Earlier today, the Australian government announced that two major Hollywood films were headed to the land Down Under: Thor: Ragnarok and Alien: Paradise Lost. During the presentation, they played a special video message from Marvel superstar and Australian native Chris Hemsworth expressing gratitude to the government for helping to secure this deal.

"I want to say a huge thank you to the federal government," Hemsworth says in the video. "Particularly, for the Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop, and Minister for the Arts, Mitch Fifield, for making it possible for Thor: Ragnarok to shoot here in Australia. I'm incredibly excited to be coming back home to work and here with our extremely talented production industry which I think is one of the best in the world. It's fantastic to see the government and the Prime Minister supporting our creative industries. I look forward to introducing my Marvel friends to this beautiful country of ours."

Listen to Hemsworth's comments in the video below.

@Marvel Thor: Ragnarok to be filmed in Australia in 2016 - @chrishemsworth appears at the announcement pic.twitter.com/hJ4ZwA3ZpF — Julie Bishop (@JulieBishopMP) October 22, 2015

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