Marvel has experienced difficulties. The casting news for "The Fantastic Four" has generated positive discussion recently. However, both the box office and critics gave "The Marvels" a dismal review. Most importantly, Jonathan Majors caused a true "Kangtastrophe" when he was convicted guilty of harassment and third-degree reckless assault after being accused of both crimes.
After Majors was found guilty, Marvel fired him right away, but the loss of its main antagonist for the upcoming MCU chapter is still felt.
At any rate, that's how people see it. After "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" failed to meet the expectations of both critics and fans, Marvel started a gentle retool of the next Marvel films and TV series, according to a recent exposé by The Hollywood Reporter. These are the main conclusions to be drawn from that unexpected disclosure, along with what you may anticipate from Marvel's MCU reimagining.
They have vanquished Kang
Majors' conviction served as either the straw that broke the camel's back or as the justification Marvel needed to let go of Majors and Kang, according to reporting by Borys Kit and Aaron Couch at THR. They were informed by insiders that Marvel had started to downplay the character after "Quantumania" didn't live up to the hype.
Note : Immediately following Majors's exit from the MCU, I suggested that Marvel would be better served by moving on from the character completely and focusing on other plots. It appears that's precisely what Marvel intends to do based on this reporting and Kang's absence from the next Marvel slate.
Furthermore, if you've seen "Loki" season 2, you'd undoubtedly believe those insiders. Two iterations of Kang the Conqueror appear in the second season of the show, but both (spoiler alert) end up in a place where they are never required to return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Furthermore, the He Who Remains variety was the only one that truly succeeded critically, and looking back, it's conceivable that the character's writing was the key factor in season 1's success.
It appears now likely that Marvel is discontinuing the character completely. Immediately following Majors's exit from the MCU, I suggested that Marvel would be better served by moving on from the character completely and focusing on other plots. It appears that's precisely what Marvel intends to do based on this reporting and Kang's absence from the next Marvel slate.
Marvel may give its shows to showrunners
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Disney CEO Bob Iger stated, as stated in the THR piece, that "some of our studios lost a little focus." The fact that Marvel only recently began producing TV series and motion pictures for Disney Plus in the years after "Avengers: Endgame" and that the majority of them fell short of expectations seems to be explicitly referenced by this.
But last year's "Secret Invasion" appears to have been the absolute low point. Insiders claim that the costly setback served as a significant wake-up call for Marvel Studios and that executive producer Kyle Bradstreet's dismissal is largely to blame.
This is not the first piece Kit has written about Marvel's behind-the-scenes changes to its TV series. Kit first revealed in October that Marvel's decision to defy convention when it comes to TV production has resulted in significant problems. The developers of several projects that yielded mediocre results were replaced midway through production, notably "Moon Knight" and "She-Hulk: Attorney at Law."
However, it appears like Marvel intends to give show creators more autonomy. Additionally, there might be some delays to provide creatives enough time to set everything just right so that those showrunners can carry out their plan effectively.
Blade is probably only the first of many delays to come
Speaking of delays, Marvel fans should anticipate a lot of them over the course of the next year or two. As reported by Kit and Couch, there's growing conjecture that "Blade" won't be released in November 2025 and probably won't be released in 2025 at all.
Iger's wish for the studio to concentrate on the television series and films it releases may have played a significant role in this. With "Deadpool & Wolverine" the lone film in the 2024 slate, Marvel has an incredible four films scheduled for release in 2025. Disney no longer wants to overwhelm viewers with content, thus Blade is probably going to be the movie that gets pushed back so the other three films can breathe.
It's unlikely that this rearranging and postponement strategy will only be used in motion pictures. The only television shows with official release dates or windows for 2024 are "X-Men '97" and "Agatha: Darkhold Diaries," despite several other shows like "Ironheart" having already been shot. Should that not alter in the near future, it may indicate that Marvel is purposefully delaying TV projects as well.
