Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige faces a major decision-making dilemma after the studio severed ties with actor Jonathan Majors due to his guilty conviction. Shortly after his dismissal, an insider source revealed Marvel’s rumored plan to address Majors’ exit. According to this plan, Marvel intends to move away from Kang to other multiversal villains but concludes the Multiverse Saga with a Kang Variant as the final villain. However, fans are not too thrilled about this plan.
Disney fired Majors after he was found guilty of two counts of reckless assault and harassment. Majors could potentially face up to one year in jail for the misdemeanor assault conviction. Notably, Majors played Kang in Loki and Antman and the Wasp: Quantumania.
Fans Fear Kevin Feige’s Rumored Plan For MCU Will End Up Like James Gunn’s DC Reboot
The biggest question after Jonathan Majors’ public firing was how Marvel intended to address the Kang character. While recasting might have been a simpler solution in the past, the studio’s current situation calls for a strategic reconsideration. According to an update from @MyCosmicCircus, Kevin Feige’s plan is not to address Kang for the next few movies.
The report suggests that the studio will focus on other storylines while slowly developing Kang and the Multiverse behind the scenes. However, some sources indicate that Kang may not be addressed at all until the end of the Multiverse Saga, where a Kang Variant will appear as the final villain. Fans have expressed concerns about this rumored approach.
One fan considered Kevin Feige’s rumored MCU plans worse than what James Gunn did with the reboot of Zack Snyder‘s DCEU. Gunn’s restructuring idea caused outrage among DC fans, and the decision led fans to lose interest in the other movies in the franchise. Fans have suggested that recasting Kang was not that hard of a decision. One fan pointed out that the recasting decision could be convincingly explained as introducing a Kang variant.
Another fan felt that the problem wasn’t actually recasting but rather in the absence of better storylines. Fans urged Feige to focus on bringing a better writer to flesh out Kang instead of investing time in finding the perfect actor. Some fans agreed with the idea of teasing Kang behind the scenes while exploring other multiversal villains and storylines. Some fan reactions read:
Marvel just giving off DCEU vibes at this point.
— Steve Val (@lampshades00) December 21, 2023
Simply recast Kang, bring in another conquerer as a variant and explain why he looks different. It really isn’t as hard as Marvel is gonna make this
— shawn (@Alt_BlackNoir) December 21, 2023
They ahould do what they did with thanos
Tease and build him up
Then make him a big threat
With a diffrent actor
— evil queen ( stay positive ) (@DavidDicke14964) December 21, 2023
Just Recast Kang you guys have done it multiple times with the spider man actors and in Iron Man and with Hulk so just do that.
The issue is you guys need better writers and someone to write Kang into an awesome fucking villain that’s all @Kevfeige
— itsyourboy619 (@Jodihaynes23) December 21, 2023
Multiverse hasn’t even been fully explored into, just kinda background for a bunch of movies now. Get the Watcher involved, need more America Chavez, etc…
— Aloha Solace (@alohasolace) December 21, 2023
I said this days ago. Dr. Doom will be a Kang variant.
You can take it to the bank, this is the route they’ll go
— Vaniel (@vanielmage) December 22, 2023
The report from Cosmic Circus also predicts several other storylines that Marvel could explore while they take their time to sort out the Kang mess.
Other Potential Story Arcs in Kevin Feige’s MCU Besides Kang
Among the major upcoming projects, the Echo series has recently gained the interest of fans and audiences. Echo suggests that Marvel is ready to venture into projects with more mature themes. This also serves as an indication of Marvel’s trajectory with their Daredevil: Born Again series. Another step in this mature direction will be Deadpool 3, where Marvel is set to enter the age of mutants and explore the mutants vs. humans politics.
Fans are also excited for another announced MCU film, Fantastic Four. The F4 storyline holds great importance for Marvel, because it may feature Marvel’s alternative to Kang. In the Secret Wars comics, it was Doctor Doom, not Kang, who caused the multiversal war. Doctor Doom is the archenemy of Mister Fantastic.
Marvel’s other directions include exploring the next generation of Avengers with a potential Young Avengers movie and exploring the supernatural side through projects like Moon Knight 2, Werewolf by Night continuation, Blade, and others. It is also rumored that Marvel will produce a movie centered around the Hulk.
