Source:
Marvel
Studios
/
Ant-Man
and
The
Wasp:
Quantumania
/
Kang
Due
to
“Marvel
fatigue,”
whatever
the
hell
that
is,
Marvel
Studios
made
a
pivot
on
its
once
very
successful
strategy
for
its
films
and
Disney+
series.
A
THR
article
is
shedding
more
light
on
that
shift
and
claims
that
the
studio
was
quietly
working
to
burn
Kang
out
of
the
MCU.
Following
the
flop
of
Ant-Man
and
The
Wasp:
Quantumania,
THR
reports
Marvel
Studios
began
to
panic
because
the
film
had
the
immense
task
of
kickstarting
the
next
phase
in
the
MCU
and
introducing
its
next
Thanos-like
villain,
Kang
The
Conqueror,
landed
with
a
thud.
But
what
is
most
interesting
is
that
behind
the
scenes,
they
were
taking
steps
to
move
away
from
Kang
The
Conqueror.
The
film’s
shockingly
poor
performance
and
actor
Jonathan
Majors’
conviction,
leading
to
his
immediate
firing
by
Marvel
Studios,
set
off
a
series
of
motions
of
the
Disney-owned
studio.
They
have
reportedly
taken
Kang’s
name
off
the
title
of
the
next
Avengers
movie.
Per
THR:
The
first
of
the
new
Avengers
movies,
due
out
in
2026,
was
initially
titled
Avengers:
The
Kang
Dynasty
but
will
be
getting
a
new
title
to
remove
the
character’s
name,
though
sources
say
that
even
before
Majors’
conviction,
the
studio
was
making
moves
to
minimize
the
character
after
Quantumania
underperformed,
grossing
$476
million.
Preceding
the
revelations
about
Kang
The
Conqueror,
many,
including
this
writer,
were
calling
C
A
P
on
that
because
despite
Majors’s
legal
issues,
he
was
the
best
part
about
Quantumania,
and
even
in
Loki,
and
still
want
him
to
be
recast,
and
a
part
of
the
MCU’s
current
phase.
Don’t
Cout
Out
Marvel
Studios
Just
Yet
There
are
still
a
few
things
Marvel
Studios
can
hang
its
hat
on.
The
future
is
still
bright
for
the
MCU,
and
by
no
stretch
of
the
imagination
is
the
DCU,
which
is
still
struggling
to
find
its
footing
after
James
Gunn
has
taken
over.
With
Marvel
Jesus,
aka
Deadpool,
on
the
way
with
Deadpool
and
Wolverine,
X-Men
97,
Fantastic
Four,
and
other
projects
still
on
the
way,
this
writer
isn’t
counting
the
Marvel
Studios
out.
You
can
peep
more
reactions
to
Marvel
Studios
allegedly
trying
to
blame
Kang
for
its
“box
office
woes”
in
the
gallery
below.
