‘Avengers: Kang Dynasty’ Hires ‘Loki’ Creator Michael Waldron as Screenwriter
variety.comRebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter “Loki” creator Michael Waldron has been hired to write the screenplay for “Avengers: Kang Dynasty.” He was already on board to pen the sequel, “Avengers: Secret Wars,” which will conclude this stretch — known as the Multiverse Saga — of the interconnected Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The films will presumably be connected, à la the two-part tale of 2018’s “Infinity War” and 2019’s “Endgame,” “Kang Dynasty” is currently scheduled to land in theaters on May 1, 2026.
It will be succeeded by “Avengers: Secret Wars” on May 7, 2027. However, neither of those films has a director. Destin Daniel Cretton recently departed “Kang Dynasty,” and the studio has yet to appoint a filmmaker for “Secret Wars.” Beyond its directors, the state of “Kang Dynasty” and “Secret Wars” has been a subject of speculation.
That’s because Jonathan Majors has already played multiple versions of the titular supervillain Kang — the Thanos of this phase of the MCU — on the Disney+ series “Loki” and this February’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.” But the actor’s future with Marvel has been a question mark because he’s currently awaiting trial for domestic abuse charges.
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