Loki Will Play a Key Role in AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR Storyline
It looks like everyone's favorite villain, Loki, is going to be back in a big way in the third phase of Marvel's cinematic universe. According to Digital Spy, Marvel President Kevin Feige says that Loki will be "heavily" featured in both Thor: Ragnarok and the two-part Avengers: Infinity War.
It's no surprise that Tom Hiddleston would be back to reprise his role as Loki in Marvel's Thor: Ragnarok movie. I think we all expected that. After all, the last time we saw him in Thor: The Dark World he had taken the form of Odin and persuaded Thor to return to Earth and be with Jane Foster. The storyline for Ragnarok is sure to play a decent sized role in leading us into the two part movie Avengers: Infinity War. Especially since Loki's scepter has one of the Infinity Stones that Thanos needs for his Infinity Gauntlet to wreck havoc on the future Avengers team.
Loki lost his scepter after he failed to take over Earth, and it's now in the possession of HYDRA's Baron von Strucker. The Other, who was killed by Ronan in Guardians of the Galaxy, warned Loki that there would be consequences if he failed Thanos, and as you saw in The Avengers, Thanos ended up losing a lot of his army, one of the Infinity Stones, and the Tesseract. It will be interesting to see how Loki fits into the story, but he could either be trying to win back Thanos' loyalty, or he will help fight against him. What side do you think he'll land on?
Thor: Ragnarok will be released on July 28th, 2017, while Avengers: Infinity Part 1 will come out the following year on May 4th, 2018, before Part 2 follows on May 3rd, 2019.