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’Loki’s Tom Hiddleston Launches Ambitious New Historical Epic This Week on Disney+
Tom Hiddleston, best known for playing Loki in the MCU, is launching a new National Geographic docuseries called *Pompeii: Out of Time*, blending scripted drama with investigative documentary to explore the hours before and during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Made with executive producer Kevin R. Wright, the series draws on archaeologists, historians, geologists and disaster experts to challenge established assumptions about Pompeii's final hours, presenting the event as a story of human resilience rather than pure destruction, ahead of Hiddleston's return as Loki in *Avengers: Doomsday*.
The show premieres on the National Geographic television channel tonight before streaming on Hulu and Disney+ from 23 July. Hiddleston, who first visited Pompeii as a 17-year-old in 1998, discussed the project with Collider, describing it as a "two-way street into the past" and noting it gave him a deeper awareness of the brevity of life; he also used the series to highlight how much of modern language, politics, architecture and social structures derive from ancient civilisations.
In short
- Tom Hiddleston fronts new Pompeii docuseries for National Geographic.
- Premieres on TV tonight, streams on Disney+/Hulu from 23 July.
- Blends scripted drama with expert-led investigation of Vesuvius eruption.
Explained simply
Pompeii was a thriving Roman city near Naples that was buried by volcanic ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, killing thousands of people. The city remained hidden for nearly two thousand years until archaeologists began excavating it in the 18th century, revealing extraordinarily well-preserved remains from ancient Roman life. Today, Pompeii provides some of our richest evidence about how ordinary Romans lived, from domestic items to writing on walls.
Tom Hiddleston is a British actor known for playing Loki in Marvel's superhero films and television series. He first visited Pompeii as a teenager and has maintained a strong interest in the subject. He is now launching a new docuseries with National Geographic that explores the volcanic catastrophe that destroyed the city.
The series blends dramatic recreation with documentary investigation, combining interviews with archaeologists, historians and experts who study how the eruption unfolded. Rather than focusing solely on destruction and death, it frames the event as a story of human experience and survival. The project examines what happened during Pompeii's final hours and challenges some established beliefs about the catastrophe and what the archaeological evidence reveals.
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