The Loki finale 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 with Deadline that 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 that another season of Loki has 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. While WandaVision, which recently made history by earning 23 Emmy nominations, and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier helped set up Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Loki has 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 of Loki to 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 would just be the six episodes and 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, Loki has confirmed the existence of the Multiverse, which sets up future MCU projects like Spider-Man: No Way Home, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. The latter will also feature Jonathan Majors as Kang the Conqueror, a version of whom was introduced in the Loki finale. 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. 

Loki is now streaming on Disney Plus.

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Source: Deadline