Underplayed Gems

Team Darryl (2018)

Team Darryl poster
Directed by
Taika Waititi
Genre
mockumentary, superhero film
Country
United States
Runtime
6 min
Rated
PG
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 192 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A series of short mockumentary films follow Thor as he adjusts to being on Earth and living with a regular guy named Darryl. The third short shows Darryl moving to Los Angeles to live with the Grandmaster.

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What happens

Team Thor is a series of American direct-to-video mockumentary short films produced by Marvel Studios, featuring characters from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Initially released from 2016 to 2018, they were included as special features in the MCU films' Blu-ray and digital distribution releases and are the sixth through eighth Marvel One-Shot short films. The series consists of Team Thor, Team Thor: Part 2, and Team Darryl, all written and directed by Taika Waititi. Chris Hemsworth reprises his role as Thor in the first two films, in which he moves in with a new roommate, Darryl Jacobson (Daley Pearson), during the events of Captain America: Civil War (2016). Mark Ruffalo also appears in the first film as Bruce Banner, while Jeff Goldblum appears in the third as the Grandmaster, whom Darryl lives with after moving to Los Angeles. Filming for Team Thor occurred one month before the start of filming on Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and was done to introduce MCU fans to the irreverent tone of Ragnarok. The shorts were praised for their humor and Hemsworth's performance. They were made available on Disney+ in January 2022, at which point Marvel classified them as One-Shots. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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