Disney+ has released the official trailer for Marvel Studios’ ‘Loki‘ Season 2, which is set to premiere this October on the streaming service.
‘Loki’ stars Tom Hiddleston as the “God of Mischief” title character, when he lands in trouble with the bureaucratic TVA (Time Variance Authority) after absconding with the Tesseract.
For those of you needing a bit of a recap as to where we left things back at the end of season one, Loki and… Loki, aka Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino), had both made it past the monster Alioth to reach the Citadel at the End of Time. Once inside, they encounter a man described as “He Who Remains”, a variant of Kang the Conqueror, played by Jonathan Majors (currently… although his possible upcoming legal issues may change that…)
“He Who Remains” explained how he created the TVA after ending a multiversal war caused by his more evil variants. Its purpose was to stop any future multiversal wars by creating a singular timeline. He then offers them a choice – A. Kill him, and end the singular timeline, allowing free will, but also the multiverse to expand into chaos, most likely creating a new multiversal war… Or B. Replace him as his successors together in overseeing the timeline. Sylvie just wanted him dead and fights with Loki who wants her to consider the consequences. She pushes Loki through a portal landing him back at the TVA, and plunges a sword through “He Who Remains” heart… And the timeline begins to branch out exponentially…
Back at the TVA, Loki tries to warn Mobius about the threat from the expanding timelines and the threat from the evil “He Who Remains” variants. The only problem is, Mobius has no idea who Loki is… Looking around, Loki spots a statue of “He Who Remains” and realises he is in a different universe’s TVA,
As we can see in the new trailer, it would appear that Loki has an issue with time… Mainly that he is having a problem staying in one point of it… As Loki “slips” up and down the timeline, Mobius and the God of Mischief head to someone called O.B., played by the wonderful Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once), who explains that time slipping should not be possible in the TVA… Except they’ve just seen it happen!
Hiddleston is joined by the returning cast of Owen Wilson (Mobius), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Ravonna Renslayer), Sophia Di Martino (Sylvie), Wunmi Mosaku (Hunter B-15), Neil Ellice (Hunter D-90), Eugene Cordero (Hunter K-5E) and Tara Strong (Miss Minutes). Joining them for season two are the aforementioned Ke Huy Quan, Rafael Casal (Blindspotting), Kate Dickie (Inside Man) and Liz Carr (Silent Witness).
Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (‘Moon Knight’, ‘The Endless’) direct and executive produce ‘Loki’ Season 2. Eric Martin (‘Loki’ S1, ‘Heels’) is head writer and exec produces, alongside Hiddleston and Michael Waldron. The series will air weekly.
‘Loki‘ Season 2 premieres Friday, 6th October 2023 on Disney+ UK and worldwide.
