Avengers Infinity War deaths: Does THIS scene prove Loki will return in Avengers 4?

WARNING MAJOR SPOILERS THROUGHOUT:

Oh Loki.

The infuriating and ever-shifting anti-hero is one of the most compelling and endearing characters in the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe.

His shock sudden exit early on in Infinity War was the perfect way to signal that the movie would not hold back from the hard choices.

Loki, of course, has faked his own death before but his death at the hands of Thanos seemed irreversibly final. Even the mad Titan himself growled, “No resurrections this time.”

But it looks increasingly likely there is a different way back?

There is a growing belief that everyone who disappeared in The Snap will be returned to existence somehow in Avengers 4. However, those who died earlier like Loki, Heimdall, Vision and even Gamora will not.

This seems rather too neat, plus it is almost impossible Gamora will not return for Guardians 3.

The new reports from the set of Avengers 4 point to a major reworking of the battle of New York from the original Avengers movie – and this spells new hope for Loki.

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Pictures from the Avengers 4 sets show Captain America, Thor and Iron Man apparently at the scene of the battle against Loki and his Chitauri allies.

Images of Ant-Man imply some kind of time travel, tying in with tehories that the surviving Avengers will try and rewrite time and take the Infinity Stones before Thanos can collect them.

At the time Loki had the Mind Stone in his sceptre and has used the Tesseract to open wormholes to bring his armies to Earth.

There were also leaked images from the set which appeared to show Loki in captivity.

The images showed the other Avengers but had a stand-in wearing Loki’s recognisable green and black.

Will Tom Hiddelston return as Loki and somehow escape his dreadful fate at the hands of Thanos?

Instead of returning the Tesseract (containing the Space Stone) to Asgard and losing the sceptre, the Avengers would already have two Infinity Stones.

Whatever they would then do with Loki is surely better than that heartbreaking scene on the Asgardian ship.

Loki-lovers have new hope, it seems…

AVENGERS 4 IS OUT ON APRIL 27, 2019