Lovecraft Country star Jonathan Majors is set to make his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut as the iconic Marvel Comics villain Kang the Conqueror in 2023's Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Majors already appears to be getting in character, having recently added "Kang" to his autograph.
Majors recently made an appearance at Golden Apple Comics in Los Angeles, where he added his signature to the store's replica of R2-D2 from Star Wars, which numerous other special guests have signed in the past. Golden Apple immortalized Majors' visit on Instagram, explaining that the actor said it was the first time he had ever signed something as "Kang." Majors also took a photo holding a copy of 1986's Avengers #267, which prominently features Kang on John Buscema and Tom Palmer's cover art.
Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, Kang the Conqueror first appeared in 1964's Avengers #8. However, Kang's original alter ego, Rama-Tut, actually made his comic book debut one year prior in Fantastic Four #19.
It was first reported back in September that Majors had been cast as the MCU's Kang the Conquer for the then-untitled third Ant-Man film. In December, the film was officially announced as Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, at which point Marvel confirmed that Majors would, in fact, be starring as Kang. As Golden Apple alludes to in its post, there has also been much speculation regarding whether or not Majors' Kang will factor into Marvel Studios' ongoing Disney+ original series Loki, though the jury is still out on that one.
In addition to Majors making his debut as Kang, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania -- the follow-up to 2015's Ant-Man and 2018's Ant-Man and the Wasp -- will see Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas and Michelle Pfeiffer reprise their roles as Scott Lang, Hope van Dyne, Hank Pym and Janet van Dyne, respectively. Additionally, Kathryn Newton will star as Cassie Lang, making her the third actor to portray Scott's daughter in the MCU.
Directed by Peyton Reed, Marvel Studios' Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania stars Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man, Evangeline Lilly as Hope van Dyne/The Wasp, Michael Douglas as Hank Pym, Michelle Pfeiffer as Janet van Dyne, Kathryn Newton as Cassie Lang and Jonathan Majors as Kang the Conqueror. The film arrives in theaters Feb. 17, 2023.
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