By “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” director Destin Daniel Cretton has dropped out as helmer of Marvel Studios’ upcoming “Avengers: The Kang Dynasty” feature according to THR.
Cretton had been attached to the project for over a year. “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” scribe Jeff Loveness penned a draft of ‘Kang Dynasty’ prior to the strike but it’s unclear if another writer will do a re-write of the work post-strike.
Cretton is expected to shift his focus to developing the “Shang-Chi” sequel, whilst his “Wonder Man” series at Marvel that was shut down by the strikes is expected to continue filming in the coming weeks.
“Avengers: The Kang Dynasty” was originally slated for a May 2025 release but was pushed back to May 2026 with “Avengers: Secret Wars” coming in May 2027, both are currently without directors.
The exit of Cretton comes as Joanna Robinson, author of the book “MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios”, told House of R podcast this week that she hears Loveness is out at Marvel as “he was all wrapped up in this Kang storyline and they [Marvel] are likely going to be moving away from that.”
Jonathan Majors was introduced as Kang, a multiverse-spanning villain with many variants, in both “Loki” and ‘Quantumania’. However fan reaction to the character has been weak, and Majors himself is facing very public legal troubles – making his future with Marvel a subject of much speculation.
Rumors have swirled Marvel will move away from Kang to another villain as its ‘big bad’ of the Multiverse Saga with Doctor Doom being the likeliest candidate.
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