Wait, Is Loki An Official Avenger In Doomsday?

Wait, Is Loki An Official Avenger In Doomsday? Loki in The End of Time in Loki season 2 finale By  Cooper Hood Published 25 minutes ago Cooper Hood is the Associate Editor for all new movie releases, in theaters and on streaming. In addition to writing articles about these titles and upcoming releases, he also oversees content planning for each, ensuring that ScreenRant continues to cover major releases for months after their release. He has written various reviews for ScreenRant that appear on Rotten Tomatoes, coordinated Oscars and San Diego Comic-Con coverage, appeared on CNN to talk about Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, and done select interviews with talent over the years. Sign in to your ScreenRant account Summary Generate a summary of this story follow Follow followed Followed Like Like Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap

Tom Hiddleston is returning as Loki in Avengers: Doomsday, and while a heroic version of the longtime villain was expected, he may be an official member of the Avengers in Phase 6. Audiences last saw the god of mischief sacrifice himself at the End of Time in Loki season 2's finale, positioning him for a key role in the conclusion of the Multiverse Saga.

While Marvel Studios confirmed he'd be involved by listing Hiddleston among Doomsday's cast announcement, the exact nature of Loki's role was still up for debate. Most discussions have been tied to how pivotal he'll be in stopping Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom or the excitement about seeing him reunite with Chris Hemsworth's Thor.

Both of those may take on different forms now. While we wait for Marvel to debut the official Avengers: Doomsday trailer this month, a new video suggests Loki will become an official member of the team that originally united to fight him.

Loki Was Included Alongside Sam's Presumed Avengers Team In New Doomsday Presentation

Loki using his powers in Loki season 2 finale

Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Studios are actively hyping up Avengers: Doomsday when they can, which includes at the Italian film industry event known as Giornate Di Cinema Sorrento. Walt Disney had a presentation there and included a brief section for the MCU movie, showing off the cast list in different groupings of headshots, which is now circulating online.

Most of it was not surprising. The Fantastic Four actors were lumped together, as were the Thunderbolts and X-Men. Shuri, M'Baku, and Namor were grouped, too. But, there was also a selection that resembles the presumed roster of Sam Wilson's new Avengers team.

This slide showed Hiddleston's Loki among Hemsworth (Thor), Paul Rudd (Ant-Man), Anthony Mackie (Captain America), and Danny Ramirez (Falcon), with Simu Liu (Shang-Chi) likely just out of frame.

With all the other confirmed cast members and characters grouped together based on their team, Loki's placement alongside the heroes who expect to be Sam's Avengers team is notable. It suggests that he may be an official Avenger in Doomsday. At the very least, it implies that his storyline is directly tied to what Thor, Ant-Man, Captain America, Falcon, and Shang-Chi are up to.

Loki Being An Official Avenger Makes Sense For Doomsday

Loki arrested by TVA in Loki season 2

For a long time, Loki was one of the MCU's defining villains before turning more into an anti-hero. He officially turned the corner to become a hero in Phase 4, though. The variant created by Avengers: Endgame had an incredibly heroic journey across two seasons of Loki, learning to put others before himself and use his incredible powers for good.

Rather than Loki falling back into villainy in Doomsday, it always felt more logical for him to be opposed to Doom. But that could be done without him becoming a proper Avenger. The film could just keep him alongside the new roster as Thor seeks to protect his brother from a multiversal villain.

That would likely give Loki a more passive role in the movie, though, one where he's potentially being protected to stop Doom's plans from coming to fruition. But after watching the god of mischief's heroic turn, he deserves a role and status that properly showcases just how different this version of the character is.

Making him an official Avenger would do that. Not only would it be incredibly cool to see Thor and Loki fighting alongside each other as members of the Avengers, but it'd be a satisfying continuation of, and possible conclusion to, the latter's arc. Hopefully, Loki does achieve official Avenger status in Avengers: Doomsday as this video teases.

Avengers: Doomsday

Like Follow Followed Superhero Adventure Action Sci-Fi Release Date December 18, 2026 Director Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Writers Stephen McFeely, Michael Waldron, Jack Kirby, Stan Lee

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