Marvel's Secret Wars: Upcoming Villains & MCU Future

Marvel's plans for Avengers: Secret Wars and the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe have been confirmed, and that means the film's major villain theory is now finally coming true. The Multiverse Saga is going through some significant changes. Avengers: Secret Wars' story is unlikely to feature Kang the Conqueror and his variants in any shape or form. The character had been first established in Disney+'s Loki, which introduced Jonathan Majors as the Kang variant known as He Who Remains. Then, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania introduced Majors' Kang the Conqueror, the prime version of the villain.

Though it looked like Kang died at the end of the movie, it was expected that he would return for the then-announced Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and 2027's Avengers: Secret Wars, with the multiversal Council of Kangs appearing in one of both movies. However, due to Kang actor Jonathan Majors' arrest on assault and harassment charges, Marvel decided to part ways with the star. The studio recently had a major panel at San Diego Comic-Con's Hall H, where Screen Rant was in attendance, and revealed which Marvel villain and actor would take over Kang's place in the MCU.