Loki will return for extra timeline shenanigans this yr.
Its been some time because the present centred across the trickster god aired, so in case you’d wish to know when the present will return and what it is going to be about, learn on. You may also see our ideas on the primary few episodes in our Loki assessment.
When will Loki season 2 launch?
Marvel has confirmed that Loki season 2 will arrive on 6 October 2023. We assume that episodes will launch weekly.
The present was initially slated for a Summer season 2023 launch, however a later air date is sensible contemplating that Secret Invasion didn’t begin airing till June 2023.
Loki is just not the one Disney+ Marvel sequence to be delayed – Ironheart and What If…? season 2 additionally acquired the identical remedy.
Is there a trailer for Loki season 2?
The primary full trailer for Loki season 2 is right here, which exhibits the God of Mischief glitching via time. Mobius is recruiting the help of OB, who’s performed by Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan. Watch it beneath:
The second trailer for Loki delves into his previous, current and future:
What’s the plot for Loki season 2?
Spoilers for the primary season of Loki beneath.
Of all of the MCU Disney+ exhibits in 2021, Loki undoubtedly has the most important influence on the franchise. That is due to the reveal of He Who Stays, performed by Jonathan Majors.
In the event you’re unfamiliar with the comics lore, He Who Stays is a variant of a villain referred to as Kang the Conqueror. Kang has many variations of himself throughout time and often is ready on dominating all of them.
The model that Loki and Sylvie met within the Citadel on the Finish of Time is most much like Immortus, a comparatively honest model of the character who simply needs to return the timeline to an orderly kind, therefore his creation of the TVA and the lie in regards to the existence of the Time Keepers.
By doing so, he’d cease the timeline from branching, and consequently stop an all-out multiversal conflict from taking place between the completely different Kangs. He knew all the pieces that was going to occur earlier than it had occurred, proper up till his dialog with the 2 Loki variants.
Sylvie determined that the mysterious man couldn’t be trusted, while Loki believed that he was telling the reality. The 2 fought, and it seemed like Loki was about to persuade her to his mind-set – however then Sylvie distracted Loki with a kiss and despatched him to a different timeline and killed He Who Stays herself.
Kang the Conqueror was the primary villain in Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, however we consider that his position is even larger than that. We may very well be trying on the subsequent Thanos, a villain that may transcend via many movies and exhibits in Marvel.
Head author Michael Waldron explains extra about Kang in an interview on the Marvel web site: “Figuring out that Kang was most likely going to be the following large cross-movie villain, and since he’s a time-traveling, multiversal adversary, it simply all the time made a lot sense.
“I got here up with that large multiversal conflict mythology and pitched it out within the room someday to our producers. They usually mentioned, yeah, let’s go for it. We knew we have been going to finish up assembly the person behind the scenes.”
When Loki returned to the TVA, in a surprising twist it appeared that he’d been despatched to a very completely different timeline – one the place his outdated pal Mobius didn’t even recognise him, and the place a giant statue of Kang stood proper within the center, proper the place the statue of the Time Keepers was once.
Every thing that He Who Stays warned about appears to have come to move. The timeline has branched over sixty occasions in line with Mobius, and within the model that Loki has come again to, Kang is a ruthless chief.
As a result of we now have a number of branches of time, this model of Kang is a unique to the one which seems in Ant-Man. It’s probably that we’ll see many variations, making a unending villain that may pop up in lots of eventualities. This new villain has blown the MCU extensive open.
After all, that was the unique plan. Majors has been on the centre of home violence accusations all through this yr, so there’s nonetheless a giant query mark on what’s going to occur to this character going ahead.
However what of different characters within the present? Choose Renslayer went off to search out out who was answerable for creating chaos on the sacred timeline. Whether or not her search will take her to Kang stays to be seen.
In the meantime, Sylvie was left within the Citadel after killing He Who Stays. After betraying Loki, we think about {that a} reunion between the 2 could not go down so properly subsequent season, regardless of their relatively sturdy and distinctive bond.
The second season will probably see Loki making an attempt to return to the timeline with the Mobius that he is aware of, and making an attempt to revive order from Kang. The most recent footage exhibits extra variant Lokis coming into the fray, and the trickster falling via the air.
The trailer reveals {that a} bunch of Loki variants will all be teaming up in London, and that Loki and Morbius will recruit OB to assist them cease a while glitching points.
As well as, the post-credits scene of Ant-Man 3 confirmed a Kang variant referred to as Victor Well timed. He’s acting on a stage explaining how vital time is in everybody’s lives, and the way it may be formed.
Watching on from the viewers is none apart from the God of Mischief, Loki. He’s sitting together with his TVA pal Mobius, who appears doubtful about whether or not this can be a “terrifying determine”, however Loki merely replies with “he’s”.
Some new merch pictures from Amazon France (as noticed by The Direct) exhibits Mobius in a brand new mech go well with, and confirms that Hunter B-15 will likely be returning.
Loki season 2 solid and crew
To this point the next solid members have been confirmed to return: Tom Hiddleston as Loki, Owen Wilson as Mobius, Sophia Di Martino as Sylvie/Woman Loki, Gugu Mbatha-Uncooked as Choose Ravonna Renslayer, Wunmi Mosaku as Hunter B-15 and Jonathan Majors as Kang.
Ke Huy Quan can also be becoming a member of the solid – he’s finest identified for enjoying Waymond in Every thing, In every single place, All At As soon as. He will likely be taking part in a personality referred to as OB, a TVA worker.
Rafael Casal and Kate Dickie are each becoming a member of the solid in unnamed (however vital) roles – they is also potential villains within the upcoming season.
It’d even be nice to see the opposite variants of Loki return – together with Richard E. Grant as Previous Man Loki, Jack Veal as Child Loki and Deobia Oparei as Boastful Loki.
Eric Martin will function head author, while Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead will co-lead the directing crew.
Sadly, showrunner Kate Herron won’t be again. Herron gave an interview to Deadline stating that she’d solely ever deliberate to work for one season and has different initiatives within the pipeline that she has to work on as an alternative.
How one can watch Loki
Loki is a Disney Plus unique, which implies you’ll be able to solely watch it on there. On the time of writing, Disney+ prices $10.99/£7.99 per 30 days for an ad-free rolling subscription and $109.99/£79.90 for an annual ad-free move. You’ll be able to join Disney Plus right here.
We’re nonetheless fairly a means away from season 2 of Loki being on the platform, however within the meantime, you’ll be able to nonetheless watch the likes of The Mandalorian, The Simpsons and nearly all of the Marvel movies.
