TheLokifinale premiered on Disney Plus last week and the post-credits scene confirmed that the series would be returning for a second season. The news had fans excited and talking about what the future holds for the God of Mischief, his companions, and possibly other Variants. However, one person who will not be a part of the journey moving forward is executive producer and director Kate Herron.
The filmmaker has revealed in an interview withDeadlinethat she will not be returning for season 2. She only planned to be a part of the first season of the series, and though she is excited thatanother season ofLokihas been confirmed, she will only be watching it “as a fan.”
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Season 1 of the series has received a lot of praise from Marvel fans, with many believing that it has been the studio’s best series so far. WhileWandaVision,which recentlymade history by earning 23 Emmy nominations,andThe Falcon and the Winter Soldierhelped set up Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe,Lokihas done most of the work in setting up what the future of the universe, or Multiverse, holds. Either way,Marvel seems to be thriving on the series format, and fans are loving it.
Herron was an integral part of bringing the first season ofLokito life. She is quite proud of what the team and the series has managed to achieve and claims to have “given it [her] all.” When she signed on, she believed it wouldjust be the six episodesand it wasn’t until much later that Disney and Marvel decided to keep the story going. She does, however, believe that it is a “massive compliment” that Loki is the first Marvel series to officially have a second season. She also revealed that she is “working on some other stuff,” but did not give any details of her future projects.
At the end of the season,Lokihas confirmed the existence of the Multiverse, which sets up future MCU projects likeSpider-Man: No Way Home,Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, andAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. The latter will also feature Jonathan Majors as Kang the Conqueror, aversion of whom was introduced in theLokifinale. Since Marvel has not announced a release date for the second season, it remains to be seen where it’ll be placed on the MCU’s sacred timeline.
