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Loki season 2 gets a disheartening release date update

Michael Patterson
Michael Patterson

Bam Smack Pow

Tom Hiddleston as Loki in Marvel Studios’ LOKI, exclusively on Disney+. Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios. ©Marvel Studios 2021. All Rights Reserved.

Marvel fans are ready for Loki season 2 but it seems that they may have to wait a bit longer than anticipated.

Loki has found himself back at the heart of the pop culture conversations again recently. If you’re a Marvel fan, you’ll know why. The second season of his self-titled Disney Plus series is coming out on the streamer this year, and it’s safe to say hopes are high.

Not only was the first season of Loki a resounding success, it set the stage for what the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Multiverse Saga would become. To revisit it now that we’re actually in the heart of that storyline is just all too exciting, especially since Kang the Conqueror has made his presence felt in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.

It’s been relatively quiet on the Loki front lately, and that’s because it’s been relatively quiet on the Disney Plus front as far as Marvel is concerned. However, a new update suggests that we might have to wait a bit longer for Loki‘s planned release.

Loki season 2 release date updates

According to Bespin Bulletin, Loki season 2 will now premiere on Disney Plus “much later in the summer”.

If you recall, Kevin Feige initially confirmed that the series would return for its second season in “summer 2023”, with the graphic suggesting it would release after fellow summer series Echo. However, with Echo seemingly moving out of its summer window to a potential 2024 release, fans had hoped Loki season 2 might premiere earlier.

Unfortunately, it seems that won’t be the case, as Marvel continues to reshape its release strategy, opting for a “less is more” approach in Phase Five, spacing out its releases after the divisive response to some of the titles in Phase Four and the sheer volume of shows and movies. Loki is one of the lucky few that will air this year, but while the first season had a clear release window for some time before it actually premiered, things remain up in the air as to when we can expect any of the 2023 Disney Plus shows.

Right now, we can still expect Loki season 2 in the summer… just a bit later than we had all hoped.

Are you excited for Loki season 2? Are you sad that it won’t be coming out until later in the summer? Let us know in the comments below!

Michael Patterson

Michael Patterson

Michael Patterson is the Editor of Bam Smack Pow. An experienced writer and entertainment journalist with an affinity for all things superhero, he has previously written for Movie Pilot, WhatCulture, WrestleZone and Screen Rant. A part of FanSided since 2018, you can probably find him rambling about the Marvel Cinematic Universe or reflecting on the good old days of The CW's Arrowverse. A longtime fan of both Marvel and DC, his knowledge ranges from the classic Batman movies to the modern day MCU films, along with the mutltiude of superhero TV shows that have come in between. He's been a trusted entertainment journalist for over a decade, interviewing the likes of Tom Welling, Michael Rosenbaum, and Elizabeth Tulloch. He's also an avid TV and film fan who firmly believes that Michael Keaton is the best Batman we'll ever have and that Terminator 2: Judgment Day is the greatest movie of all time.