Thor 2: The Manacing Malekith & Character Deets

Marvel has posted a nifty exclusive character one-sheet poster of  Christopher Eccleston as the villain--Malekith the Accursed the ruler of the Dark Elves of Svartalfheim in the sequel "Thor: The Dark World". He has magical abilities including teleportation, energy projection, flight, and shape changing ability.

The folks over at Stitch Kingdom have posted a casting breakdown for the sequel that includes never before revealed character details.

The sequel is directed by Alan Taylor and on a larger scale than the first film with double the amount of Asgardian characters and the inclusion of Thor (Chris Hemsworth) battling more mythical Norse creatures.

Natalie Portman is back playing Jane. Tom Hiddleston is once again bad boy Loki Kat Dennings will reprise her role as Darcy Lewis, the spunky sidekick to Portman's from the first film and Idris Elba will be reprising the role of Heimdal. Jamie Alexander plays Sif, ‘Chuck’s’ Zachary Levi is lined up to replace Josh Dallas who will not reprise his role as Warriors Three member Frandral Hopkins will be back playing Thor's pops. The great Alice Krige ("Star Trek: First Contact," "Silent Hill") will play the Dark Elf queen Alflyse. Richard Brake will play a captain in an elite squad of warriors known as the Einherjar. Clive Russell ("Sherlock Holmes") will play Tyr, Asgard’s god of war and the older brother of Thor.

"Saving Private Ryan" scribe Robert Rodat is said to have performed a re-write of the sequel. First Thor co-writer Don Payne had written the first draft.

The sequel hits theaters on November 8th 2013