site designer
Einar Örn Eidsson	....	additional it operation
Miriam Hatzijordanou	....	production assistant
Grétar Berg Jónsson	....	it director
Florian Linner	....	technical support
Jade Murphy	....	production assistant
Tinna Hrönn Proppé	....	production coordinator
Fridrik Thor Ragnarsson	....	additional it operation
Kristinn Sófanías Rúnarsson	....	additional it operation
Hilmar Sigurðsson	....	title design
Benjamin Wuepper	....	lab project co-ordinator

Production Companies

• CAOZ hf.
• Ulysses
• Magma Films Ltd. (I)

Distributors

• Global Screen (2011) (worldwide) (theatrical)
• Anderson Digital (2013) (USA) (video) (Digital)
• ARC Entertainment (II) (2013) (USA) (theatrical)
• Just Film Distribution (2012) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Koch Media (2013) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Cinemax (2011) (Russia) (all media) (CIS)
• Film1 (2013) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Just Bridge Entertainment (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Just Bridge Entertainment (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Also Known As:

"Hetjur Valhallar - Þór" - Iceland (original title)
"Legends of Valhalla: Thor" - International (English title) (imdb display title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some scary images, action and mild rude humor

Country:

Iceland | Germany | Ireland

Language:

Icelandic | English | German

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Sweden:7 | South Korea:All | Netherlands:6 | USA:PG

Company:

CAOZ hf.

Trivia:

Iceland's first feature length CG animated movie. Also the first Icelandic film made in 3D.

Pretty dull experience

I rented this movie with my friends, seeing as I'm from Iceland and I love animated movies that was a must.

But this movie is terribly disappointing. It's both disappointing to general movie goers looking for a decent movie to watch, and for people that are familiar with the Nordic mythology. The thing that set's this film off is the fact that it bears an striking resembles to the Disney film Hercules.

All the aspects that made Hercules a bad Greek mythology movie are presented here except they are applied to Nordic mythology.

But that doesn't mean that it's a bad movie, what makes it a bad movie is that fact that it's a very bland story that has no weight to it. The animation looks decent enough but they got very, very lazy with making more character models than they had to.

There is a terrible anti climatic fight scene at the end, where the thurs are attacking Valhalla attempting to tear it down, battle of gods! But it's only like 10 thurs and 10 Æsir figthing, which is pathetic to say the least.

and by the way, they got millions in funds that came from tax payers to make this piece of... not so good movie. ahem.