Jonathan Majors has been dropped by Marvel studios from all projects in the MCU, and cutting ties in the wake of his guilty verdict, TMZ reports.
According to the report by TMZ, sources with direct knowledge revealed that the comic book movie studio, one of the Mouse House’s largest imprints will not be moving forward with the embattled actor, period.
What that means, he’s losing out on his key role as Marvel’s big villain, Kang the Conqueror.
That’s a huge blow, seeing how he’s already portrayed the character in one big Marvel studios movie — ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ — as well as 2 seasons of the Disney+ show ‘Loki.’ The 2nd ‘Loki’ season heavily featured Kang and his variants — other versions of the big bad, also played by Jonathan Majors, as did the aforementioned film, TMZ reports.
By all accounts, Jonathan was going to play Kang for at least two more Marvel films, and the studio was said to be treating him/Kang as the next Thanos, of sorts, in their franchise.
No word on whether Kang will be recast, or if they will just tap a new bad guy but either way, Majors was just fired by his biggest employer, and is losing out on millions of dollars.
Of course, the decision was swift, coming down no more than a couple hours after he was found guilty on two of four counts in his criminal trial — where he was facing assault and harassment charges after being accused of roughing up his ex-girlfriend in March.
He was convicted of reckless assault and harassment, and acquitted of intentional assault and aggravated harassment. In layman’s terms the jury appears to have dinged him for what may have happened outside the car, and not necessarily what went on inside.
Majors’ attorney seemed to signal he might file an appeal, vowing to clear his name. Either way, it’s evident Marvel/Disney won’t wait to see how that shakes out — they’re out.