Marvel Studios’ short Loki season two featurette finds the cast, including Tom Hiddleston and Sophia Di Martino, discussing the new season. Di Martino reveals the stakes are higher in this upcoming season. She also points out we’ll get to see Hiddleston in a suit. “A lot of people will like that,” says Di Martino, smiling.
“We introduce this whole new corner to the MCU and these new characters,” confirms executive producer Kevin R. Wright. And speaking of new characters, Oscar-winner Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once) says he’s been a fan of the MCU for a long time. “I’m so grateful to be a part of this amazing series,” says Huy Quan.
The season two cast also includes Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Wunmi Mosaku, Eugene Cordero, Rafael Casal, Tara Strong, Kate Dickie, Liz Carr, Neil Ellice, Jonathan Majors, and Owen Wilson.
The six-episode season two premieres on October 5, 2023 at 6pm PT on Disney+. New episodes will stream on Thursdays.
Eric Martin is the head writer, and Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead, Dan DeLeeuw, and Kasra Farahani direct. Executive producers include Martin, Wright, Hiddleston, Benson, Moorhead, Kevin Feige, Stephen Broussard, Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Brad Winderbaum, and Michael Waldron.
Marvel Studios and Disney+ released this description of season two:
“Loki season two picks up in the aftermath of the shocking season finale when Loki finds himself in a battle for the soul of the Time Variance Authority. Along with Mobius, Hunter B-15, and a team of new and returning characters, Loki navigates an ever-expanding and increasingly dangerous multiverse in search of Sylvie, Judge Renslayer, Miss Minutes, and the truth of what it means to possess free will and glorious purpose.”
