Marvel is reportedly renaming Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and might be done with the villain altogether

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After a week of crowd-pleasing announcements, a new report suggestsMarvelStudios is far from done with tinkering its forthcoming line-up of movies and TV shows.

According toThe Hollywood Reporter(THR), the Disney subsidiary will spend much of 2024 retooling its slate of Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) projects after a torrid 2023 filled with box office bombs, PR blunders, and other negative press.

Chief among Marvel’s priorities is itsFantastic Fourmovie, thenew title, revised release date, and long overdue cast announcementsof which were recently revealed. Per THR, filming will begin this summer (that’s winter, for any southern hemisphere readers) in London. Marvel is also believed to have quietly hired Eric Pearson to punch up its script, too – the scribe, who also added some finesse toBlack WidowandThor: Ragnarok’s screenplays, is being viewed as a safe pair of hands within the corridors of power.

Pearson isn’t the only screenwriter who’s recently joined an MCU production. THR also suggestsThe Bear’s Joanna Calo has been drafted in to perform a similar job onThunderbolts, one of the manyMarvel Phase 5projects that are in active development. Principal photography is rumored to begin next month (March 2024), so Calo, who’s also likely penned the majority of the scripts forThe Bearseason 3, doesn’t have long to inject the ensemble flick with some (apparently) much needed flair.

Looking further ahead, Marvel is also considering a rebrand of its nextAvengersmovie. Originally titledAvengers: The Kang Dynasty, theMarvel Phase 6movie will reportedly move ahead with a new subtitle afterMarvel fired Kang actor Jonathan Majorsin December 2023.

THR’s sources have even claimed that the comic book giant could decide to move away from the time-traveling villain altogether, with Marvel looking to “minimize the character” in the wake ofAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’s poor box office performance in addition to Majors' off-screen problems. However, there are rumors that Colman Domingo (Rustin,Euphoria) could assume the role of Kang and, if a recentVanity Fairinterview is anything to go on, there may be more than a smidge of truth to it.

One step back to take two steps forward

2024, then, looks like it’ll be a year of resets for Marvel. Yes, the entertainment behemoth will still release a number of highly-anticipated films and TV series over the next 10 months followingEcho’s January launch onDisney PlusandHulu. But, after a turbulent year that seemingly knocked the studio, realigning its release strategy is in Marvel’s best interests.

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It shouldn’t have to worry about the properties it’s releasing this year, however. Next up is the hotly-anticipatedX-Men 97, a sequel to the belovedX-Men: The Animated Seriesproject that was originally released in the 1990s. We recently learned ofX-Men 97’s confirmed launch date via its exciting and nostalgia-fueled first trailer, so prepare for a potentially terrificX-Menseries in the near future.

After that,Deadpool and Wolverine– theonly Marvel movie of 2024– will debut in theaters. It’s due out on July 26 and, while you wait for one of the most exciting MCU films in recent times, you should read ourDeadpool and Wolverinetrailer breakdownarticle for more on what to expect.

Lastly,Agatha: Darkhold Diaries, the Kathryn Hahn-starring spin-off of hit showWandaVision, is expected to launch on Disney Plus in late 2024. With its stacked and likeable cast, plus many ofWandaVision’s creative team returning to oversee the show, it’ll likely be another solid hit for Marvel on one of the world’sbest streaming services.

So, yes, with only one film and three shows set to arrive in 2024, it’ll be a quieter year than usual for the comic book titan. If that’s what it takes to get its cinematic juggernaut back on an even keel, though, it’s the right move to make.

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