‘Shang-Chi: The Legend of the Ten Rings’ helmer Destin Daniel Cretton has again stepped up to the plate to take the helmer on the new Marvel movie ‘Avengers: The Kang Dynasty.’
The latest ‘Avengers’ movie was announced by Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige on Saturday at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. The movie will serve as part one of the two-part conclusion to the Multiverse Saga — similar to how 2018’s ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ and 2019’s ‘Avengers: Endgame’ concluded the Infinity Saga.
‘The Kang Dynasty’ is set to debut on May 2, 2025. The follow-up, ‘Avengers: Secret Wars,’ is due to open just six months later, on Nov. 7, 2025. No director has been announced for that film.
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Casting announcements are yet to be made. However, Jonathan Majors’ Kang the Conqueror — who will be first introduced in 2023’s ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ — will play a central role in the film. As his name suggests, Kang did indeed successfully conquer Earth in a Marvel comics run in the early 2000s, until the Avengers defeated him.
Having signed an overall deal with Marvel in 2021, Cretton directed ‘Shang-Chi: The Legend of the Ten Rings’ and is working on its sequel. He is also developing a ‘Wonder Man’ series for Disney+, with Andrew Guest (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”) serving as head writer. Neither project has been dated yet by Marvel.
