The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been using time travel since its Doctor Strange movie, with Avengers: Endgame raising the stakes before Loki dove into the plot device and its consequences. With Loki Season 2 on the horizon, the franchise is about to see more time traveling on their screens. For the team involved with Loki, developing the rules of time travel came one with rule: keep it simple. Loki executive producer Kevin Wright talked with ComicBook.
"Our Bible from season one on: simplicity," Wright explained."I think there is; how can you condense the essential information into a simplistic sentence or two so people go, 'Oh, okay, I kind of get this,' and you can... Because Miss Minutes, all of these other tools that we had, a line and a visual really could get us pretty far so people conceptually get it.
In the first reactions to Season 2 of Loki, some of the dialogue pertaining to time travel and other elements of the show seem to have leaned more into the confusion than intrigue, at times. However, the reactions are largely positive to the upcoming series which provided four episodes to members of the press to preview. A spoiler-free reaction to the first four episodes has been shared on the the Phase Zero channel, along with the full interview with executive producer Kevin Wright.
After Kate Herron helmed Season 1 of Loki, Moon Knight director Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson stepped in to direct four episodes in the six-episode Season 2."Moon Knight, they were awesome on, I had met with Justin and Aaron before Loki season one after The Endless, generally. Really, really liked them there," Wright said."Loki was kind of already getting moving. Kate [Herron] was on board.
Loki Season 2 kicks off on Thursday, October. Following new episodes of Loki, ComicBook.com's Phase Zero podcast will be live to discuss the episodes on Phase Zero's official YouTube channel.