Loki’s questionable appearance in The Avengers: Age Of Ulton has become somewhat of a he said she said story. First, director Joss Whedon said that Tom Hiddleston would not return to reprise his role as the villain everyone hates to love in the sequel. During the San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel Studios’ President Kevin Feige made a vague statement implying that we could see him again in some sort of capacity.

So the actor himself has put an end to all of this by confirming that he will not be back for the sequel. Hit the jump for more on what he said.

The last studio panel at Comic-Con is generally the biggest one. But when you have to follow up with news like the Batman Superman Movie announcement, or the massive X-Men: Days Of Future Past cast photo-op, you’d better have a nice ace up your sleeve. So not to be out done, Marvel made a pretty big announcement before handing off their panels to Thor: The Dark World, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

Joss Whedon announced the title and villain for the sequel to The Avengers in just a few words: The Avengers: Age Of Ultron (read our thoughts here). In later interviews, the director said that even though this film happens before the release of Ant-Man – Hank Pym was the creator of the deadly robot – this film would be an origins story for Ultron. It has been reported that the film would not share the same story arc as the one seen in the recent comics. Hit the jump for more on the sequel and the possible return of Loki.

The major reveal at the Marvel Studios panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday was that director Joss Whedon‘s upcoming Avengers sequel would be titled The Avengers: Age Of Ultron.

Whedon himself come out onto the Hall H stage to introduce a title treatment teaser video that showed the Iron Man helmet morph into the head of the classic Avengers villain Ultron. This reveal immediately led to speculation on how Marvel would handle the villain in the sequel and if the story would be based on the recent Age Of Ultron comic book series.

Marvel Entertainment has released a post-panel video interview Marvel LIVE! did with Whedon, where the director explains that The Avengers: Age Of Ultron will not be based on the current comic book series, and that Ultron will actually have a different origin than the comics. Watch the 6-minute video interview here below.