tv echo December 8, 2021 Share December 8, 2021 (edited) Loki won The Show of 2021 and Tom Hiddleston won The Male TV Star of 2021 at the People's Choice Awards last night... 2021 People's Choice Awards: See the full list of winners By Lauren Huff and Oliver Gettell December 07, 2021https://ew.com/awards/peoples-choice-awards-2021-winners-list/ Quote The Show of 2021Cobra Kai Grey's Anatomy Law & Order: Special Victims UnitWINNER: Loki Saturday Night Live The Bachelor This Is Us WandaVision * * *The Male TV Star of 2021 Anthony Mackie (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) Chase Stokes (Outer Banks) Dwayne Johnson (Young Rock) Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso) Kenan Thompson (Saturday Night Live) Norman Reedus (The Walking Dead) Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us)WINNER: Tom Hiddleston (Loki) Tom Hiddleston Shares PCA Win With "Loki" Cast | E! People's Choice Awards E! Red Carpet & Award Shows Dec 7, 2021 Edited December 8, 2021 by tv echo 4 Link to comment
tv echo December 9, 2021 Share December 9, 2021 (edited) 2021 in Review: The Stealthiest Castings and Very Coolest Cameos By Team TVLine / December 8 2021https://tvline.com/lists/best-tv-cameos-2021-top-secret-casting-news/ Quote JAIMIE ALEXANDER, LOKI ... Disney+’s Marvel series have occasionally run the risk of collapsing under their fans’ own speculation about cameos, with major characters (hi, Mephisto!) theorized to pop up at some point. What a joy in Episode 4, then, to unexpectedly see Alexander reprise her MCU role of Lady Sif, who forced Loki to keep reliving one of his most unpleasant memories as a punishment from the TVA. JONATHAN MAJORS, LOKI ... When Loki and Sylvie arrived at The Citadel at the End of Time, Miss Minutes greeted them by saying that their host was the man who “created all and controls all.” When the elevator doors opened up, it was neither Mephisto nor Reed Richards waiting inside but He Who Remains, a variant who said he has been known by “many names” including as a “conqueror.” Though the name Kang was never stated outright, the season-finale sequence clearly marked Jonathan Majors’ MCU debut, ahead of the film Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (in theaters July 2023), where he will play the villainous Kang the Conqueror. Edited December 9, 2021 by tv echo 1 Link to comment
tv echo December 16, 2021 Share December 16, 2021 (edited) 2021 in Review: The 19 Best Needle Drops of the Year By Team TVLine / December 15 2021https://tvline.com/lists/best-tv-music-2021-soundtracks-songs/ Quote Loki, 'Holding Out for a Hero' (Season 1, Episode 2) ... At the start of Loki‘s second episode, we still knew little about the dangerous variant who was swiping TVA materials all over the timeline, but we did sorta love his or her style. With Bonnie Tyler’s ’80s jam blasting in the background, the variant’s enchantment of an unsuspecting TVA agent was perhaps not behavior we’d condone… but it was badass nonetheless. 20 Best Characters from Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Shows in 2021 Lauren Busser December 11, 2021https://telltaletv.com/2021/12/20-best-characters-from-sci-fi-fantasy-tv-shows-in-2021/ Quote 16. Sylvie (Loki) ... Did you really think you could leave this list without Sylvie showing up? The Loki variant came onto our screens and presented another side of the complex character we know and low. Sylvie is a character who is fiercely determined and knows what she wants, but she does so in a way that centers her goals and interests. Sylvie has goals and she will do anything to accomplish them, even if it means displeasing her variant in the process. She is the kind of person who needs to learn to trust slowly so that she can build relationships in her own time, and that’s always a story worth telling. 20 Best Sci-fi/Fantasy TV Series of 2021 Breeze Riley December 12, 2021https://telltaletv.com/2021/12/20-best-sci-fi-fantasy-tv-series-of-2021/ Quote 4. Loki (Disney+) ... One of the few Marvel Studios series already confirmed for a second season, Loki brings back a beloved character and surprises audiences with a new understanding of how the multiverses of the MCU work. The Time Variance Authority proves to be an enemy even Loki has trouble outsmarting. It’s hard to argue with people who believe they’re protecting a sacred timeline from variants that could cause the collapse of the multiverse. Thankfully Loki isn’t completely alone. He has a new bestie in Agent Mobius and a slew of Loki variants. Fans have loved Tom Hiddleston’s Loki for years, but his multiverse counterpart Sylvie played by Sophia Di Martino holds her own in the series. Even if you don’t ship “Sylkie,” you have to admit they make an impressive duo right up until the very end. The show has plenty of weird, with a Willy Wonka-esque version of Kang and a talking animated clock named Miss Minutes. Loki’s work is only beginning with the sacred timeline broken. Edited December 16, 2021 by tv echo 1 Link to comment
tv echo December 17, 2021 Share December 17, 2021 (edited) The 30 best TV episodes of 2021 By EW Staff December 15, 2021https://ew.com/tv/best-tv-episodes-of-2021/ Quote "Journey into Mystery" — Loki (Disney+)(Written by Tom Kauffman, directed by Kate Herron) Loki hit the ground running with a very heady premise: The God of Mischief has been recruited to help maintain the integrity of the time-space continuum. But after several episodes of Tom Hiddleston untangling time-space bureaucracy and charming his way through Doctor Who-style time travel romps, Loki's penultimate episode finally delivered on the full potential of that initial premise by pitting its protagonist against a bevy of alternate selves. Go ahead and tag yourself: Do you prefer the retro charm of Richard E. Grant's old-school Loki, or the surly Teen Loki, or the politically ambitious President Loki? Longtime Marvel comic readers know all about the history of Frog Thor — but who needs that thunderous amphibian when you can have Alligator Loki? —C.H. Edited December 17, 2021 by tv echo 2 Link to comment
tv echo December 19, 2021 Share December 19, 2021 (edited) The most memorable shipper moments of 2021 By EW Staff December 18, 2021https://ew.com/tv/most-memorable-shipper-moments-2021/ Quote Sylvie and Loki kiss, Loki Being in love with yourself is textbook narcissism but Loki took that to a whole other level when Loki (Tom Hiddleston) fell in love with the female variant of himself, Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino). One of the season's best scenes comes when Loki tearfully confesses that all he wants is for Sylvie to be okay — more than he wants to win or a throne, which is a huge moment of growth for one of the MCU's best antiheroes — and she passionately kisses him. It's emotional, it's satisfying, and it's the perfect payoff to their season-long buildup of tension. And then the gut punch comes a second later when Sylvie betrays Loki with a simple, "But I'm not you," adding another intricately woven layer to their already mind-bendingly complicated dynamic. —S.B. Edited December 19, 2021 by tv echo 1 Link to comment
tv echo December 22, 2021 Share December 22, 2021 TV's Best, Worst and Most of 2021 (Part 1) Team TVLine December 21, 2021https://tvline.com/gallery/2021-tv-shows-best-worst-moments-photos/loki-17/ Quote Best Cliffhanger Loki’s in a different TVA timeline!, Loki 1 Link to comment
tv echo December 23, 2021 Share December 23, 2021 TV's Best, Worst and Most of 2021 (Part 2) Team TVLine December 22, 2021https://tvline.com/gallery/2021-best-worst-tv-moments-photos/loki-18/ Quote Most Enjoyable Scenery-Chewing Jonathan Majors, Loki 1 Link to comment
IWantCandy71 December 24, 2021 Share December 24, 2021 On 12/16/2021 at 8:43 AM, tv echo said: 2021 in Review: The 19 Best Needle Drops of the Year By Team TVLine / December 15 2021https://tvline.com/lists/best-tv-music-2021-soundtracks-songs/ 20 Best Characters from Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Shows in 2021 Lauren Busser December 11, 2021https://telltaletv.com/2021/12/20-best-characters-from-sci-fi-fantasy-tv-shows-in-2021/ 20 Best Sci-fi/Fantasy TV Series of 2021 Breeze Riley December 12, 2021https://telltaletv.com/2021/12/20-best-sci-fi-fantasy-tv-series-of-2021/ Sylvie as a best character ? Nah. Link to comment
tv echo December 27, 2021 Share December 27, 2021 (edited) Hawkeye vs. Falcon/Winter Soldier vs. Loki vs. WandaVision: What Is Disney+'s Best MCU Series So Far? Rank 'Em! By Matt Webb Mitovich / December 24 2021https://tvline.com/2021/12/24/best-marvel-tv-series-hawkeye-wandavision-loki-falcon-winter-soldier/ Quote Refresh your memories of each, vote in the poll down below for your favorite, and then hit the Comments to detail your personal ranking of those you have seen (including the animated What If…? series if you so desire.) Edited December 27, 2021 by tv echo 1 Link to comment
tv echo January 5, 2022 Share January 5, 2022 (edited) The 29 Best TV Shows of 2021 By Thrillist Entertainment December 3, 2021https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/best-tv-shows-2021-to-watch Quote Loki (Disney+) Season 1. 6 episodes. The MCU's favorite trickster is finally the star of his own show, dropped smack-dab in the middle of a time-hopping mystery involving the most formidable power in the multiverse, and it's only a matter of minutes before he starts misbehaving. After Loki uses the Tesseract to bloop himself out of his own timeline in Avengers: Endgame, he's quickly apprehended by enforcers from the Time Variance Authority, who plan to delete him from existence now that he's unwittingly escaped his predestined path. But he's saved just in time by Mobius M. Mobius (Owen Wilson), an energy drink-guzzling TVA agent at the head of a case that, without revealing too much, he believes only Loki can solve. Loki allows its title character to take up more space as an antihero rather than sidelined as a tragic villain, and star Tom Hiddleston is so good at mixing bad guy Loki's growled, villainous threats with the panicked, out-of-his-depth bounding around he does here that you wonder why this franchise hadn't been letting him do that this whole time. —ES The 27 Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy TV Shows of 2021 By Emma Stefansky December 29, 2021https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/best-fantasy-sci-fi-tv-shows-of-2021 Quote Loki (Disney+) Season 1. 6 episodes. The MCU's favorite trickster is finally the star of his own show, wherein he's dropped smack-dab in the middle of a time-hopping mystery involving the most formidable power in the multiverse, and it's only a matter of minutes before he starts misbehaving. After Loki uses the Tesseract to bloop himself out of his own timeline in Avengers: Endgame, he's quickly apprehended by enforcers from the Time Variance Authority, who plan to delete him from existence now that he's unwittingly escaped his predestined path, but he's saved just in time by Mobius M. Mobius (Owen Wilson), an energy drink-guzzling TVA agent at the head of a case that, without revealing too much, he believes only Loki can solve. Loki allows its title character to take up more space as an antihero rather than sidelined as a tragic villain, and star Tom Hiddleston is so good at mixing bad guy Loki's growled, villainous threats with the panicked, out-of-his-depth bounding around he does here that you wonder why this franchise hadn't been letting him do that this whole time. The Best Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Superhero & Horror TV Series of 2021 BY RENALDO MATADEEN PUBLISHED 4 DAYS AGOhttps://www.cbr.com/2021-best-sci-fi-fantasy-superhero-horror-tv-series/ Quote 9. Loki ... Disney+'s Loki allowed Tom Hiddleston to once more charm our socks off as the Asgardian trickster, but rather than just being a God of Mischief, he added more nuance. While fans discovered his potential to be a hero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it really was his variant, Sylvie, who stole the show in her quest for retribution after losing her family. It cut loose a bit more than the usual superhero flick, wading into the poison of grief, not to mention it gave us a game-changing ending with Kang and the multiverse splitting open. Edited January 5, 2022 by tv echo 1 Link to comment
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tv echo January 13, 2022 Share January 13, 2022 Loki got 1 SAG Awards nomination... SAG Awards 2022: See the full list of nominees By Lisa Respers France January 12, 2022https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/12/entertainment/sag-award-nominations-2022/index.html Quote The ceremony will be simulcast live on TNT and TBS from The Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California on at 8 p.m. EST / 5 p.m. PST on February 27. * * *Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series "Cobra Kai" "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" "Loki" "Mare of Easttown" "Squid Game" 1 Link to comment
tv echo January 14, 2022 Share January 14, 2022 (edited) Loki got 2 WGA Awards nominations (the 2022 WGA Awards ceremony is scheduled to take place Sunday, March 20)... 2022 Writers Guild Awards NomineesTELEVISION, NEW MEDIA, AND NEWS NOMINEES WGA January 13, 2022https://awards.wga.org/awards/nominees-winners Quote DRAMA SERIES The Handmaid’s Tale, Written by Yahlin Chang, Nina Fiore, Dorothy Fortenberry, Jacey Heldrich, John Herrera, Bruce Miller, Aly Monroe, Kira Snyder, Eric Tuchman; Hulu Loki, Written by Bisha K. Ali, Elissa Karasik, Eric Martin, Michael Waldron; Disney+ The Morning Show, Written by Jeff Augustin, Brian Chamberlayne, Kerry Ehrin, Kristen Layden, Erica Lipez, Justin Matthews, Adam Milch, Stacy Osei-Kuffour, Torrey Speer, Scott Troy, Ali Vingiano; Apple TV+ Succession, Written by Jesse Armstrong, Jon Brown, Jamie Carragher, Ted Cohen, Francesca Gardiner, Lucy Prebble, Georgia Pritchett, Tony Roche, Susan Soon He Stanton, Will Tracy; HBO/HBO Max Yellowjackets, Written by Cameron Brent Johnson, Katherine Kearns, Jonathan Lisco, Ashley Lyle, Bart Nickerson, Liz Phang, Ameni Rozsa, Sarah L. Thompson, Chantelle M. Wells; Showtime * * *NEW SERIES Hacks, Written by Lucia Aniello, Joanna Calo, Jessica Chaffin, Paul W. Downs, Cole Escola, Janis E. Hirsch, Ariel Karlin, Katherine Kearns, Andrew Law, Joe Mande, Pat Regan, Samantha Riley, Michael H. Schur, Jen Statsky; HBO/HBO Max Loki, Written by Bisha K. Ali, Elissa Karasik, Eric Martin, Michael Waldron; Disney+ Only Murders in the Building, Written by Thembi Banks, Matteo Borghese, Rachel Burger, Kirker Butler, Madeleine George, John Hoffman, Stephen Markley, Steve Martin, Kristin Newman, Ben Philippe, Kim Rosenstock, Ben Smith, Rob Turbovsky; Hulu Reservation Dogs, Written by Tazbah Rose Chavez, Sydney Freeland, Sterlin Harjo, Migizi Pensoneau, Tommy Pico, Taika Waititi, Bobby Wilson; FX Networks Yellowjackets, Written by Cameron Brent Johnson, Katherine Kearns, Jonathan Lisco, Ashley Lyle, Bart Nickerson, Liz Phang, Ameni Rozsa, Sarah L. Thompson, Chantelle M. Wells; Showtime Edited January 14, 2022 by tv echo 1 Link to comment
BetterButter February 18, 2022 Share February 18, 2022 ‘Loki’: Justin Benson And Aaron Moorhead Tapped As Season 2 Directors Of Marvel Series 1 Link to comment
tv echo February 27, 2022 Share February 27, 2022 (edited) Best Sci-Fi TV Shows of the Past 15 Years By Alec Bojalad, Michael Ahr, Kayti Burt, Kirsten Howard, Shamus Kelley, Mike Cecchini February 25, 2022https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/best-sci-fi-tv-shows-of-the-past-15-years/ Quote ... Just like we did for film, a panel of Den of Geek contributors and our readers have voted on a list of the 25 best sci-fi shows. * * *7. Loki 2021’s Loki is a reminder that it’s never enough to just be a superhero show in the modern entertainment landscape. So saturated is television with super-powered heroes and villains than any show wishing to make a mark will have to trot out something new as part of its package. Thankfully for us all, Disney+’s Loki decided that its missing piece was some high concept science fiction. As run by ex-Rick and Morty writer Michael Waldron, Loki is a shockingly satisfying exploration into science fiction concepts like time-bending, alternate universes, and predetermination. Following his daring escape from a new Battle of New York timeline in Avengers: Endgame, Loki (Tom Hiddleston) finds himself in the clutches of the Time Variance Authority. Instead of stamping him out of the Sacred Timeline, the chrono-bureaucrats decide to use his services to find a chaotic Variant: another Loki. What follows is some of the best sci-fi a TV viewer can enjoy on a superhero series or any other. – AB Loki got 5 Critics Choice Super Awards nominations.... Nominations Announced for the 2nd Annual Critics Choice Super Awards February 22, 2022 http://criticschoice.com/2022/02/nominations-announced-for-the-2nd-annual-critics-choice-super-awards/ Quote (Los Angeles, CA – February 22, 2022) – The Critics Choice Association (CCA) announced today the nominees for the 2nd Annual Critics Choice Super Awards, honoring the most popular, fan-obsessed genres across both television and movies, including Superhero, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Horror, and Action. Winners will be revealed on Thursday, March 17. * * *TELEVISION NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2ND ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE SUPER AWARDS * * *BEST SUPERHERO SERIES* Doom Patrol Hawkeye Loki Lucifer Superman & Lois WandaVision BEST ACTOR IN A SUPERHERO SERIES* Paul Bettany – WandaVision Tom Ellis – Lucifer Brendan Fraser – Doom Patrol Tom Hiddleston – Loki Tyler Hoechlin – Superman & Lois Anthony Mackie – The Falcon and the Winter Soldier BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPERHERO SERIES* Sophia Di Martino – Loki Kathryn Hahn – WandaVision Javicia Leslie – Batwoman Gugu Mbatha-Raw – Loki Elizabeth Olsen – WandaVision Hailee Steinfeld – Hawkeye * * *BEST VILLAIN IN A SERIES Vincent D’Onofrio – Hawkeye Michael Emerson – Evil Kathryn Hahn – WandaVision Joshua Jackson – Dr. Death Jonathan Majors – Loki Samantha Sloyan – Midnight Mass * Superhero categories also include Comic Book and Video Game Inspired Series Edited February 27, 2022 by tv echo 1 Link to comment
tv echo March 3, 2022 Share March 3, 2022 (edited) Tom Hiddleston Says He’s a ‘Temporary Torchbearer’ Playing Loki By K.J. Yossman Mar 2, 2022https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/loki-tom-hiddleston-sophia-dimartino-1235194488/ Quote Hiddleston made the comments in a panel discussion about Disney Plus’ original series “Loki” on Wednesday evening hosted by the Royal Television Society. Hiddleston was joined on stage in London, U.K. by his co-star Sophia Di Martino, who plays Sylvie, series writer Michael Waldron and director Kate Herron [who appeared via Zoom.] “I’m a temporary torchbearer,” Hiddleston said of sharing the character with Di Martino as well as Richard E. Grant and an alligator — all of whom play Loki variants — in the series. “I’ve always thought that. It’s a great role. It’s an archetype, the trickster god, the agent of chaos. I’m just here interpreting that for the time being. Loki has been here for centuries and will be here for centuries more and I’m just stepping into that silhouette for now.” * * * Hiddleston, who has now been playing Loki for over a decade, explained that he was drawn to making the eponymous limited series due to the show’s themes of identity and acceptance. “This idea of somehow the [Time Variance Authority] confronting Loki with the shape-shifting nature of his identity and asking him ‘Who are you?’ I found it a new avenue to explore with this character I’ve been playing for a while,” Hiddleston said. “It felt original. It didn’t feel like we were repeating.” “Loki,” which centers around time travel, even touches on more erudite topics such as philosophy and psychology. “Michael [Waldron] and I were having breakfast a couple of years ago when [he’d] written that first pilot and found ourselves talking about psychoanalytic theory and repetition compulsion and [the question of] can you ever change?” Hiddleston recalled. “Is it possible for people to change? Even if you do will people accept that you’ve changed? Is it possible to know yourself entirely?” “And then Owen [Wilson] came and was so forensic about examining all of that stuff, and then we realized we were in a police detective thriller. When I was cast as Loki however many years ago, I never thought this character is a detective. But he is here.” In a wide-ranging talk, Hiddleston, Di Martino, Waldron and Herron discussed various aspects of the series, which will be returning for a second season. “You’ve got to test the fences,” Waldron, who has also written the forthcoming “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” said of some of the show’s wackier elements (such as the afore-mentioned Loki alligator). “With [Marvel Studios president] Kevin Feige, you get to see how far you can go,” Waldron explained. “So you write in Sylvie soccer kicking an armadillo with a laser mounted on its back and they tell you ‘OK, that’s too much. I like the mind invasion but maybe pull back on the laser armadillo.’” * * * He recalled turning in a 15-page dialogue scene between Loki and Mobius for the pilot episode with the expectation he’d eventually cut it down. “And instead the response came back, ‘Can this be longer?’” Waldron said. “And so then I got excited.” In Waldron’s eyes, the extended dialogue made sense for the character. “One of Loki’s superpowers is his ability to talk his way out of any situation, talk his way into any situation. You want to watch Superman fly, so I wanted to watch Loki talk.” “And so because this was a show — because we had six hours — that was the most exciting thing to me,” Waldron said. “We get to take a villain from an action movie franchise and have these dialogue-heavy scenes that feel like prestige television.” The extended dialogues and long takes (“I love a long take,” Herron admitted) also gave the actors the sense they were acting in a theater at points. “Owen actually turned to me at one point said, ‘This feels like a play,’” Hiddleston recalled. The scale of the show presented a challenge, however. “It was like making almost three Marvel movies just because we were filming so many hours of content at the same time,” Herron said. “I think I just didn’t think about it in terms of the massive scale and just tried to tackle it day by day, just because it was such a mammoth task to get it done.” Edited March 3, 2022 by tv echo 2 Link to comment
tv echo March 8, 2022 Share March 8, 2022 Official video of Royal Television Society's Loki panel from March 2... Loki: Behind the Scenes with Tom Hiddleston, Sophia Di Martino, Kate Herron & Michael Waldron Royal Television Society Mar 7, 2022 Quote Tom Hiddleston, Sophia Di Martino, director Kate Herron and writer Michael Waldron discuss the making of the hit Disney+ series, Loki. 1 Link to comment
tv echo March 17, 2022 Share March 17, 2022 Tom Hiddleston won a Critics Choice Super Award for Best Actor in a Superhero Series for his performance in Loki... Winners Announced for the 2nd Annual Critics Choice Super Awards March 17, 2022http://criticschoice.com/2022/03/winners-announced-for-the-2nd-annual-critics-choice-super-awards/ Quote (Los Angeles, CA – March 17, 2022) – The Critics Choice Association (CCA) announced today the winners of the 2nd annual Critics Choice Super Awards, honoring the most popular, fan-obsessed genres across both movies and television, including Superhero, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Horror, and Action. * * *BEST ACTOR IN A SUPERHERO SERIES Tom Hiddleston – Loki (Disney+) 1 Link to comment
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BetterButter April 14, 2022 Share April 14, 2022 Tom Hiddleston and ‘Loki’ Will Avoid Emmys Mischief by Submitting in These Categories Quote Variety has learned exclusively that “Loki” will seek Emmy love in the drama categories. 1 Link to comment
tv echo April 22, 2022 Share April 22, 2022 (edited) Multiverse Maestro Michael Waldron On ‘Loki’ & ‘Doctor Strange 2’ [Interview] Gregory Ellwood April 21, 2022https://theplaylist.net/multiverse-maestro-michael-waldron-on-loki-doctor-strange-2-interview-20220421/ Quote It is. Let’s talk about Loki. How did it come your way? How did you even get involved in the development of the series? Very fortuitously. I was working on “Rick and Morty” season four. We were kind of gearing up to do season five. I was kind of happily moving along there, and I had just written a time travel feature that had landed on The Black List. And that made its way over to an executive at Marvel, Stephen Broussard, who was heading up the Loki show, which was going to involve a time travel element. And it came to me as Marvel is looking to do a series about Loki with Tom Hiddleston, about Loki traveling through time. Would you be interested? I said, “Absolutely.” I love Loki more than that. I just thought the opportunity, to have a six-hour TV show with Tom Hiddleston is a dream come true, truthfully. And yeah, I was just kind of off to the races from there. I was lucky only in that I just spent some time really working in the time travel space kind of on my own. So my brain was dialed into all of that crap. When you talked to Marvel how much of Loki’s premise or storyline was already set up? I remember I pulled off into a parking garage in Burbank, so Kevin Wright, our producer, could call me. And this is in November before “Endgame” came out. So he could call me and tell me what happened in “Endgame,” so I could know. Because I was like, “How is Loki alive in the show?” How was there even a show? And so he called me, and he was like, “So, ‘Endgame’ is a time heist.” And I was like, “Oh my God.” And it’s perfect. I’m in a parking garage. I was like, “Somebody’s going to shoot me.” So they had the idea that Loki was going to escape with the Infinity Stone and land at the TVA and run afoul of the TVA. But that was really it. What that meant, what kind of adventure he went on, even what the TVA was, as an entity within the MCU and how we would adapt that from the comics, were all up for grabs. And so that’s when I came in and kind of pitched this “Blade Runner”-esque story about Loki being pulled in by the TVA to catch a variant of himself. Which ended up being Sylvie. Yes, yes. Who he then develops this unlikely relationship with. Had they told you He Who Remains/future Kang or whatever is behind the TVA? Or was that inherent to it? No, that was not in there. I brought to them the idea of Sylvie Lushton, a version of The Enchantress, which we kind of fused into an idea of a variant Loki. And then it became clear early on because one of the first things we had to do in the writer’s room was define the actual rules and nature of time travel in this show. And what does the TVA do and why do they do it? And it became clear to us that according to kind of the rules of time travel, they’d been laid out in “Endgame” and according to the rules of time travel that made sense to me and that we wanted to run within the show, really, time travel was kind of the multiverse as … It’s like time travel. We were like, “We’re really making a multiverse show, more than we’re making a time travel show.” The TVA shifted to like, “O.K., these guys are actually guarding against a multiverse.” And so that’s when He Who Remains is just kind of an old creepy guy in the comics, and I pushed and Marvel was very receptive to it, the idea, this should be a variant of Kang. Because I knew Kang was coming down the pipe as a villain in the MCU and it just felt too delicious to not have him intertwined in our time travel story somehow. And so then it was just been coming upon us to justify his role in this place, but Marvel was very supportive of all that. Was there any moment during the sort of process of writing the show where you’re like, “O.K., we have to nail down what this series is about, where we’re going”? I mean, there were many moments like that, many of them which turned out to be false victories in writers’ rooms. Certainly knowing that it was Kang at the end of it all, that the Timekeepers were fake, was a big one. But weirdly enough,one of the biggest ones was figuring out what Sylvie was doing, actually how she was hiding from the TVA, just because that felt like such a fun, clever bit of Sci-Fi that I hadn’t seen before, that it’s, “Oh, what a cool way to hide from the time police, you would go relive apocalypses over and over.” And that gave us the climax. That really gave us the backbone of episode two, all of episode three. Episode four is all about trying to figure that out. In episode five, even sort of plays on ideas. So, for me, that was the idea. I remember that light bulb moment in the writers’ room, being like, “Oh shit, this show’s going to be good because that’s a big, cool idea.” * * *Obviously, the Loki that appears at the beginning of the series is more flawed. He’s from a time when he hasn’t gone through everything that he had experienced before he died in “Infinity War.” Was it important for you guys to get him to a different place than before his character died? Was that something you talked about with Tom? Well, yeah. I mean, we talk about everything with Tom and tried to really be in lockstep with him on what the journey was. To me, the goal of the first episode was always to accelerate this version of Loki’s character growth, to a point where he is up to, and in fact, beyond the growth of the Loki we saw be killed by Thanos. And so that’s what was exciting, the device of Loki watching his own death, that this is a way for this character to see how his MCU self was meant to arc out. But then it’s like, “All right. So that’s who this guy was. That’s this character the audience remembers. Now we’re going to take him on a totally different journey.” Because what I didn’t want [was[ the audience to feel like they were spending an entire season with just a replacement, just a replacement Loki. It’s like, this guy is aware of that growth and is continuing a version of that journey was how I wanted to do it. When you were pitched the show was there always the expectation that it was more than one season? Because it is one of the few Marvel projects so far that does end on an actual cliffhanger. Was that always in the cards? No. Originally, I mean, I really conceive and wrote a lot of the show kind of operating as though it would just be one season, which is the best way to do these things. And frankly, this is how I would’ve operated, even if I had known we were going to get a second season. I think it’s important for each season to really stand alone as its own thing. And so, yeah, I mean, it became clear, even as we were making it and still kind of refining episode six, that it felt like hey, this cast, this world is great and wow, there’s a lot more gas left in the tank. And yeah, there is certainly more story to tell here. And so that’s when we sort of shifted some things. So, I’m assuming there was originally a different ending. A million different endings. There’s always a different ending. But there was the original one season-ending, which I guess is just for me. * * *You were writing the second “Dr. Strange” while this was going on. Could you have written that movie without making Loki? And can “Loki “season two happen if “Dr. Strange 2” hadn’t happened? Are they all intertwined? The headaches I have are probably intertwined. I mean, it’s all intertwined and it’s all stands alone. Like a great comic universe, I think that one thing certainly informs the other. You’re going to have a better time watching the next chapter of an MCU story if you’ve seen the stuff before it. But also, hopefully, even if you’ve never if you’ve walked in off the street, you’ll still have a blast. It should be good enough that it stands on its own. * * *That’s awesome. I know that Kate is not coming back for season two of “Loki” and you’ve got the new directing team coming on board. Do you want the aesthetic of the series to be the same? Or are you expecting Benson and Moorehead to take it in a different direction? Well, I mean, look, what Kate did with Kasra Farahani our production designer, Christine Wada, our costume designer, and the whole crew and establishing the look of the show, I mean, what can you say other than it’s just like, it is utterly spectacular. It doesn’t look like TV. It couldn’t have looked more premium. So what they did was amazing. Benson and Morehead, I know those guys. They’re great. They’re brilliant in their own right. You know, I think they’re going to come in and they’re going to do what everybody on this project does, which is to elevate, you know? Then they’ll take what was great about it and fit it with their own awesome instincts and everything and hopefully will make something even better. Is the goal another six-episode sort of arc, or could it potentially be longer for season two? Time will tell. Edited April 22, 2022 by tv echo 1 Link to comment
tv echo April 28, 2022 Share April 28, 2022 Tom Hiddleston is one of TVLine's "dream nominees" for the 2022 Emmys (actual nominees will be revealed on July 12)... Emmys 2022: Lead Actor in a Drama Series — Our Dream Nominees! By Team TVLine / April 27 2022https://tvline.com/lists/emmys-lead-actor-drama-dream-nominations-2022/brian-cox-succession/ Quote Tom Hiddleston, Loki ...WHY HE DESERVES A NOD: The Disney+ series initially took place in 2012 — back when Hiddleston’s God of Mischief was much cheekier and more power-hungry — thus erasing Loki’s substantial growth and maturity from later Marvel movies. Hiddleston had only six episodes to evolve his character from greedy brat to compassionate man, and we were awestruck as he did so in magnetic fashion. His best work coincided with Loki’s season-finale transformation into a truly altruistic hero, tearfully prioritizing Sylvie’s wellbeing over his desire for a throne. On the heels of WandaVision‘s considerable love from Emmy voters last year, here’s hoping Hiddleston gets the same appreciation. 1 Link to comment
tv echo April 29, 2022 Share April 29, 2022 (edited) According to Tom, filming for Loki Season 2 will start in "like six weeks or something"... Tom Hiddleston: “Lots Of Questions Will Be Answered” In ‘Loki’ Season 2 [Interview] Gregory Ellwood April 28, 2022https://theplaylist.net/tom-hiddleston-lots-of-questions-will-answered-in-loki-season-2-interview-20220428/ Quote The Playlist: Kevin Feige comes to you and says “We’re doing a “Loki” TV series” or limited series or whatever it was. What was your initial reaction? Tom Hiddleston: Surprise and delight. What was my initial reaction? I had so many questions because it wasn’t long after I had finished my filming on “Avengers: Infinity War” and Loki’s demise felt conclusive and real. And he also wanted to honor the emotional catharsis of his sacrifice that Loki stands before Thanos and tries to save his brother and he calls himself an Odinson. And so my question was how do we allow his redemption and the poignancy of that moment to stand and create something entirely new? It felt so important to me, to him, to everybody that we had to do something new here. And that to me was the most exciting aspect of the idea was to explore Loki in a different context. Challenge the character, confront the character with his self-destructive and damaging patterns of behavior, and put him in an environment where he wasn’t in control. That by essentially stripping away what was familiar: Thor, Odin, Asgard, all the things that you’d seen before, something new would be revealed. He’s even stripped of his clothes, his status, his magical power. What’s left of Loki? Once you take all the bits of Loki that seem familiar, what’s left of him, what remains? And I thought just as a human element to the story, that’s a great starting point. In that context, how different is Loki at the end of the sixth episode of the first season than when he was the character that was killed by Thanos? How, how much of a different character did you feel you were playing or did you feel they were at the same sort of emotional developmental sort of space? Hmm, that’s a great question. They both certainly developed. I think Loki in the series is in a more enlightened place perhaps, or certainly in a more self-aware position because the Loki in the series is aware that his death was meaningless and that he was indirectly connected to his mother’s death and his father’s death. And this idea of glorious purpose, which has been a recurring theme for Loki has been revealed to mean nothing. And so the Loki in a series of someone in who’s been challenged by Mobius, by Sylvie, by the TVA to change. To develop something else. Challenged also by the other variants. The Richard E. Grant variant and the alligator variant. Loki has been playing the same old tune for so long, and the Loki who finishes the series is someone who is radically changed. And I think one of the most exciting scenes to film for me and Sophia and Sophia Di Martino and Jonathan Majors that I know feel the same way was the final argument where Loki doesn’t necessarily agree with He Who Remains, but he does want time to think about what to do because killing He Who Remains seems incredibly dangerous. ... And Loki can see that Sylvie is blinded by grievance and anger and a kind of drive that is damaging to herself. And it resonates with him because all through the MCU, Loki’s been driven by grievance and anger and glorious purpose, I suppose. And he’s trying to help Sylvie understand that it may not deliver her what she wants because he’s been there. And that’s why he says, “I’ve been where you are. I felt what you feel.” So, yes, I think he’s in a place of self-awareness, of acceptance. He’s trying to break the record. He’s trying to play another tune. It felt very original, very new, very fresh and I loved the journey. * * *I wanted to ask about that scene with He Who Remains in particular. When I spoke to Kate Herron, she talked about the fact that because of Jonathan’s busy schedule, you all first went over it on Zoom, and that you did a read through, but when you got to set, he was doing things that you guys weren’t necessarily prepared for. Like unexpectedly jumping on tables and chairs. Can you talk about, as an actor, what that was like in terms of exploring something on set? Sure, it’s a big-budget show, but there is a time limit. Are those the parts of the job that are the most fun? By far the most fun, the most exciting, and the respect of other actors or the respect of actors for each other, I find incredibly moving. And when people come ready and prepared, that’s when you can dance. And Jonathan was so ready and it was the last week of filming. And so there was this extraordinary sense of finality and momentous. It sort of was a [great] week because Sophia and I had been on this journey together. It was the real journey of making the show. And it was the end of the shoot and it was the finale of the piece. And so she and I knew each other very well, knew each other’s rhythms. And Jonathan, his big speech was literally the last three days of filming. And then the argument and the fight between Loki and Sylvie. And so the magic is when the parameters of the game have been set and agreed on. And then inside those parameters, you can play. And that’s what was so thrilling about working with Sophia and Jonathan in that scene is we all knew the scene inside out, but we didn’t know how [everyone was] going to play the scene. And so it was just very exciting to be in a space where Jonathan and his performance and the two of us could feel very free because that’s where the magic is. The camera’s not interested in something you’ve thought of before, the camera’s interested in vitality and performances, which are alive and spontaneous and unpredictable. * * * .... It’s those little moments, which I remember and Owen was just so inventive. I remember in the preparation for the show and I don’t want to go on too long, but he was kind of asking me to take him through the journey of playing Loki and the movies and the story and everything. And one afternoon he said, “I think I got it. I’m just so curious. I’ve seen the films and I understand the journey, but Tom, what do you love about playing Loki?” And I said, “I suppose it’s the character’s got so much range.” And I said, “It’s like a piano. He can play the light keys, but he can also play the heavy keys.” And then in a scene once, in the Time Theater, when Loki is trying to intimidate and threaten Mobius, Owen, just threw back, “See I can play the heavy keys too.” And it was great. And it’s in the show, you know? It’s those moments where that feels really exciting. I also spoke to Michael Waldron and he said that the cliffhanger ending was not the original ending that was intended for the series. Luckily, it’s a great cliffhanger. Did that scene get you more excited about the potential for a second season? Yes. I mean I thought when I finally got there, I thought, “O.K., there are some unanswered questions here. Yeah. And what happens now?” It made me not want to stop and just keep going, but I’m sure it was good for everybody’s energy levels that we did stop. This is an admittedly stupid question. I’m assuming you’re excited about going back for the second season? Absolutely. We’re in it already. I mean, we’re not filming, but we’re in prep, but we start in like six weeks or something. So we’re in full steam ahead in terms of a script and story and it’s really exciting. Yeah, I can’t say too much, but lots of questions to be answered. Edited April 29, 2022 by tv echo 2 Link to comment
tv echo May 4, 2022 Share May 4, 2022 (edited) Doctor Strange 2 writer teases connection to Loki season 2 BY SUSANNAH ALEXANDER AND IAN SANDWELL MAY 3, 2022https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a39895431/doctor-strange-2-writer-teases-loki-season-2-connection/ Quote Doctor Strange 2 writer Michael Waldron has teased that the sequel, which will be released this week, has a connection to Marvel series Loki's upcoming second season. * * * "Well, I mean, look, everything leads into everything, right?" he said. "We've hired a couple of great directors. [Justin] Benson and [Aaron] Moorhead [Loki season two directors] are brilliant. And Eric Martin has taken over as head writer for season 2. "So the creative team is fantastic. As Tom [Hiddleston, who plays Loki] once said, there's plenty more mischief to come." * * * "We worked pretty hard on Loki to make it as airtight as possible. But there were times when I was like, 'Oh, shit, I wish I hadn't have defined that so clearly. I don't know why I had to be so specific in my time-travel television show about the rules of the multiverse'," he said. Edited May 4, 2022 by tv echo 1 Link to comment
tv echo May 9, 2022 Share May 9, 2022 (edited) ‘Doctor Strange 2’ Scribe Michael Waldron On “Emotional” ‘Loki’ Season 2, New ‘Star Wars’ Pic, & Kang The Conqueror’s Whereabouts – Hero Nation Podcast By Anthony D'Alessandro, Dominic Patten May 6, 2022https://deadline.com/2022/05/doctor-strange-2-loki-season-2-michael-waldron-podcast-1235018532/ Quote But will Loki season 2 be all Kang, all war, all the time? With season 2 about to shoot, Waldron tells Hero Nation: “In creating the show in the first place, the only way it’s worth doing to me is that we can find a new story to tell with this character. It felt like we had new emotional ground to cover with Loki. That’s the only way into season 2. We absolutely found that. It’s a great continuation of that story that feels different from season one and hopefully will subvert expectations.” Edited May 9, 2022 by tv echo Link to comment
tv echo May 11, 2022 Share May 11, 2022 Loki Season 2 Reveals Filming Start Date By Liam Crowley May 10, 2022https://thedirect.com/article/loki-season-2-filming-start-date Quote As revealed by Production List, Loki Season 2 is set to have its first shoot day on Monday, June 6 in London, England. This lines up with comments from leading man Tom Hiddleston, who noted this past April that Season 2 production would kick off "in like six weeks." Link to comment
tv echo May 17, 2022 Share May 17, 2022 (edited) Sasha Lane on Auditioning for 'Spider-Man' But Finding the Right Fit in 'Loki' BY PERRI NEMIROFF MAY 17, 2022https://collider.com/sasha-lane-loki-spider-man-interview/ Quote However, that doesn’t mean the MCU overall wasn’t for her. Lane made her franchise debut as Hunter C-20, or rather Young Hunter as Lane noted, in the second episode of Loki. The multi-episode arc saw her possessed by Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino), after which she became aware of her reality — all Time Variance Authority employees were actually Variants themselves and were plucked from their lives on Earth to serve the Time-Keepers. Young Hunter attempts to expose the truth, but then she’s never seen or heard from again with Renslayer (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) claiming that Young Hunter died due to Sylvie's mental manipulation. So what made all the difference when Lane went in for Loki versus her experience auditioning for Spider-Man? Lane laughed and said, “I didn’t audition. So that probably helped." She continued: "But you know what was great was I had just given birth a couple months before I got the opportunity. I was out shooting a music video I think in New York and I got the call about it, and I ended up talking to Kate [Herron], the director, and she was telling me a little bit about the universe and what she wanted to do with it, and it felt like this kind of underground version of Marvel, which I was like, ‘Alright, if I can be in something like this then this is more where I fit in. This is how I can jump into this world.’ And the fact that she wanted me in the first place and it meant a lot to her got me excited. And I just started auditioning again and there was just something in me that was like, ‘You know what? Okay! I just had a kid, I want to get back into it. What a cool way to go about it.’ I was just honored at that point. I was like, ‘Me? You really want me? Okay!’ Which I guess was a huge leap from sitting in that audition room just like, ‘Sorry, I don’t know what I’m doing here.’” * * * What’s Lane’s take on the matter? Does she think Young Hunter is still alive somewhere out there? Here’s what she said: “I remember telling the producer, because they’re like, ‘Oh, we’ll see,’ and I was like, ‘If I happen to make it back, can I just be hiding behind a little rock somewhere? Just squatted behind a rock just like, ‘Hey! Missed you guys. It’s been a while.’ I’m desperately hoping to be hiding behind a rock somewhere because you don’t know where I went! You don’t know. So, to me, I’m not dead, so I’m just trying to project it out there that there’s a rock that I’m sitting behind just, ‘Is anybody gonna stop by soon?’” Edited May 17, 2022 by tv echo 1 Link to comment
tv echo May 19, 2022 Share May 19, 2022 (edited) ‘Loki’ Revealed As Most-Watched Marvel Series On Disney+ As Kevin Feige Debuts ‘She-Hulk’ Trailer At Upfront By Peter White May 17, 2022https://deadline.com/2022/05/loki-revealed-as-most-watched-marvel-series-to-date-as-kevin-feige-debuts-she-hulk-trailer-disney-upfront-1235026454/ Quote Kevin Feige turned up to Disney’s upfronts and revealed that Loki was the most-watched Marvel series on Disney+ to date and dropped the first trailer for comedy She-Hulk: Attorney At Law. Feige said that Loki was a “bold swing” and the “wild ride paid off.” He added that as the first Marvel series on Disney+ to get a second season, production on the sophomore run will start in the next few weeks with star Tom Hiddleston and the entire cast returning. Disney Showcases Marvel-ous Disney+ Offering at In-Person Upfront By Bill Bradley May 18, 2022https://www.adweek.com/convergent-tv/disney-showcases-marvel-ous-disney-offering-at-in-person-upfront/ Quote The Disney+ portion of the presentation included several Marvel Cinematic Universe projects. Marvel boss Kevin Feige came to the stage to deliver key pieces of news, including revealing that Loki Season 2 would start production in two weeks, welcoming Samuel L. Jackson onstage to discuss the upcoming series Secret Invasion (where Jackson’s Nick Fury won’t have his signature eye patch or leather jacket—but will sport a beard) and introducing the trailer for She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, which premieres August 17. Edited May 19, 2022 by tv echo 1 Link to comment
tv echo May 25, 2022 Share May 25, 2022 (edited) Tom Hiddleston Steps Out for a Special Screening of 'Loki' in L.A. May 23, 2022https://www.justjared.com/2022/05/23/tom-hiddleston-steps-out-for-a-special-screening-of-loki-in-nyc/ Quote The 41-year-old actor was seen arriving at the Loki Emmy FYC Event at the Silver Screen Theatre at the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles on Sunday (May 22). Also in attendance at the event was director Kate Herron, writer Michael Waldron and composer Natalie Holt, who joined Tom in answering questions about the series in a Q&A moderated by Anthony Breznican. During his appearance on Jimmy Kimmel, Tom confirmed that the entire Loki cast is returning for Season 2 and that production is moving from Atlanta to London... Tom Hiddleston on Loki Cast Returning for Season Two, Singing in Asgardian & Unexplained Phenomena Jimmy Kimmel Live May 24, 2022 Edited May 25, 2022 by tv echo Link to comment
tv echo May 26, 2022 Share May 26, 2022 ‘Loki’ Director Kate Herron Responds to Russell T. Davies’ Criticism of Bisexual Reveal By Marc Malkin May 25, 2022https://variety.com/2022/scene/columns/loki-kate-herron-tom-hiddleston-russell-t-davies-bisexual-1235276689/ Quote “Loki” director Kate Herron says she had a “conversation” with Marvel Studios about returning to direct the Disney+ series’ second season, but she decided it wasn’t for her. “I was on the show for like three years in total,” she told me Sunday at the “Loki” FYC Emmy event at the Pacific Design Center. “I just felt like I poured everything into it. It’s almost like a campfire story that every filmmaker kind of brings their take and their perspective. I just felt like I gave so much to this. I was like, ‘You know what, I feel like this was my effort for ‘Loki.’ I felt like having someone new and with fresh eyes — that, for me, is what will make a good season.” Link to comment
tv echo June 6, 2022 Share June 6, 2022 (edited) From the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards show last night - Sophia Di Martino represented Loki because Tom Hiddleston and Owen Wilson were unable to attend as they were "busy getting ready for [Season] 2" of Loki... 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards Winners List By Benjamin VanHoose June 05, 2022https://people.com/movies/2022-mtv-movie-and-tv-awards-winners-list/ Quote BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza Ariana DeBose – West Side Story Hannah Einbinder – Hacks Jung Ho-yeon – Squid GameSophia Di Martino – Loki (WINNER) * * *BEST TEAM Loki – Tom Hiddleston, Sophia Di Martino, Owen Wilson (WINNER)Only Murders in the Building – Selena Gomez, Steve Martin, Martin ShortSpider-Man: No Way Home – Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield, Tobey MaguireThe Adam Project – Ryan Reynolds, Walker ScobellThe Lost City – Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Brad Pitt #TomHiddlestonlu | Tom Hiddleston, Sophia Dimartino, & Owen Wilson wins Best Team in Loki MTV Awards TomHiddlestonlu Jun 6, 2022 Edited June 6, 2022 by tv echo 1 Link to comment
tv echo June 10, 2022 Share June 10, 2022 (edited) “You Went to Therapy for That?”: Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton, Oscar Isaac and the THR Drama Actor Roundtable BY LACEY ROSE JUNE 8, 2022https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/samuel-l-jackson-oscar-isaac-drama-actor-roundtable-1235160180/ Quote Tom, I wanted to get back to the original question about your comfort level when Marvel approached you about making a Loki series. What assurances did you need?HIDDLESTON Having played Loki for six movies, doing the show, it was a risk in a way, like what you (to Isaac) were saying. I was like, “I just don’t want to break it.” But also, there was this extraordinary opportunity to break him open, take him away from all the things that people knew he was associated with, away from his brother, away from his father, away from his home, and put him through this kind of Kafkaesque nightmare where he’s confronted with all his cycles of terrible, destructive behavior. And to show this very together, controlled character who’s always thinking 10 steps ahead as completely vulnerable and full of doubt, and then build him back up through the story, was an amazing gift. * * *HIDDLESTON If you stood outside it for too long and thought about what it looks like in the world, I find it just too terrifying. You just ground it in what you know. So, when I first started playing Loki, I was like, “OK, he’s a son. I know what that is. He’s a brother. I know what that is. He’s got all this internal kind of pain but he’s masking it with something. I know what that is.” You find your own way through it. You build the mask, as it were, and then you fill the mask with life. Edited June 10, 2022 by tv echo Link to comment
tv echo June 12, 2022 Share June 12, 2022 Tom Hiddleston & Lily James | Actors on Actors - Full Conversation Variety Jun 11, 2022 Quote In their Actors on Actors conversation Tom Hiddleston ('The Essex Serpent') and Lily James ('Pam & Tommy') discuss the challenges of playing real people like Pamela Anderson, the range of experience playing Loki over 10 years and their shared love for Sir Kenneth Branagh. 1 Link to comment
tv echo June 13, 2022 Share June 13, 2022 On 6/10/2022 at 8:00 AM, tv echo said: “You Went to Therapy for That?”: Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton, Oscar Isaac and the THR Drama Actor Roundtable BY LACEY ROSE JUNE 8, 2022https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/samuel-l-jackson-oscar-isaac-drama-actor-roundtable-1235160180/ And here's video of this roundtable... TV Drama Actor Roundtable: Brian Cox, Oscar Isaac, Michael Keaton, Samuel L Jackson & More The Hollywood Reporter Jun 8, 2022 1 Link to comment
tv echo July 6, 2022 Share July 6, 2022 Tom Hiddleston’s Day Off Jonathan Wells July 6, 2022https://www.thegentlemansjournal.com/article/tom-hiddleston-interview-gentlemans-journal-summer-loki/ Quote TH: On the last day on set of Loki‘s first season, after the very last shot, we all, without instruction, seemed to stand in a circle — with nowhere to go, with the job done, and clapped. It’s hard to describe the feeling of relief, of the gratitude we felt for each other, for every member of our cast and crew. Filming had been interrupted by the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic one third of the way into our planned schedule — we locked down for five months — and we restarted after that first hiatus to resume exactly where we had left off, and to finish the story. * * * For the next twelve weeks, everyone working on Loki was in a contained bubble. And finishing those last months was, for most of us, during that time, our only human contact. On that last day, we had made it through the pandemic and told our story, before any vaccine against Covid-19 had been made available, and with a company, a cast and crew, who — in my experience — supported each other with a spirit, care and kindness in a way I have never seen before. ‘Whatever happens to this series’, I thought, ‘whichever way it goes, the making of it was meaningful. There is meaning in the doing’. 1 1 Link to comment
tv echo July 15, 2022 Share July 15, 2022 (edited) Loki got 6 Emmy nominations... Emmys 2022: The Complete Nominations List By Jordan Moreau, Michael Schneider July 12, 2022https://variety.com/2022/tv/awards/emmys-nominations-list-2022-1235313788/ Quote Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Period Or Fantasy Program (One Hour Or More) The Gilded Age • Never The New • HBO/HBO Max • HBO in association with Universal Television and Neamo Film and Television Bob Shaw, Production Designer Larry Brown, Art Director Laura Ballinger Gardner, Art Director Regina Graves, Set Decorator The Great • Wedding • Hulu • Hulu, Civic Center Media, MRC Francesca di Mottola, Production Designer Emma Painter, Art Director Monica Alberte, Set Decorator Loki • Glorious Purpose • Disney+ • Marvel Studios Kasra Farahani, Production Designer Natasha Gerasimova, Art Director Claudia Bonfe, Set Decorator The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel • Maisel vs. Lennon: The Cut Contest • How Do You Get To Carnegie Hall? • Prime Video • Amazon Studios Bill Groom, Production Designer Neil Prince, Art Director Ellen Christiansen, Set Decorator Stranger Things • Chapter Seven: The Massacre At Hawkins Lab • Netflix • Monkey Massacre Productions & 21 Laps Entertainment for Netflix Chris Trujillo, Production Designer Sean Brennan, Art Director Jess Royal, Set Decorator * * *Outstanding Cinematography For A Single-Camera Series (One Hour) Euphoria • The Theater And Its Double • HBO/HBO Max • HBO in association with ADD Content Agency | HOT | TCDY Productions, Dreamcrew, Tiny Goat, A24 and The Reasonable Bunch Marcell Rév, HCA, Director of Photography Loki • Lamentis • Disney+ • Marvel Studios Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Director of Photography The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel • How Do You Get To Carnegie Hall? • Prime Video • Amazon Studios M. David Mullen, ASC, Director of Photography Ozark • A Hard Way To Go • Netflix • MRC for Netflix Eric Koretz, Director of Photography Squid Game • Stick To The Team • Netflix • Siren Pictures for Netflix Lee Hyung-deok, Director of Photography Winning Time: The Rise Of The Lakers Dynasty • Pieces Of A Man • HBO/HBO Max • HBO in association with HyperObject Industries, Steeplechase Amusements, Jim Hecht Productions and Jason Shuman Productions Todd Banhazl, Director of Photography * * *Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes The Book Of Boba Fett • Chapter 1: Stranger In A Strange Land • Disney+ • Lucasfilm Ltd. Shawna Trpcic, Costume Designer Julie Robar, Costume Supervisor Areayl Cooper, Assistant Costume Designer Loki • Glorious Purpose • Disney+ • Marvel Studios Christine Wada, Costume Designer Nora Pederson, Costume Supervisor Tamsin Costello, Assistant Costume Designer Carol Beadle, Assistant Costume Designer Moon Knight • Gods And Monsters • Disney+ • Marvel Studios Meghan Kasperlik, Costume Designer Martin Mandeville, Costume Supervisor Richard Davies, Assistant Costume Designer Wilberth Gonzalez, Assistant Costume Designer Star Trek: Picard • Penance • Paramount+ • CBS Studios in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment Christine Bieselin Clark, Costume Designer Michell Ray Kenney, Costume Supervisor Allison Agler, Assistant Costume Designer What We Do In The Shadows • The Wellness Center • FX • FX Productions Laura Montgomery, Costume Designer Judy Laukkanen, Costume Supervisor Barbara Cardoso, Assistant Costume Designer The Witcher • Family • Netflix • A Netflix Original Series Lucinda Wright, Costume Designer Rebecca Jempson, Assistant Costume Designer * * *Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score) The Flight Attendant • The Reykjavík Ice Sculpture Festival Is Lovely This Time Of Year • HBO/HBO Max • HBO Max in association with Berlanti Productions, Yes, Norman Productions, and Warner Bros. Television Blake Neely, Composer Loki • Glorious Purpose • Disney+ • Marvel Studios Natalie Holt, Composer Only Murders In The Building • The Boy From 6B • Hulu • 20th Television Siddhartha Khosla, Composer Schmigadoon! • Schmigadoon! • Apple TV+ • Broadway Video / Universal Television in association with Apple Christopher Willis, Composer Severance • The We We Are • Apple TV+ • Endeavor Content / Red Hour Productions in association with Apple Theodore Shapiro, Composer Succession • Chiantishire • HBO/HBO Max • HBO in association with Project Zeus, HyperObject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions Nicholas Britell, Composer * * *Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music Loki • Disney+ • Marvel Studios Natalie Holt, Composer Only Murders In The Building • Hulu • 20th Television Siddhartha Khosla, Composer Severance • Apple TV+ • Endeavor Content / Red Hour Productions in association with Apple Theodore Shapiro, Composer Squid Game • Netflix • Siren Pictures for Netflix Jung Jae-il, Composer The White Lotus • HBO/HBO Max • HBO in association with Rip Cord, The District and Hallogram Inc. Cristobal Tapia de Veer, Composer * * *Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour) Better Call Saul • Carrot And Stick • AMC • High Bridge, Crystal Diner, Gran Via Productions and Sony Pictures Television Nick Forshager, Co-Supervising Sound Editor Kathryn Madsen, Co-Supervising Sound Editor Jane Boegel, Dialogue Editor Matt Temple, Sound Effects Editor Marc Glassman, Sound Effects Editor Jeff Cranford, Foley Editor Jason Tregoe Newman, Music Editor Gregg Barbanell, Foley Artist Alex Ullrich, Foley Artist The Book Of Boba Fett • Chapter 6: From The Desert Comes A Stranger • Disney+ • Lucasfilm Ltd. Matthew Wood, Co-Supervising Sound Editor Bonnie Wild, Co-Supervising Sound Editor David Acord, Sound Editor Angela Ang, Sound Editor Ryan Cota, Sound Editor Benjamin A. Burtt, Sound Editor David Collins, Sound Editor Alyssa Nevarez, Sound Editor Stephanie McNally, Music Editor Margie O’Malley, Foley Artist Andrea Gard, Foley Artist Sean England, Foley Artist Loki • Journey Into Mystery • Disney+ • Marvel Studios Matthew Wood, Co-Supervising Sound Editor David Acord, Co-Supervising Sound Editor Brad Semenoff, Sound Editor Steve Slanec, Sound Editor Kyrsten Mate, Sound Editor Adam Kopald, Sound Editor Joel Raabe, Sound Editor Anele Onyekwere, Music Editor Ed Hamilton, Music Editor Nashia Wachsman, Music Editor Shelley Roden, Foley Artist John Roesch, Foley Artist Star Trek: Picard • Penance • Paramount+ • CBS Studios in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment Matthew E. Taylor, Co-Supervising Sound Editor Michael Schapiro, Co-Supervising Sound Editor Sean Hessinger, Dialogue Editor Alex Pugh, Sound Editor Clay Weber, Foley Editor John Sanacore, Foley Editor Ben Schorr, Music Editor Katherine Harper, Foley Artist Ginger Geary, Foley Artist Star Trek: Strange New Worlds • Memento Mori • Paramount+ • CBS Studios in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment Matthew E. Taylor, Co-Supervising Sound Editor Michael Schapiro, Co-Supervising Sound Editor Kip Smedley, Sound Designer Clay Weber, Sound Editor John Sanacore, Sound Editor David Barbee, Sound Editor Matt Decker, Music Editor Alyson Dee Moore, Foley Artist Rick Owens, Foley Artist Chris Moriana, Foley Artist Stranger Things • Chapter Seven: The Massacre At Hawkins Lab • Netflix • Monkey Massacre Productions & 21 Laps Entertainment for Netflix Craig Henighan, MPSE, Co-Supervising Sound Editor Will Files, MPSE, Co-Supervising Sound Editor Ryan Cole, MPSE, Sound Editor Korey Pereira, MPSE, Sound Editor Angelo Palazzo, MPSE, Sound Editor Katie Halliday, MPSE, Sound Editor Ken McGill, MPSE, Foley Editor Steven Baine, Foley Artist David Klotz, Music Editor Lena Glikson-Nezhelskaya, Music Editor Edited July 15, 2022 by tv echo 2 Link to comment
tv echo July 17, 2022 Share July 17, 2022 (edited) ‘Loki’: Rafael Casal Joins Season 2 Of Marvel Series For Disney+ By Nellie Andreeva July 15, 2022https://deadline.com/2022/07/loki-rafael-casal-cast-season-2-marvel-disney-plus-1235064849/ Quote EXCLUSIVE: Rafael Casal (Blindspotting) is set for a major role in the upcoming second season of Disney+’s Marvel series Loki, sources tell Deadline. Spoiler A rep for Marvel declined comment but word of Casal’s casting started trickling out when a photo from the set of Season 2 leaked online. It features Casal walking alongside Tom Hiddleston and Owen Wilson, who are back, reprising their roles as anti-hero Loki and Mobius, respectively. Details about Casal’s character are being kept under wraps; online speculation includes a hypothesis that he could be playing Zaniac. Edited July 17, 2022 by tv echo 1 Link to comment
tv echo July 22, 2022 Share July 22, 2022 Who's In? Who's Out? TV's Major Casting Moves for Fall (and Beyond!) By Matt Webb Mitovich / July 20 2022https://tvline.com/lists/tv-castings-news-spoilers-greys-anatomy-yellowstone-bridgerton/ Quote LOKI Rafael Casal (Blindspotting) reportedly has joined the cast of Disney+’s Marvel series for its upcoming second season; no Marvel confirmation nor any character details are available. Tom Hiddleston Gave Gugu Mbatha-Raw a PowerPoint on Loki's MCU History (Extended) | The Tonight Show The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Jul 22, 2022 1 Link to comment
tv echo August 15, 2022 Share August 15, 2022 (edited) This Comic-Con panel included Loki composer Natalie Holt:SDCC 2022 - 8th Musical Anatomy of a Superhero Film & TV Composer Panel Mulderville Aug 14, 2022 Edited August 15, 2022 by tv echo 1 Link to comment
BetterButter September 10, 2022 Share September 10, 2022 Your favorite '80s kid Ke Huy Quan joins Marvel's Loki 2 Link to comment
tv echo September 12, 2022 Share September 12, 2022 Includes snippet of Loki Season 2 presentation by Tom Hiddleston, Sophie DiMartino, Owen Wilson and Ke Huy Quan... Marvel Studios Announcements at D23 Expo 2022 Marvel Entertainment Sep 11, 2022 Quote Teasing to the crowd, Hiddleston revealed that Season 2 picks up right where Season 1 left off, with Loki in a familiar, but strange, place. "Loki is back at the TVA, he’s had a very difficult confrontation with Sylvie, and Mobius and Hunter B-15 don’t know who he is." Nothing that he saw Jonathan Majors backstage, who played Kang in Season 1, Di Martino quipped, "I thought I killed that guy!" Feige mentions that Loki Season 2 also directly connects to the larger Multiverse Saga of Phases 4, 5, and 6, but how? Going for the pun, Hiddleston tells the crowd, "only time will tell!" 1 Link to comment
tv echo September 21, 2022 Share September 21, 2022 ‘Loki’: Eugene Cordero Upped To Series Regular For Season 2 By Rosy Cordero September 19, 2022https://deadline.com/2022/09/loki-eugene-cordero-upped-series-regular-season-2-1235122473/ Quote EXCLUSIVE: Eugene Cordero is being upped to series regular for Season 2 of the Disney+ series Loki, Deadline has learned. Marvel declined to comment. Cordero plays the Time Variance Authority employee “Casey” in Season 1 of the Tom Hiddleston-led series. His TVA character broke out because of his genuine confusion over what is a fish and how he uses infinity stones as paperweights. He’s in the Season 1 finale credits as “Hunter K-5E” instead of Casey. 2 Link to comment
tv echo September 23, 2022 Share September 23, 2022 Tom Hiddleston, Sophia Di Martino, and Ke Huy Quan on 'Loki' | D23 2022 | Entertainment Weekly Entertainment Weekly Sep 22, 2022 1 Link to comment
tv echo October 28, 2022 Share October 28, 2022 Marvel TV Shows, Ranked: WandaVision, She-Hulk, Ms. Marvel, Loki and Other MCU Fare By Team TVLine / October 25 2022https://tvline.com/lists/best-marvel-tv-shows-ranked-worst/ Quote 1 LOKI ...June 9 – July 14, 2021 | 6 episodes THE HIGHS: Tom Hiddleston, Owen Wilson, Sophia Di Martino and Wunmi Mosaku. Very fun visual effects. Alligator Loki! Jonathan Majors makes his MCU debut. Major groundwork laid for the larger MCU and the brewing Kang threat. THE LOWS: Gugu Mbatha-Raw underutilized as Revonna Renslayer. Infinity Stones as paperweights…? TVLine reader polls: Season ranked #3 (out of 7), Finale #4 1 Link to comment
tv echo November 28, 2022 Share November 28, 2022 Every Marvel Cinematic Universe TV show, ranked By Samantha Nelson, Tasha Robinson, and Zosha Millman Updated Nov 25, 2022https://www.polygon.com/tv/22561233/mcu-tv-shows-ranked-marvel-cinematic-universe Quote 7. LOKI (2021) ...Loki seems likely to climb the ranking charts once the series finds its way closer to an actual conclusion. Rating it after the closing of season 1 feels like rating it in the middle of its story, given the cliffhanger ending that’s far more about setting up the next wave of Marvel movies than about actually respecting the characters or themes on deck throughout the show. Season 1 is a mind-bending whirl through a game-changing series of reveals for the MCU, and specifically for Loki, who’s been through so many changes over the course of a decade in the movies, even accounting for how many of those changes have been retracted or reversed. Tom Hiddleston remains a standout in the MCU, an expressive, electric presence who’d make this series stand out no matter what. But while Loki is creative, colorful, and often a lot of fun, season 1 perpetually feels like it’s been edited down to the bone, with no time for the stronger character development or emotional exploration of some of the other shows on this list. It’s Disney Plus’ most purely fun MCU show so far, but at the moment, it’s still a story half-told. —TR Link to comment
tv echo December 7, 2022 Share December 7, 2022 Gugu Mbatha-Raw on 'Loki' Going Bolder in Season 2 and Taking 'Surface' to London (Exclusive) By Stacy Lambe December 6, 2022https://www.etonline.com/gugu-mbatha-raw-on-loki-going-bolder-in-season-2-and-taking-surface-to-london-exclusive-195530 Quote While that series prepares to go back in production, Mbatha-Raw has been busy filming new episodes of Loki, which is slated to return in the summer of 2023. "It's been amazing to shoot the second season of Loki," the actress says, adding that fans of the series "are gonna be in for a real treat because the show is bolder and more surreal. And in many ways, goes to some bigger, bolder places than season 1, which is really exciting." * * * After a twist-filled season, it was revealed that Ravonna is also a variant, prompting her to leave the Time Variance Authority in search of free will. "In Loki, Ravonna is a powerful presence," Mbatha-Raw says, adding in season 2, "selfishly, Renslayer makes it out of the TVA, which I'm really excited about." 1 Link to comment
tv echo December 19, 2022 Share December 19, 2022 Disney Plus Reveals First Footage From Tom Hiddleston’s ‘Loki’ Season 2 by MICHAEL BEZANIDIS on DECEMBER 19, 2022https://heroichollywood.com/disney-plus-tom-hiddleston-loki-season-2-first-footage/ Quote A new promotional spot for the Disney Plus streaming service reveals the first footage from the second season of the Marvel Studios series Loki. The sneak peek shows Tom Hiddleston making his long-awaited return as Marvel’s God of Mischief, joined by Owen Wilson as Agent Mobius, a member of the Time Variance Authority. Also featured in the Disney Plus sneak peek is a brief shot of Sophia Di Martino as Sylvie, a female variant of Loki, as well as a few snippets of footage from Secret Invasion, a Marvel Studios series that’s also slated for 2023. Check it out below. Streaming in 2023 | Feels Like Home | Disney+ Disney Plus Dec 19, 2022 1 Link to comment
tv echo January 6, 2023 Share January 6, 2023 (edited) 2023 TV Preview: The Last of Us, Ahsoka, Mayfair Witches, Wolf Pack and 16 More Shows We're Excited About By Team TVLine / January 5 2023https://tvline.com/lists/best-new-tv-shows-2023-the-last-of-us-ahsoka/american-born-chinese/ Quote LOKI (Disney+) ...WHY IT EXCITES US: Loki‘s exhilarating freshman run left us on a whopper of a cliffhanger, with a multiversal war poised to break out just as Loki was transported to a new and unfamiliar timeline. With several MCU films having been released since then, further elevating the crazy-high stakes, we’re anxious to see how the God of Mischief will navigate his latest bizarre reality. Plus: Loki and Mobius in tuxes! — R.I. SEASON 2 PREMIERE DATE: Summer 2023 Edited January 6, 2023 by tv echo 1 Link to comment
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