Marvelites are recovering from Loki whiplash in the wake of The Avengers: Age of Ultron.

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The Asgardian Trickster provided a major source of rumors over the last year, with everyone adding their two cents to the issue. Joss Whedon toed the Marvel party line, stating that Loki (Tom Hiddleston) would not appear in the second Avengers outing, but Idris Elba's reveal that he filmed with Hiddleston for Age of Ultron.

As it turns out, both statements eventually came true.

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"We did shoot something, but it didn't play," writer/director Joss Whedon told MTV. "The movie has so much. It's so filled. We didn't want it to feel overstuffed. I really wanted to have Loki in it, but I understood the decision that there were now too many voices in the chorus."

It appears viewers will have to content themselves with seeing Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), Black Widow (Scarlett Witch), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Quicksilver (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olson), Vision (Paul Bettany), War Machine (Don Cheadle), Falcon (Anthony Mackie), and, of course, Ultron (James Spader). That's enough heroes and villains for one film, don't you think?

Click the video below to get a look at what's in store for the Loki-less final cut The Avengers: Age of Ultron.

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