The Kang Family Enlists ‘Loki’ Creator Michael Waldron – The Hollywood Reporter

Michael Waldron

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Marvel Studios is moving quickly to find a new variant in their script Avengers: Kang Dynasty. Michael Waldron will take on the Marvel mainstay Kang Dynasty, Hollywood Reporter He confirmed it.

The hiring cements Waldron as the chief architect of Marvel’s Multiverse Saga, whose sprawling story is told across multiple realities in film and television. Waldron entered the Marvel fold as the creator of LokiAnd he went on writing Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. He is also the writer behind Avengers: Secret Warswhich will follow Kang Dynasty. Kang It is scheduled to end on May 1, 2026, while Secret Wars Its release date is May 7, 2027.

The move follows the exit of director Destin Daniel Cretton, who has remained in the Marvel fold on the TV show The miracle man And also with his arrival Shang Qi and the Legend of the Ten Rings sequel.

Jeff Loveness, who wrote the film focusing on Kang Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantum Obsessiondrafted the earlier draft of Kang Dynasty. Jonathan Majors plays Kang, a time-traveling villain with many variants across the multiverse. A version of Kang first appeared in the season 1 finale Lokiwith another serving as the antagonist for Quantum obsession. The final moments of the film revealed the entire Kang Council, with dozens of Kangs played by the Majors, returning for. Loki Season 2, whose future in the MCU has been the subject of speculation as the actor awaits trial in New York on misdemeanor charges of harassment and assault.

Waldron is repped by CAA, Grandview and Goodman Genow.