Jonathan Majors, who had been positioned to play the subsequent primary villain of the most important film franchise of all time, was convicted of assault and harassment on Monday, and about an hour after that verdict got here down, Marvel Studios fired him. Thus ends a 12 months of uncertainty throughout which the Marvel Cinematic Universe has cratered each creatively and by way of viewers curiosity (hyperlink to one thing), and which resulted in the entire MCU slate being delayed a 12 months whereas the powers-that-be attempt to get it collectively.
With out Majors, the massive speedy query is straightforward: What’s Marvel going to do with Kang the Conqueror, who was imagined to be the Thanos of this period of the MCU? The simplest choice is to only recast the position, which they’ve completed earlier than with Terrence Howard and Ed Norton within the franchise’s early days. Majors has to date solely appeared in Ant-Man & the Wasp: Quantumania–a film that is confirmed to be fairly unpopular–and the 2 seasons of Loki. That is extra display screen time than Howard or Norton had within the one film they every appeared in, however not an excessive amount of extra. I doubt audiences have gotten overly connected to Majors at this level.
If Marvel needs to go the recasting route, it will most likely be fine–or it would not be any worse than the present established order, no less than. However I’ve a distinct concept that Marvel could properly have already set in movement: It is time for Ravonna Renslayer to step into the highlight.
