What If…?, the primary animated sequence throughout the MCU, is ready to conclude its three-season run by the tip of 2024. Regardless of the opening monologue for every episode that The Watcher (Jeffrey Wright) narrates about infinite prospects, it seems the multiverse solely incorporates about 26 alternate timelines price of tales. What If…? will finish near the tip of Section 5 of the MCU’s Multiverse Saga, because the franchise begins winding down the multiverse tales with Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars. Simply two years in the past, Marvel Studios was going all in on the multiverse, however now it seems that ship has sailed.
A part of this appears to be because of the fallout of Kang the Conqueror actor Jonathan Majors, who was arrested and later discovered responsible of home abuse costs. Marvel Studios then fired him from the position of Kang the Conqueror. Initially poised to be the massive unhealthy of the MCU’s Multiverse Section, Kang has since been changed with the much more recognizable Physician Doom, performed by MCU legend Robert Downey Jr. Kang’s storyline seemingly has been wrapped up with each Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and Loki Season 2, but if What If…? continued it might have supplied the prospect to provide Kang’s story a correct conclusion.
What If…?
- Launch Date
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August 11, 2021
- Forged
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Samuel L. Jackson
, Stanley Tucci
, Michael Douglas
, Sean Gunn
, Mark Ruffalo
, Karen Gillan
, Tom Hiddleston
, Jeffrey Wright
, Michael B. Jordan
, Toby Jones
, Sebastian Stan
, Paul Rudd
, David Dastmalchian
, Natalie Portman
, Josh Brolin
, Dominic Cooper
, Jeff Goldblum
, Hayley Atwell
, Djimon Hounsou
, Chadwick Boseman
, Taika Waititi
, Chris Hemsworth
, Neil McDonaugh
, Jeremy Renner
, Michael Rooker
The Concern with Kang within the MCU
The apparent concern with bringing Kang the Conqueror into What If…? is actor Jonathan Majors. What If…? employs a mode of animation that carefully tries to match the faces of the actors who play the character in live-action, which places the creators of What If…? in a inventive pickle. They possible would want permission to make use of Main’s likeness, even when they obtained a voice actor to exchange him. Even when they did not have likeness rights, the difficulty is having Main’s face on display would undoubtedly really feel in unhealthy style, given the character of his crimes.
The simplest approach round this drawback could be for Marvel Animation to introduce a separate model of Kang, a variant that did not appear to be Jonathan Majors. Whereas Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania‘s post-credit scene implied all variations of Kang are performed by Jonathan Majors, an episode of What If…? might set up that a couple of completely different variations have completely different faces and had been simply hidden within the crowd shot. They may additionally decide to maintain Kang’s face below his signature masks, which might permit the artist some inventive liberties with how Kang’s face seems to be to keep away from any Jonathan Main resemblance.
Nonetheless, this all hinges on the concept What If…? will proceed, and the sequence is already set to conclude. But that is not to say that Marvel will not revisit the idea of What If…? down the highway or do one other animated spin-off sequence to discover Kang’s origins. As Marvel invests closely in animation, this could be one of the best avenue to discover Kang the Conqueror.
Kang Is the Final Character for ‘What If…?’
With Kang the Conqueror being a multiversal villain, he’s the final word character for What If…?. A model of him might seem in any actuality of the Marvel Multiverse. There are a number of Kang tales that What If…? might have explored within the multiverse, together with ones with completely different variants, like Rama-Tut or the Silver Centurion, or how the Conqueror would have confronted different Marvel villains like Ultron, Ego the Dwelling Planet, and even Thanos himself.
What If…? additionally might have explored the true origins of He Who Stays or Kang the Conqueror and even confirmed or denied the fan concept that they’re the identical character at completely different factors of their timeline. The Kang proven in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania was already established to have conquered varied timelines and killed many alternative MCU hero variants, which might have made for a compelling episode of What If…? that might have led on to him being stranded within the Quantum Realm earlier than assembly Janet Van Dyne. It seems at one level that Avengers: The Kang Dynasty would have explored the origin of the villain, which is now off the desk for followers. But an animated episode of What If…?, or an animated miniseries just like the upcoming Marvel Zombies centered on Kang the Conqueror, might have instructed an abridged model of the story.
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Marvel Studios might additionally experiment with their first animated characteristic movie, be it for theaters or Disney+. It may very well be a What If…? fashion story of what Avengers: The Kang Dynasty was going to be earlier than the plans had been scrapped. An animated film centered on Kang the Conqueror would permit Marvel Studios to provide Kang the massive epic movie they seemingly wished however needed to scrap following the Jonathan Majors controversy. It might make for a terrific alternate actuality story and permit followers to see the idea of a narrative that by no means materialized. Followers would get a glimpse right into a multiverse that by no means occurred, each by way of it being an alternate Avengers film and a glimpse at what the MCU’s grand epic virtually was.
Marvel Has Two Potential Kang Replacements in Ready
Whereas a lot of the concentrate on Kang tends to focus on star Jonathan Majors and on whether or not Marvel Studios ought to have recast the particular position, two distinct variants of Kang the Conqueror would make for nice adaptation, animation, or live-action that do not require wanting like Jonathan Majors since they’re variants of different already established Marvel heroes.
Within the unique Final Marvel Universe, Kang the Conqueror is revealed to be the model of Sue Storm/The Invisible Lady of the Implausible 4 from the longer term. With Deadpool & Wolverine killing off Chris Evan’s Human Torch from the 2000s Implausible 4 movies, an animated What If…? episode or spin-off might present the animated model of Sue Storm from these movies changing into the long-lasting villain and starting her conflict throughout the multiverse, offering a conclusion for these 2000s movies whereas additionally tying into Deadpool & Wolverine. Jessica Alba has expressed curiosity in returning to play the character, so it seems like a win-win for everybody. This position may be performed in live-action, with Jessica Alba’s Sue Storm Kang teaming up with Robert Downey Jr.’s Physician Doom to create a workforce of multiversal supervillain variants.
There may be additionally Kamala Kang, a variant of Kamala Khan/Ms Marvel who appeared within the 2018 comedian sequence Infinity Wars. Kamala Kang permits for each a What If…? story on Kang the Conqueror and Ms. Marvel. It might allow Iman Vellani to play a extra sinister evil model of her character. If Marvel wished to go in a distinct route with Kamala Kang, they may discover her because the one good Kang variant and put her into battle with the varied different Kangs throughout the multiverse. With Iman Vellani being one of many breakout stars of the MCU’s Section 4, permitting her to drag double obligation as each Kamala Khan and a Kang the Conqueror variant looks as if a sensible name.
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Marvel’s determination to maneuver on from each What If…? as a long-running sequence and the character of Kang the Conqueror actually is disappointing. What If…? barely scratched the floor of what tales it might inform, and with Phases 4 and 5 introducing new characters like Namor, Werewolf by Night time, and Man-Factor, this idea might have gone on for years. In the meantime, Kang the Conqueror was an interesting villain whose repute was tarnished by the actor connected and the disappointing film Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
The one hope is that Marvel Studios will finally revisit What If…? and Kang the Conqueror. In a world the place Daredevil: Born Once more will decide up from Daredevil after it was canceled and Tim Blake Nelson returning to the MCU as The Chief 17 years after his tease in The Unimaginable Hulk, it does not appear out of the realm of chance that Kang the Conqueror can return, simply with a distinct face. Season 3 of What If…? is coming to Disney+ on December 22.