Kang The Conqueror Was Not The Reason ‘Quantumania’ Flopped

Resulting from “Marvel fatigue,” regardless of the hell that’s, Marvel Studios made a pivot on its as soon as very profitable technique for its movies and Disney+ collection. A THR article is shedding extra mild 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 reviews Marvel Studios started to panic as a result of the movie had the immense process of kickstarting the subsequent part within the MCU and introducing its subsequent Thanos-like villain, Kang The Conqueror, landed with a thud.

However what’s most attention-grabbing is that behind the scenes, they had been taking steps to maneuver away from Kang The Conqueror.

The movie’s shockingly poor efficiency and actor Jonathan Majors’ conviction, resulting in his speedy firing by Marvel Studios, set off a collection of motions of the Disney-owned studio. They’ve reportedly taken Kang’s title off the title of the subsequent Avengers film.

Per THR:

The primary of the brand new Avengers films, due out in 2026, was initially titled Avengers: The Kang Dynasty however shall be getting a brand new title to take away the character’s title, although sources say that even earlier than Majors’ conviction, the studio was making strikes to reduce the character after Quantumania underperformed, grossing $476 million. 

Previous the revelations about Kang The Conqueror, many, together with this author, had been calling C A P on that as a result of regardless of Majors’s authorized points, he was one of the best half about Quantumania, and even in Loki, and nonetheless need him to be recast, and part of the MCU’s present part.

Don’t Cout Out Marvel Studios Simply But

There are nonetheless just a few issues Marvel Studios can dangle its hat on. The longer term remains to be vivid for the MCU, and by no stretch of the creativeness is the DCU, which remains to be struggling to search out its footing after James Gunn has taken over.

With Marvel Jesus, aka Deadpool, on the best way with Deadpool and Wolverine, X-Males 97, Incredible 4, and different tasks nonetheless on the best way, this author isn’t counting the Marvel Studios out.

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