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On nan heels of a caller Thor-themed Avengers: Doomsday teaser that dropped online today and is now appearing successful theaters attached to Avatar: Fire and Ash, the God of Thunder’s adopted relative Loki is weighing successful connected his engagement successful Joe and Anthony Russo’s forthcoming Marvel epic.
In a just-published GQ screen story, Loki character Tom Hiddleston tells nan mag that he precocious vanished filming Doomsday, pinch his chacter picking up from nan “glorious purpose” that he recovered astatine nan extremity of Loki Season 2 successful 2023.
“Glorious Purpose” is, of course, nan title of nan last section of Season 2 of nan Disney+ series. In it, Hiddleston’s characteristic finds caller meaning, becoming nan God of Stories and safeguarding nan full multiverse by holding infinite branching realities together. Loki is nary longer a trickster, but a protector.
As for Avengers: Doomsday, which premieres December 18, 2026, Hiddleston calls it “monumental.”
He continues, “The halfway of nan communicative is perfectly brilliant, and was truthful astonishing erstwhile I publication it. It conscionable has ne'er been done before.”
Today’s Thor characteristic teaser besides reveals a new-ish domiciled for Loki’s brother: Father. In it, Chris Hemsworth’s characteristic is pleading not conscionable for triumph successful battle, but much importantly for a safe return to his daughter, Love, who is played by Hemsworth’s real-life daughter, India. The characteristic first appeared successful 2022’s Thor: Love and Thunder.
Hiddleston has played nan anti-hero crossed nan MCU for much than a decade, starting pinch 2011’s Thor. He reprised nan domiciled successful 2012’s The Avengers, 2013’s Thor: The Dark World, 2015’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, 2017’s Thor: Ragnarok, 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War and 2019’s Avengers: Endgame.
The actor’s past big-scrteen quality arsenic Loki was successful 2023’s Ant-Man and nan Wasp: Quantumania.
Loki connected Disney+, which premiered successful 2021 and ran for 2 seasons, wrapping its 2nd play successful 2023.
Other actors confirmed for Avengers: Doomsday included Anthony Mackie (Captain America), Vanessa Kirby (Susan Storm), Paul Rudd (Ant-Man) and Florence Pugh (Yelena).
The Avengers sequel will besides see X-Men stars beryllium portion of nan MCU for nan first clip for illustration Patrick Stewart (Charles Xavier / Professor X), Ian McKellen (Magneto), Alan Cumming (Nightcrawler), Rebecca Romijn (Mystique), James Marsden (Cyclops), and Kelsey Grammer (Beast).
Marvel is not only moving on Avengers: Doomsday, which is group to deed theaters connected May 1, 2026, but besides has planned Avengers: Secret Wars, scheduled to merchandise successful May 2027.
Armando Tinoco contributed to this report.
