The God of Mischief strikes again. Hoping to avoid conflict with “Black Widow” when it arrives in July? In a small move to avoid any Friday conflicts, Marvel has announced in a new video that “Wednesdays are the new Fridays,” and their new Disney+ series “Loki” starring Tom Hiddleston has moved up from a June 11 release date to June 9. All subsequent episodes will debut on Wednesdays so that the finale won’t conflict with the Friday, July 9 release date of “Black Widow.”
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The cast of “Loki” is great and includes Owen Wilson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sophia Di Martino, Wunmi Mosaku, and Richard E. Grant. It’s essentially a show about the Loki “variant” that escaped in “Avengers: Endgame” when the Avengers went back in time, thus creating a “branch reality” where Loki wasn’t killed by Thanos (same Loki, but existing in another multiverse essentially). The TVA, the Time-Variant Authority, led by Owen, are the gatekeepers of people like Loki that create new branch realities and try and make an order of this chaos. Kate Herron directs the “Loki,” series and Michael Waldron is the head writer/showrunner (someone who Marvel apparently really likes and will write Kevin Feige‘s “Star Wars” movie).
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Watch Tom Hiddleston’s video message announcing the new premiere date and weekly release day for Marvel Studios’ “Loki,” a brand-new, original series exclusively on Disney+. Here’s the official synopsis:
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Marvel Studios’ “Loki” features the God of Mischief as he steps out of his brother’s shadow in a new series that takes place after the events of “Avengers: Endgame.” Tom Hiddleston returns as the title character, joined by Owen Wilson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sophia Di Martino, Wunmi Mosaku, and Richard E. Grant. Kate Herron directs “Loki,” and Michael Waldron is head writer.
“Loki” now premieres Wednesdays in June, starting on June 9. Watch the announcement below.