Amidst several assault allegations surfacing against Jonathan Majors, “House of R” podcast host Joanna Robinson, who is quite well informed about everything Marvel, reveals that the studios may have removed Quantumania writer Jeff Loveness from Avengers: The Kang Dynasty because they’re reportedly backing away from the Kang storyline altogether.
She says in the podcast: “I had it confirmed to me he’s no longer working for Marvel. I asked the person why, and they said the reason why is he was all wrapped up in this Kang storyline, and they are likely going to be moving away from that.”
The co-writer of the book “MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios” warned her audience that this information is not yet verifiable or confirmed. However, there are two major reasons that might make this decision to move away from Johathan Majors’ Kang a reality.
On 19 May 2023, industry insider Jeff Sneider took to X and his “Hot Mic Podcast” to talk about the rumor “that screenwriter Jeff Loveness is off AVENGERS: KANG DYNASTY” during the WGA strike. It was initially assumed that the writer was removed because of the poor performance of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania at the box office.
However, the actor Jonathan Majors has received international praise since the jaw-dropping ending of Loki Season 1 for his portrayal of three different variants of Kang: The Conqueror, He Who Remains, and Victor Timely. His key role as the new overarching villain after Thanos also kicked off the Multiverse Saga in the MCU.
Therefore, the issue seems to be not with the role but with the actor himself, who was arrested in New York in March 2023 on misdemeanor charges of strangulation, assault, and harassment in a reported domestic dispute with the British dancer and Mayors’ then-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari.
The Jonathan Majors Allegations
Ever since the arrest of the Primetime Emmy Award nominee, new allegations of abuse and domestic violence continue to surface against Jonathan Majors leading up to his trial set to begin on 29 November.
The Rolling Stone magazine published a report on 29 June 2023, which collected accounts from two dozen sources on Mayors’ decade-long pattern of abuse, toxicity, and aggression. It traced his previous relationships in which he was allegedly controlling, manipulative, and in some cases physically abusive, along with his aggressive nature on movie sets and his “toxicity” during his graduation from Yale University.
Majors had previously made a motion to dismiss the case against him. However, in response to it, a 115-page filing was issued, which contained new details about the night on which Majors allegedly assaulted Grace. The New York District Attorney’s Office, currently in charge of the case, also accused the defense on one occasion of falsifying a witness statement, which the office said never actually existed.
Major Hit on Acting Career
After his arrest in March, two directors, A.B. Allen, and Tim Nicolai, spoke publicly about Majors’ professional career and personal life, where the first pointed out his “vicious, cruel” behavior, and the latter called Majors “a sociopath and abuser.” In April, Variety magazine reported that “multiple alleged abuse victims” had also come forward in the wake of the arrest to work with the district attorney’s office against the actor.
The allegations and subsequent arrest led to a huge public outcry on social media, which also took a major hit on the Creed III actor’s professional career. On 17 April, Deadline magazine reported that Majors’ manager, Entertainment 360, and his publicist, The Lede Company, have cut ties with the actor.
Majors was also dropped from several projects like the adaptation of the Walter Mosley novel – ‘The Man in My Basement’, an ad campaign for the Texas Rangers MLB team, as well as from an unannounced biopic on American singer-songwriter Otis Redding.
Marvel Studios, who have been relatively quiet about their stance on these allegations, may not find much trouble removing Kang from the storyline, as other than Avengers 5, no other upcoming project seems to directly feature the supervillain.
