Marvel Studios is moving fast to find a new variant on its script for Avengers: The Kang Dynasty. Marvel mainstay Michael Waldron will tackle Kang Dynasty, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
The hiring cements Waldron as a key architect of Marvel’s Multiverse Saga, its sprawling story told across multiple realities in film and TV. Waldron entered the Marvel fold as the creator of Loki, and went on to write Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. He is also the scribe behind Avengers: Secret Wars, which will follow Kang Dynasty. Kang is due out May 1, 2026, while Secret Wars has a release date of May 7, 2027.
The move follows the exit of director Destin Daniel Cretton, who remains in the Marvel fold on the TV show Wonder Man as well as with his upcoming Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings sequel.
Jeff Loveness, who wrote the Kang-centric feature Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, penned the previous draft of Kang Dynasty. Jonathan Majors plays Kang, a time-traveling villain with many variants across the multiverse. A version of Kang first appeared in the season one finale of Loki, with another serving as the antagonist of Quantumania. The final moments of the film revealed an entire Council of Kangs, with dozens of Kangs played by Majors, who returned for Loki season two and whose future in the MCU has been the subject of speculation as the actor awaits trial in New York on misdemeanor charges of harassment and assault.
Neither Kang Dynasty nor Secret Wars have directors attached, though Walderon’s hiring suggests a unified vision for both films ala Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, which were both penned by the writing duo Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely.
Waldron is repped by CAA, Grandview and Goodman Genow.
