The Marvel Cinematic Universe is pushing forward, albeit without Jonathan Majors as Kang the Conqueror. Majors was expected to reprise the role for several new projects before his legal troubles forced Marvel Studios to move away from the actor. Now, according to a new report, Avengers 5 will lose the title “The Kang Dynasty” and potentially even a Marvel character.
The information came in a new report that examined the current state of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The franchise has dealt with a number of issues in recent years beyond the Jonathan Majors situation. Nevertheless, as far as his role goes, the publication emphasizes that even before his conviction the studio was preparing to minimize his character. This is because of the underperformance of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
Here’s what THR shared on that front:
“Marvel is also cleaning up the creative mess left in the wake of Jonathan Majors, the once-rising actor cast to play the lynchpin villain role in the next Avengers movies but who in December was found guilty of reckless assault in the third degree and harassment in a Manhattan court after a domestic incident with his ex-partner, a movement coach he met while working on Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” the publication shares.
“Marvel dropped Majors hours after the conviction and is rewriting those movies, which will now either minimize the character or excise him entirely. The first of the new Avengers movies, due out in 2026, was initially titled Avengers: The Kang Dynasty but will be getting a new title to remove the character’s name, though sources say that even before Majors’ conviction, the studio was making moves to minimize the character after Quantumania underperformed, grossing $476 million.”
Previous rumors suggested that the film would have already been reworked into the first half of an Avengers: Secret Wars storyline. This would simply allow more time with the storyline of the sixth film, which is still titled Avengers: Secret Wars. Additionally, the second season of the Disney Plus series Loki seems to have wrapped up most of Kang’s storylines set within the MCU.
Avengers 5 is set to be released on May 1, 2026. It will be followed by Avengers: Secret Wars on May 7, 2027. Hopefully we’ll have more details as we approach those dates.
Stay tuned to ScreenGeek for any additional updates regarding the future of Marvel Cinematic Universe and the development of Avengers 5 as we have them. Although this clearly caused some setbacks for Marvel Studios, it hopefully won’t cause any issues for their ultimate plan which is obviously Avengers: Secret Wars.