Tom Hiddleston’s Loki will be around for a very long time, probably (spoilers)
The Tears of the Dragonfly.
There are some spoilers in this post, but before I get to them, let’s just do a general recap. Thor: The Dark World comes out in November. Word is that the film is very good, and that nerds will Lokigasm when they see it. Thor has made stars out of both Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston, to varying degrees – I feel like Hollywood thinks Hemsworth is the next big movie star while Hiddles merely has a rabid and obsessive base of fan-girls (and boys too!). Again, here’s the trailer for The Dark World:
So… it’s weird that Chris didn’t come to Comic-Con, right? Right. But Hiddles was there. And when Hiddles was at Comic-Con, not only did were Lokigasms had by all, but he also gave his own person preview of what to expect from The Dark World:
Cute, right? But he really didn’t reveal what happens in The Dark World. Which brings me to…
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What actually happens to Loki at the end of The Dark World? Well, I haven’t seen it, but I have read some stuff about what happens to the character, and suffice to say, I think Joss Whedon knew what he was talking about when he completely shot down the idea that Loki would even be “around” for any part of The Avengers 2: Age of Ultron. But is that really what Marvel wants? Or does Marvel look at the nerdgasms at Comic-Con and think, “Hey, we should keep this Hiddleston guy around, maybe give him a spinoff franchise”? Quite honestly, I would love to see a Loki spinoff. Loki: Takes a Bath and Recites Poetry would bring in lots of $$$$.
After the Avengers 2-announcing Marvel panel rocked Comic-Con to its geeky foundations on Saturday, Empire got the chance to speak to the superhero studio’s head honcho, Kevin Feige, about everything from Thanos to Ultron. That includes the upcoming Thor: The Dark World and Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and a certain staff-wielder by the name of Loki.
Here are a few choice titbits to whet your appetite, kicking off with the choice of the name The Avengers: Age Of Ultron.
How long has this been in the works? The comic book run is only just wrapping up…
“It’s not that [run’s] story, but it’s that title. It’s been in the works for seven or eight months… There are some things in this movie, that you’ll see in 2015, that arise directly from casual conversations Joss and I had on the set of the first one. ‘Would it be cool if…?’ ‘That would be cool!'”
“We came up with a few titles, but every month a new comic book appeared, and that’s a great title. Age Of Ultron is a great title. We had a few other ‘Of Ultrons’, but that was the best one. So we’re borrowing that title, but taking storylines from decades of Avengers storylines.”
On the topic of Loki, Feige refused to admit that the mischievous Norse god won’t be in the Avengers sequel – despite Joss Whedon saying something to that effect on a recent Empire Podcast – but did have something very intriguing to say on the character…
“We think Loki could be the big bad for us, for a long time,” said Feige. Seeing so many Lokis on the floor at Comic-Con tells the Marvel team “to keep following their instincts…”
This implies that Loki may well survive the events of Thor: The Dark World, living to cause trouble another day, something that is very intriguing indeed considering the trailer shown at Comic-Con. This might be another classic case of Marvel misdirection, but it’s worth filing away in the back of the brain for when it does (or doesn’t) come to light on The Dark World’s October 30 release.
This reminds me a bit about all of the shenanigans with The Dark Knight Rises. By the end of the film, nearly every conspiracy theory was confirmed and it did feel like… ugh. No surprises. So, this game of “maybe Loki dies, but not really, Loki is sort of like Jesus except he’s Loki and yeah we’ll manage to find a way for him to have a cameo in The Age of Ultron” is pretty cheeseball. Blah.
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