Marvel Studios is reportedly changing the title of Avengers: The Kang Dynasty to remove the character’s name entirely as the fifth Avengers film gets retooled behind the scenes.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Avengers 5 will no longer be titled The Kang Dynasty. Sources claim Marvel was “making moves to minimize the character” before Jonathan Majors’ conviction and subsequent firing because the Kang-heavy Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania underperformed at the box office.
Marvel cut ties with Majors swiftly after he was found guilty of one count of assault and one count of harassment on December 18. At the time, Disney didn’t reveal whether they would recast Kang, who Majors portrayed in the MCU, or whether they would pivot away from the character and move in a different direction.
The MCU introduced Kang the Conqueror as a massive threat in the Loki Season 1 finale before he served a crucial role in Quantumania, the first movie of Phase 5. His appearances were seemingly building up to Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, which would no doubt focus on Kang as the franchise’s new Thanos-level enemy.
The latest report reveals more about the plans for the next Avengers movies (the now-untitled Avengers 5, due out in 2026, and its sequel Avengers: Secret Wars, slated for 2027), noting Marvel is working on rewriting those stories, which will now either “minimize” the Kang character or “excise him entirely.”
Variety previously reported that, following Majors’ arrest, Marvel execs were considering pivoting from Kang to Doctor Doom. The sovereign monarch of Latveria has been one of the Marvel Universe’s most dangerous and prolific villains since his debut in 1962, and he might be showing up in the MCU very soon.
We’re only getting one MCU movie in 2024, the newly titled Deadpool & Wolverine, which is releasing in theaters on July 26 as part of Phase 5 of the MCU. The film looks to be setting up Avengers: Secret Wars and even dropped a small Easter egg in the trailer in the form of one of Marvel’s top-selling comic books.
Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on X/Twitter @AdeleAnkers.
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