Tom Hiddleston confirms Avengers: Doomsday will continue Loki's journey from his Disney+ series, breaking a Multiverse Saga trend.
Avengers: Doomsday appears set to avoid one of the Multiverse Saga's most frustrating trends by continuing Loki's character arc from his Disney+ series. Tom Hiddleston has confirmed that the 2026 film will pick up from where the series ended, suggesting that the character's development will remain an important part of the larger MCU story.
The Multiverse Saga has previously faced criticism for introducing major character developments in Disney+ shows, only for subsequent movies to revisit or seemingly undo those journeys. Wanda Maximoff's story in WandaVision is one example. After confronting her grief and accepting the loss of her family, her character took a darker path in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Similarly, Sam Wilson's journey toward fully accepting the Captain America mantle in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier was revisited in Captain America: Brave New World.
Loki, however, appears to be taking a different path.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Hiddleston described the ending of Loki as a form of closure and explained that Avengers: Doomsday would begin from that endpoint. He also indicated that there would be no attempt to undo the character development established throughout the series.
The Doomsday trailer appears to support this direction. A brief glimpse of Loki shows him holding a TVA card and wearing the same suit associated with his Disney+ series, suggesting that the film will directly acknowledge the events of his previous story rather than treating them as disconnected from the larger MCU narrative.
Loki's role is particularly important because the events of Loki Season 2 placed him at the center of the multiverse. After sacrificing his freedom to hold the branching timelines together, Loki became responsible for maintaining the multiverse and ensuring its continued existence.
This transformation represents one of the MCU's most significant character arcs. Loki began as a self-serving villain and gradually evolved into someone willing to sacrifice everything for the survival of countless realities. His journey from a troubled variant to the figure responsible for protecting the multiverse is at the heart of the Disney+ series.
With Avengers: Doomsday expected to explore another major multiversal crisis, preserving this development could be crucial to the film's story. Rather than resetting Loki or ignoring the events of his series, the movie appears ready to build directly on them, potentially making his Disney+ journey an essential part of the next chapter of the MCU.
