Marvel Was Pivoting Away from Jonathan Majors Even Before Conviction

Jonathan Majors was shortly dropped by Marvel within the wake of his assault conviction — however because it turns, the studio was already inclined to maneuver on … a minimum of based on a brand new report.

As everybody is aware of, the actor was cut loose simply minutes after phrase got here down from a NYC jury in December that he was guilty on two of 4 counts — together with harassment and assault — because it pertained to expenses that he’d harmed his ex-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari.

Granted, he solely ended up getting convicted on what occurred exterior of the automobile — not inside, the place prosecutors claimed he’d really roughed her up — and but … Marvel instantly introduced he wasn’t working with them going ahead. They did not skip a beat.

Welp, per a brand new THR story … Marvel is now within the cleanup means of their subsequent chapter — as they have been initially planning on hitching their wagon to Majors’ star as the brand new large villain … however these plans modified as soon as he bought caught up on this DV case.

They are saying the subsequent ‘Avengers’ film — which was going to be known as ‘The Kang Dynasty’ — is not going to incorporate Majors’ character’s identify in any respect … they usually’re rewriting the subsequent slate of movies to both minimize out Kang altogether, or to significantly sideline him and make him a footnote within the bigger plot. It is a heavy raise, however everybody anticipated that to be the case.

The extra fascinating tidbit right here on this report is the notion that Marvel/Disney had apparently already decided by way of the place they needed to go together with Kang and Majors.

THR, citing sources, says Marvel was already making strikes to attenuate Kang’s involvement in future motion pictures — and the obvious purpose … cash. It seems like Majors’ look in ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ wasn’t a monetary success (it positively wasn’t) and due to that … they felt audiences simply weren’t within the temper for extra Kang.

The film made $476 million globally by way of its theatrical run … however by superhero film requirements, that is fairly trash. So, on its face … it seems like Majors’ destiny was sealed.