Loki Season 2: Release date, cast, & everything we know
Marvel/Disney+Glorious… here’s everything we know about Loki Season 2, the return of Tom Hiddleston’s God of Mischief to the MCU, from its cast and a refresh of what happened in Season 1.
Tom Hiddleston is the gift that keeps on giving, as the British actor is coming back for Loki Season 2.
The first season of the MCU spinoff show on Disney+ was a raging success, leaving the universe (and multiverse) open to new and exciting threats.
To get prepared for the God of Mischief’s return, here is everything you need to know about Loki Season 2.
Contents:
- Loki Season 2: Release date
- Loki Season 2: Cast
- Plot details for Loki Season 2
- Loki Season 1 recap
- Are there trailers for Loki Season 2?
Loki Season 2: Is there a release date?
Marvel Studios has confirmed that Loki Season 2 will be released on October 5, 2023, at 6 PM PT. Much like the first season, the six episodes will premiere on a weekly schedule.
This release date has not been affected by the recent WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, as reported by Variety.
This is also set to be one of the MCU’s most expensive shows, with a budget of $141.3 million.
Loki Season 2 cast: Who’s returning for the next season?
So far, Disney has officially confirmed thirteen major characters and actors for Season 2 of Loki. This includes:
- Tom Hiddleston as Loki
- Owen Wilson as Agent Mobius
- Sophia Di Martino as Sylvie
- Jonathan Majors as Victor Timely/Kang the Conqueror
- Ke Huy Quan as Ouroboros
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Ravonna Lexus Renslayer
- Wunmi Mosaku as Hunter B-15
- Eugene Cordero as Casey
- Tara Strong as Miss Minutes
- Neil Ellice as Hunter D-90
- Kate Dickie
- Rafael Casal
- Liz Carr
As seen in set photos, Sylvie will be returning in some capacity but will be trapped working for a 1970s McDonalds.
The show recently released a snippet of a teaser showing that Loki will confront Sylvie at a McDonald’s and, from the look on her face, she didn’t expect to see him ever again.
In terms of new casting, of the biggest of Season 2 is Everything Everywhere All at Once star Ke Huy Quan, who will be playing Ouroboros, said to be in charge of all technology issued and developed at the TV.
Kate Dickie, who is known for horror films such as The Witch, will also be making her MCU debut in a currently unknown role. Rafael Casal, who can be seen in a TVA prisoner jumpsuit in the set photos above, is also joining the season as a currently unnamed character. As is Liz Carr, known for an appearance in Netflix‘s The Witcher.
In terms of the crew, earlier showrunner Kate Herron has departed for Season 2. “I’m really happy to watch it as a fan next season. I just think I’m proud of what we did here and I’ve given it my all,” she told Deadline.
The Endless filmmakers Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, who also directed two episodes of Moon Knight, have signed on as directors and will co-direct the majority of Season 2’s episodes, while writers Michael Waldron and Eric Martin have also returned.
Do we know what Loki Season 2’s plot is?
We currently know as much as the trailers will tell us. Mainly that Loki is “Time Slipping,” which is causing issues for both him and the multiverse. He, Mobius, and Sylvie end up on a journey throughout time, encountering Kang the Conqueror once more. Six episodes are confirmed.
Speaking with Total Film, Hiddleston said: “At the end of Season 1, the story isn’t over. I think that’s really clear. Loki’s almost more unstable and as turbulent and passionate and chaotic as he’s ever been. And maybe some of that needs resolution.”
Loki Season 2: What happened in Season 1?
In Avengers: Endgame we saw Loki from the 2012 timeline escape with the Tesseract, leaving his fate open to interpretation. Despite the original Loki dying at the hands of Thanos in Infinity War, the 2012 Loki has found himself captured by the Time Variance Authority.
Effectively acting as the time police of the MCU, they ensure that the multiverse flows without interruption. Loki can’t return to his old ways and must work the Time Variance Authority to fix disruptions, leading to the God of Mischief meeting unusual variants of himself along the way.
In the end, Loki crosses paths with He Who Remains, a mysterious figure who can see into the past, present, and future simultaneously.
By breaking the fabric of time and space, Loki and Sylvie are able to defeat He Who Remains. However, the multiverse is fully ripped open.
Is there a Loki Season 2 trailer?
Yes, an official trailer for the upcoming season of Loki has been released, which you can check out below:
Loki Season 2 has actually had the biggest online trailer debut ever for a Disney+ series, with 80M views.
On September 4, 2023, Marvel Studios posted another trailer ahead of Season 2’s release date. The video featured footage of Jonathan Majors as Victor Timely, a Kang the Conqueror variant that debuted. in the post-credits scene of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
On September 23, 2023, Marvel provided another sneak peek at Loki Season 2 ahead of its release date. The 30-second video, titled “Hands of Time,” featured Ke Huy Quan as Ouroboros counting down the minutes until catastrophe.
In addition to trailers, there have also been multiple posters released, including the one below:
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