Episode lengths and counts have been revealed for upcoming Marvel shows Loki, Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and Moon Knight. Loki is expected to arrive sometime in May and will see Ton Hiddleston reprise his role as the titular God of Mischief. The series’ trailer showed off a truly bonkers adventure for Loki, set after the events of Avengers: Endgame when Loki stole the Tesseract and disappeared from the timeline.
Falcon and the Winter Soldier is aiming for March release date that will see the show debut shortly after WandaVision finishes its nine-episode run. The show will follow Sam and Bucky as they navigate a post-Captain America world. Moon Knight might just be the most anticipated of them all, though. Set to star Oscar Isaac in the lead role, details surrounding the show are as mysterious as the show’s namesake. Moon Knight is only just beginning development and likely won’t hit screens until early 2022.
In an interview with Collider, Marvel chief Kevin Feige revealed how long each series will run for and what the episode length will be. Falcon and the Winter Soldier was originally conceived as nine to ten half hour episodes, but will now be six 40-50 minute episodes. As for Moon Night and Loki, they, too, will each have six 40-50 minute long episodes. Feige did not give episode lengths or amounts for other upcoming Marvel shows Ms. Marvel and Hawkeye, but he did reveal that She-Hulk will be ten half hour long episodes.
Episode lengths have varied wildly since the beginning of streaming, but they used to be quite consistent. Networks would run either 43-minute long shows in an hour block of 23-minute long shows in a half-hour block, leaving room for advertisements. Streaming has done away with all of that and since then episode lengths have been unpredictable. When The Mandalorian premiered, many wonder why it’s episodes were so short until, later in the season, the show’s episodes began running longer.
The runtime seems to be similar for Disney+’s Marvel shows. Early reactions to WandaVision indicated that the first three episodes ran about thirty minutes each, but it’s also been hinted that, like The Mandalorian, as the season goes on the episode length will increase. This will lead up a finale that is said to rival a full-blown MCU action movie. If the trailers for Loki and Falcon and the Winter Soldier are any indication, they look to be delivering the same. While it’s too far off to tell what’s in store for Moon Knight, early signs seem to indicate that the first slate of MCU shows will set the bar pretty high.
Source: Collider
Originally from https://screenrant.com/falcon-winter-soldier-loki-show-episode-count-length/