After accusations against Jonathan Majors: Will Kang be recast or will this Marvel villain act as the new Thanos?

Jonathan Majors’ future career was put on hold in the spring of this year when the shooting star broke up with his ex-girlfriend after an incident facing serious allegations of domestic violence saw and moments later other alleged victims of the actor’s attacks also spoke out. The case has already cost Majors several roles and advertising deals – and also puts Marvel in a difficult position.

In the MCU, Majors plays the mighty Kang The Conqueror (and his various parallel world variants), who, as the main villain of the current Multiverse saga, should become something like the new Thanos, ultimately defeated in the grand dual finale “ Avengers 5: The Kang Dynasty (theatrical release: April 29, 2026) and “Avengers 6: Secret Wars” (theatrical release: May 5, 2027).

So far, Marvel is still sticking with Majors (as evidenced by his appearance as Kang variant Victor Timeley in the currently ongoing second season of “Loki”). But the danger that Majors will lose a lawsuit scheduled for November and have his image permanently tarnished even if he wins According to a detailed background report, Marvel is leaving consider two options for moving forward in the MCU without Majors…

Option 1: Jonathan Majors is reassigned

The most obvious option, which was dismissed when the allegations first emerged, would likely be replacing Jonathan Majors, so just hire a new actor to play Kang. This way, they could stick to the previous plans for Phases 5 and 6 of the MCU and build on the preliminary work already done to make Kang the main villain.

Since then, Jonathan Majors has played the role with critically acclaimed performances as Kang variants and Victor Timeley in “Loki”, as well as Kang himself in “Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania” (for example also much more decisive than the first Rhodey actor Terrence Howard, who was later replaced by Don Cheadle, in the first “Iron Man “), but it would certainly not be an easy task to find an adequate replacement that the public would accept.

Option 2: Doctor Doom replaces Kang

A source of According to this, that would probably be the case There is an idea to leave Kang as the new Thanos and have Doctor Doom take on this role. The Fantastic Four’s legendary nemesis will likely make his MCU debut in the new film about the popular superhero group scheduled for 2025 – and could be further expanded from there. At the same time, this could be used to slightly tweak the Multiverse saga, which has had a rather mixed reception so far (even if Kang is one of the more positive aspects).

However, you would have to build the villain from scratch and pretty much throw the rest of your plans out the window. It’s not just the intended title of the next ‘Avengers’ spectacle (‘Kang Dynasty’) that makes it clear what a key role Kang should play in it. Must also We’ve heard from an insider who has already seen the second season finale of “Loki” that Kang is being particularly clearly positioned as the next big MCU threat. We will discover exactly what that looks like on November 10, 2023 on Disney+.

So if Marvel were to actually part ways with Majors, a recast would probably still be the easier solution to the resulting problem. The next major development in the Major case will likely come from the aforementioned lawsuit during November.