Kevin Feige Explains What Makes Kang Different From Thanos
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige explains what makes the MCU Multiverse Saga’s Kang different than the Infinity Saga’s Thanos. The Mad Titan and his genocidal agenda loomed over the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first three phases. Even before Loki and Sylvie came face-to-face with He Who Remains (Jonathan Majors) — a variant of Nathaniel Richards and Kang the Conqueror — it was long rumored that Kang would become the MCU's next big bad following Avengers: Endgame.
The season finale of Disney+’s Loki saw Sylvie kill He Who Remains, liberate the Sacred Timeline, and supposedly unleash infinite devils. Despite the upcoming appearance of Kang in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and multiversal storylines of Spider-Man: No Way Home and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, fans have still wondered about the direction of the MCU and its next big bad. At San Diego Comic-Con, Feige and company laid out Marvel Studios’ plans for Phase 5 and 6, including Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Avengers: Secret Wars in 2025, while finally confirming Kang has replaced Thanos as the Multiverse Saga's big bad.
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In a SDCC interview with Phase Zero, Feige compares Josh Brolin’s Thanos to Majors’ Kang. While saying there’s “nobody’s shoulders [he’d] rather be putting the Multiverse Saga on,” Marvel Studios’ president explains how Majors is playing “many, many different characters.” Read the full quote below:
It’s really impressive what Jonathan Majors is able to do. And all the different incarnations, Variants, if you will, of Kang that we will see him do. It’s really pretty cool… What I love is that he’s totally different than Thanos. That he’s completely different, that it’s not
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