LOKI Director Explains How the Multiverse Is Being Set Up in the MCU with Timeline Branches Colliding

The story told in Marvel’s Loki series led to the introduction of the multiverse in the MCU. It opened things up in a big way, and a lot of fans are wondering what exactly the MCU is going to look like in the future.

The Sacred Timeline was broken, and at the end of the series we see it branching off in all kinds of directors. Not only that, but these alternate timelines are also colliding with other timelines, and as you might imagine, things are going to be a big mess.

Loki director Kate Herron recently offered some insight on how these alternate realities work in the MCU. In an interview with Murphy's Multiverse:

“So, there’s branches, right, which are like the alternative reality. But then something, you’ll see it, it's very subtle but in the very last shot where you see the multiverse, there's other bigger physical timeline branches. So, it's almost like these different separate trees that are now connecting.”

I think you can use your imagination to see where this is going. It’s basically the reason why Dr. Octopus, Electro, and Vulture from all the different Spider-Man movies can exist together in Spider-Man: No Way Home. Because their timeline branches are now colliding with each other. Herron goes on to explain:

"It's almost like a bridge. If you imagine the branch, it is another reality. But if the branch extends beyond a certain point, it will then connect to other physical timelines. That last show we did, there are other like thicker brancher that meant to be like out times. And there are other timelines like that and the branches are the connector basically.”

This is certainly a crazy and cool way to play with the multiverse. With it being set up like this, anything is possible in the MCU! The sky is the limit! Needless to say, things are going to get very interesting, and I can’t wait to see what exactly Marvel does with it. This is exciting!