At one point, Jonathan Majors was being set up to follow Josh Brolin’s footsteps as the next overarching Marvel villain. His character, Kang the Conqueror, was established with several appearances that would have led to Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Avengers: Secret Wars. In 2023, however, Marvel Studios cut ties with Jonathan Majors after he was convicted of assault – though studio head Kevin Feige now reportedly wants Jonathan Majors back in the MCU, aka the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The actor was first dropped by Marvel Studios on December 18, 2023, not long after he was found guilty on two misdemeanor charges that followed after a March 2023 argument with his former girlfriend, Grace Jabbari. The legal situation shook the entertainment landscape and as a result, Majors lost several roles in addition to being dropped by Marvel. In April 2024, he was sentenced to serve 52 weeks at an in-person domestic violence intervention program.
According to our sources, Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige is considering bringing Jonathan Majors back into the MCU. The idea is for Majors to appear in a future Marvel project to wrap up some loose ends with Kang and close the character’s story.
Kevin Feige and the studio worked hard to restructure Avengers: The Kang Dynasty into Avengers: Doomsday. The new take replaced Majors’ Kang character with Robert Downey Jr., who will now be playing Doctor Doom instead of Iron Man in Avengers: Doomsday.
Kang the Conqueror was known for causing chaos across the Multiverse with numerous variants. These variants were previously teased in the Disney Plus series Loki and the feature film Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
Majors is set to appear in the upcoming film Magazine Dreams, which was previously delayed by the aforementioned legal issues, and he’s also attached to star in Martin Villeneuve’s film Merciless. So, whether or not he does make the return to the MCU, audiences will still see a few Majors projects in the near future.