Marvel is Slowly Distancing Itself From Jonathan Majors

As Jonathan Majors’ situation keeps getting worse by the day, the folks over at Disney and Marvel have a very important decision to make: will they keep the guy or replace him?

Majors plays Kang the Conqueror, the major villain of the current MCU and someone who will be central in connecting the dots towards the next two Avengers movies.

Majors was one of the industry’s rising stars and the most exciting recent addition to the MCU. But now he’s been accused of domestic abuse. The matter isn’t going anywhere. The Southern District of New York are very much going to pursue this case and it’ll take months, if not more than a year, before the process concludes.

The actor’s Kang the Conqueror was nowhere to be found in a recent promo hyping the upcoming VOD and digital release of ‘Quantamania.’ They’ve completely erased him from all the promotional material.

There are now reports that Marvel met Majos’ representatives after his arrest — the matter was to “discuss options” about his future with the company. It’s still unclear how the recent arrest and allegations made against him will impact his role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

All options are currently open as to what Majors’ fate might be. I’m willing to bet that Marvel is waiting it out to see just how bad his legal troubles could get.

Jeff Sneider is saying that all options are currently open as to what Majors’ fate might be.

“I’ve heard that Marvel hasn’t made any decisions regarding Jonathan Majors but they’ve met with or spoken to his agent to discuss potential options going forward.”

Kang the Conqueror is supposed to show up in multiple MCU projects and has already appeared in both the first season of “Loki” and most recently in “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.”

Marvel boss, Kevin Feige, banked his next phase of MCU movies on Majors. Phase five of the MCU was supposed to end with two big Avengers instalments, set for release in 2025 and 2026 — with Majors playing the central antagonist in both of those movies.

You can bet Marvel’s stock is on shaky grounds at the moment. This is, to put it mildly, not a fun situation for Feige, Disney and company.

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