As confirmed by the end of Loki's finale, Tom Hiddleston's God of Mischief will return for a second season on Disney+. Here's what we know so far.
SUMMARY
- Loki season 2 is set to bring more time travel drama to the MCU, with the God of Mischief exploring and investigating the multiverse.
- The biggest tease for Loki season 2 came in the post-credits scene of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, indicating that Marvel Studios plans to expand the stories of secondary characters on Disney+.
- Loki season 2 is scheduled to release on October 5, 2023, with Tom Hiddleston returning as Loki and the majority of the season 1 cast reprising their roles. The season will consist of six episodes released every Thursday.
With Loki season 2 set to release as part of the MCU's Phase 5, more details have started to surface about the Disney+ show's upcoming second season. After meeting his demise at the hands of Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War, the Avengers' Time Heist in Endgame unleashed a variant of Tom Hiddleston's God of Mischief on the MCU, and Loki season 1 saw him exploring the world of the Time Variance Authority (TVA), and coming face-to-face with Jonathan Majors' He Who Remains. If the Loki season 1 ending cliffhanger is anything to go by, season 2 is set to bring another helping of time travel drama to the MCU.
So far, Loki is the only one of Marvel Studios' live-action Disney+ series' to be gifted a second outing, though the animated What If...? and Spider-Man: Freshman Year have also been confirmed for second seasons too. Loki's time travel and timeline-jumping allows for endless possibilities for season 2, particularly after the titular God of Mischief appeared to find himself in a new timeline at the end of Loki season 1 - one where the TVA is ruled over by Kang the Conqueror instead of He Who Remains. With season 1 unleashing the multiverse, Loki season 2's Phase 5 release date suggests the franchise will soon change drastically once again.
Loki Season 2: Latest News
A recent trailer for Disney+ provided viewers with their first look at proper footage of Loki season 2, showing Tom Hiddleston back in action as Loki. Prior to this, the biggest step towards Loki season 2 came during the post-credits scene of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, as the MCU's first Phase 5 film featured the return of Loki and Owen Wilson's Mobius M. Mobius, who met Majors' Victor Timely in the early 20th Century. This confirmed that Loki season 2, which has now been given a release date of October 5, 2023, will feature more time travel antics, showing the TVA duo investigating Kang the Conqueror and his variants throughout history.
Loki Season 2 Was Confirmed In The Season 1 Credits
Whereas audiences wait patiently for some projects to be announced and confirmed by Marvel Studios, Loki season 2 was confirmed to be in development in the final moments of season 1. The finale, "For All Time. Always," ended with the stinger revealing that "Loki will return in season 2." This sticks to Marvel Studios' desire to expand on secondary characters' stories while interconnecting them to the theatrical releases - though it seems Loki isn't there yet, as his story still has some way to go on the small screen.
Loki Season 2: Release Date
Loki suffered delays along with many of Marvel Studios' Disney+ series - but luckily, Loki season 2 hasn't been delayed as drastically as some of its fellow TV shows. Originally planned for a summer-2023 release date, Loki season 2 is now scheduled to release on October 5, 2023 - having been moved forward a day from its prior October 6 date - and is also set to release an episode every week. Similarly to Loki season 1, season 2 will consist of six episodes, releasing every Thursday until the finale airs on November 9. Loki season 2 will be the second of the MCU's Disney+ shows releasing in 2023, following June's Secret Invasion, but preceding Echo, which will be released towards the end of November.
Loki Season 2: Cast
Much of the Loki season 1 cast is set to return for the second season alongside Tom Hiddleston in the starring role of Loki, the Asgardian God of Mischief. Returning for Loki season 2 are Owen Wilson as Mobius M. Mobius, Sophia Di Martino as Sylvie, Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Ravonna Renslayer, Wunmi Mosaku as Hunter B-15, Eugene Cordero as Casey, a.k.a. Hunter K-5E, and Tara Strong as Miss Minutes. Fresh off a monumental win at 2023's Academy Awards ceremony, Ke Huy Quan is joining the cast of Loki season 2 as a TVA archivist, and Rafael Casal, Liz Carr, and Kate Dickie have been cast in undisclosed roles.
Kang actor Jonathan Majors is also set to reprise his role as the many variants of the Multiverse Saga's major villain. In Loki season 1, Majors portrayed He Who Remains, the guardian of the Sacred Timeline, before he played Kang the Conqueror himself in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Peyton Reed's third Ant-Man film also saw Majors portray many more variants of Kang the Conqueror, forming the Council of Kangs, and debut as Victor Timely in a tease for Loki season 2, so it's unclear just how many variants of Kang will be appearing in the upcoming Disney+ series.
Loki Season 2: Story Details
By killing He Who Remains, Sylvie unleashed the multiverse, allowing an innumerable amount of branching timelines to form, meaning Loki season 2 could span many different time periods and alternate realities. The Loki season 2 trailer supports this idea, with Tom Hiddleston's anti-hero seemingly being flung through time as a result of the multiversal changes to the MCU.
The Loki season 2 synopsis states that "'Loki' Season 2 picks up in the aftermath of the shocking season finale when Loki finds himself in a battle for the soul of the Time Variance Authority. Along with Mobius, Hunter B-15 and a team of new and returning characters, Loki navigates an ever-expanding and increasingly dangerous multiverse in search of Sylvie, Judge Renslayer, Miss Minutes and the truth of what it means to possess free will and glorious purpose."
As such, it seems that the sequel season will further explore what Sylvie killing He Who Remains did precisely to the larger landscape of the MCU, combining the Loki season 1 cast's personal stories with the overarching narrative surrounding Kang and his variants - especially with one such variants confirmed to appear in the form of Victor Timely.
There have been rumors that the TVA could be involved in Deadpool 3 in the MCU's Phase 6. As such, it's possible that Loki season 2 could begin to lay the foundations for Ryan Reynolds to make a smooth entrance into the MCU.
Loki Season 2: Trailer
Audiences were gifted their first look at Loki season 2 as part of 2023's Disney+ trailer, promoting Disney's own streaming service. However, this trailer only gave viewers a brief glimpse at what might unfold in the upcoming series, not revealing much past Tom Hiddleston and Owen Wilson's returns as Loki and Mobius. At 2022's D23 Expo, audiences were gifted a look at the first full trailer for Loki season 2, which was released later on for the general public.
Loki's He Who Remains Is The Multiverse Saga's New Thanos
He Who Remains was revealed as the man behind the TVA in Loki season 1, and as a variant of Kang the Conqueror. In Marvel Comics, Kang is a time-traveling villain and a thorn in the side of Earth's Mightiest Heroes, often putting the fate of the world at risk. The MCU's Kang the Conqueror and his variants have been shown off in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, and since the title of the MCU's next major crossover event is Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, it's expected that Kang is the Multiverse Saga's new Thanos - which all started in Loki season 1, so season 2 will surely develop this further, potentially setting up even more variants for the future.
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