Superhero movies are in a weird place right now, especially at Marvel’s house of ideas. Even as recent films struggle to land with audiences like the surefire hits of old, the studio is ready to look ahead with the heightened interest in what’s on the horizon. But part of that horizon includes navigating the murky waters around the next Avengers movie.
The Hollywood Reporter writes—as part of a larger piece examining Marvel’s current trials and tribulations, from the lackluster box office response to The Marvels to Disney pinning all its hopes for 2024 on Deadpool & Wolverine—that as the studio has pulled back on its plans to rapidly expand the MCU on screens big and small, breathing room acquired during the Hollywood strikes and by pushing back several films out of the immediate has seen Marvel cast a new eye over what was, at one time, the anchoring crown jewel of its cinematic future: the next Avengers movie, Kang Dynasty. According to THR, Kang Dynasty is, well, no longer Kang Dynast