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| Come on Loki, no more sitting around! (screenshot: Disney/Marvel) |
Michael Waldron, who worked on Community and now writes for the popular Adult Swim series Rick and Morty, has been hired by Disney to write the pilot and executive produce the upcoming streaming Marvel series starring Tom Hiddleston.
According to their sources, the show will “follow Loki as the trickster and shapeshifter pops up throughout human history as unlikely influencer on historical events.” Which makes sense since we assume he’s staying dead post Infinity War. But, also, sounds like a million other shows, doesn’t it? Still, it’s Hiddleston and Loki, so one would hope it would have a level of swagger and evil giving it a unique touch.
...and the writing by Waldron tells me that it will be funny (seriously, did you watch Community? GENIUS).
Meanwhile, the folks at Collider just BLEW MY MIND:
The show will reportedly revolve around how Hiddleston’s character pops up throughout human history as an unlikely influencer on historical events, which means it’ll probably be a prequel of sorts as opposed to reviving the character following his death at the hands of Thanos. Or perhaps time travel or alternate dimensions play a role in Endgame that paves the way for Loki to live on. Again, we don’t and won’t know until that film hits theaters in April, which is why Marvel is playing this so close to the chest.
The Disney+ Marvel shows will reportedly hail from Marvel Studios, not Marvel Television. Marvel Studios is behind all of the MCU films, while Marvel TV—headed up by Jeph Loeb—ran point on the Netflix shows and produces the other series like Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Marvel’s Runaways. Which likely means that these Disney+ limited series will carry far bigger budgets and have bigger stars. In truth, these Disney+ shows will be the first Marvel TV shows produced with Kevin Feige in charge.
Other Disney+ Marvel shows in the works include The Vision and Scarlet Witchstarring Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany, which has Jac Schaeffer (Captain Marvel) as showrunner, and a team-up series for Falcon and Winter Soldier starring Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan, with Malcolm Spellman (Empire) writing and producing.
Would ya look at that list of shows and actors? I've said it before, and I'll say it again; Disney can just take my money. With this potential line-up - and that little show The Mandalorian on tap - I'm probably going to just cancel all of my other subscriptions.