Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania writer says Kang the Conqueror is a "top-tier, A-list Avengers villain"

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
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澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania has the responsibility of introducing new big bad 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Kang the Conqueror to the MCU. Jonathan Majors’ villain had a brief introduction in Loki as 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:He Who Remains, but according to the movie creators, we’ll be seeing a very different side to him this time around. But just hꦫow ♎do you follow Thanos?

"To me it’s all about the humanity," says screenwriter Jeff Loveness in the upcoming edition of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:SFX Magazine, which features Star Trek: Picard on t♏he cover. "Obviously Thanos is a great, iconic𝓰 villain, but he’s also a big purple CGI guy. He’s an alien from outer space. The thing I really wanted to lean into is that Kang is a human being."

He adds: "Kang&rsquo𒆙;s also a very lonely character. We’re going to be seeing a lot of him in a lot of different ways going forward, but I really wanted to introduce the humanity and even the vulnerability of this character before he gets to such apocalyptic, Avengers-scale heights."

The new villain will be appearing in the next Avengers movie, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Kang Dynasty, which Loveness is also writing. Currently set for release in 2025, the movie is part of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Marvel Phase 6, which will bring the epic 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Multiverse Saga to an end. 

"Kang is a top-tier, A-list Avengers villain," Loveness teases about his direction. "What do you do when you feel you’re not enough against that? How do you step up to face the challenge of this generation, who is Thanos on an exponential level? He’s almost this infinite Thanos. I think we’re setting things up for a pretty dynamic story. As I’m building to Avengers I want it to feel like a generational struggle. Phase 4 felt like the birth of new characters. You’re giving everyone a little bit of a breath, you’re broadening out the universe, you have fun Disney Plus shows that are elevating characters. And now I think it’s time to put the pedal to the ga🔜s again, and really take all these new characters that we like and throw them into the fire."

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Nick Setchfield
Editor-at-Large, SFX Magazine

Nick Setchfield is the Editor-at-Large for SFX Magazine, writing features, reviews, interviews, and more for the monthly issues. However, he is also a freelance journalist and author with Titan Books. His or🦩iginal novels are called The War in the Dark, and The Spider Dance. He's also written a book on James Bond called Mission Statements. 

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