It’s not often that we get to go behind-the-scenes of a Marvel brainstorming session. New Disney Plus documentary Assembled: The Making of Loki has allowed us to do just that – and it paints a picture of an edgier, slightly more NSFW MCU series that never got off the ground. …
Read More »Loki director fully explains the multiverse – and it could help us better understand the MCUs future
Loki has opened up the multiverse. He Who Remains‘ demise has caused the once-isolated Sacred Timeline to fully branch off into different paths and, potentially, collide with other timelines. But what exactly are the intricacies of the multiverse? Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has laid down some ground rules behind …
Read More »Loki season 2 announced during finales post-credits scene
Loki season 2 has been quite literally rubber-stamped. And don’t worry if you haven’t watched the Loki finale yet, there are no spoilers here. The follow up to Tom Hiddleston’s Disney Plus series was announced during the finale’s post-credits scene. If you didn’t stick around, you missed a shot of …
Read More »Loki: The Time-Keepers in Marvel comics explained
Loki season one has now concluded, and episode 6 reveals the truth of the power behind the Time Variance Authority (TVA) and their false leaders the Time-Keepers, who were revealed as mindless androids in episode 4. But what’s the real story behind the Time-Keepers in the MCU? And what does …
Read More »Loki: He Who Remains in Marvel Comics explained and his MCU future explored
Loki episode 6 is now streaming, and the season finale delivers on the promise of the previous episode’s cliffhanger by bringing Loki and Sylvie past The Void to meet who and what dwells at the end of time – but they seem just as surprised as viewers might have been …
Read More »Loki continues Marvel’s quest to make Thor: The Dark World truly matter
Thor: The Dark World is (probably) no-one’s favorite Marvel movie. While not inherently bad, the Thor sequel wastes a great villain in Malekith – and an even greater actor in Christopher Eccleston – in favor of an oddly gritty, low-energy traipse around London via Asgard. Before and since, Thor has …
Read More »Disney Plus may have accidentally leaked that Lady Loki is not actually Lady Loki
Loki has just introduced a major new character. We’re all wondering the same thing: who is the mystery figure and what is their name? Helpfully, Disney Plus may have spilled the beans themselves (again) in the end credits for Loki episode 2. Oops. Major spoilers for Loki follow. You have …
Read More »Loki theory suggests Marvel is setting up the crossover to end all crossovers
The Loki premier threw a lot of information at us. The God of Mischief’s unplanned trip to Time Variance Authority (TVA) HQ, though, came bundled with one key sequence that could, according to some Marvel fans, unlock a crossover event that makes Avengers: Endgame look like child’s play by comparison. …
Read More »How Loki grew out of being a villain with Journey Into Mystery
“Why do people always presume I’m lying?” Once upon a time, Loki died. It was of course all part of (one of) the trickster god’s plans. Death and eventual rebirth are key parts of comic book storytelling; especially so for Thor and the Ten Realms, considering Norse mythological inspirations like …
Read More »Heres when WandaVision, Loki, and Hawkeye are coming to Disney+
The Disney+ streaming service (opens in new tab) is coming in November, and in amongst the hubbub coming out of the MCU panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2019, a number of new TV shows were confirmed for the subscription service: WandaVision, Loki, and Hawkeye. WandaVision – which stars Elizabeth Olsen, …
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