Marvel Studios Considered Replacing Jonathan Majors’ Kang With Doctor Doom
Marvel fans have been very curious about what Marvel Studios is going to do with Kang The Conqueror with all of the legal issues involving Jonathan Majors. Well, thanks to a new report from Variety, Marvel has reportedly been discussing the matter and they have been considering moving away from Kang being a major focus in the MCU. One thing they’ve actually talked about is possibly replacing Kang with Doctor Doom.
The report says: “A studio source notes that regardless of the actor’s legal issues, Marvel already had considered moving away from a Majors-led phase because of the box office performance of Quantumania, which will struggle to make a profit. It gave people pause given that Quantumania didn’t exactly land,’ the source says.”
The funny thing about that is, that fans thought that Kang was one of the best parts of the movie! It’s said that Marvel Studios executives met in Palm Springs in September 2023 for the company’s annual retreat. While there, they discussed how to handle Kang the Conqueror, who was supposed to be the big villain leading to Avengers: The Kang Dynasty.
As the character’s future is now in doubt, the executives brought up Fantastic Four’s Doctor Doom as the new main villain to focus on. But, nothing has been 100% nailed down.
A source said: “Marvel is truly f—ked with the whole Kang angle, and they haven’t had an opportunity to rewrite until very recently [because of the WGA strike]. But I don’t see a path to how they move forward with him.”
What do you think Marvel should do with Kang? What do you think about the possibility of seeing him replaced by Doctor Doom?
If that does happen, it will be interesting to see how they have that story play out.