The launching of Kang the Conqueror could bring drastic change to Phase 5 of theMarvel Cinematic Universe . Ant - Man 3has reportedly castLovecraft CountrystarJonathan Majors as Kang the Conqueror . Although little is known about the baddie ’s debut , his eventual internalization into the large   landscape of the MCU is in spades an   event fans have looked forward to for a long time . It ’s even possible theAnt - Mansequel will   give   him a pocket-sized villain persona while ready him up forAvengers 5 in Phase 4 or even   as the main villain for   the entirety of Phase 5 .

The first three phases of the MCU , hump as the Infinity Saga , utilized Thanos as the franchise ’s overarching baddie . The Mad Titan always pull the strings before his   persona as the main antagonist ofAvengers : Infinity Warand his suppress defeat inAvengers : Endgame . This proved to be a successful method to keep the interview pinch , if the   MCU ’s evergrowing box office is anything to go by . Now that Thanos has been defeated , another   big bad can take his position . CueKang , a meter - traveling villainwith a long - standing feud with the Avengers and the Fantastic Four in the comics . His complex backstory derives from the fact that he comes from the thirtieth century and his obsession with hopping through dissimilar eras , always hellbent on winning historic battles and leaving his chump on history .

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Kang ’s debut inAnt - Man 3is just the tip of the iceberg . The nature of his sentence - traveling antics can tempt the future of the MCU as much as its past times . BesidesAnt - Man ’s tinkering with the Quantum Realm , Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessandWandaVisionwill also rely to a great extent on alternate   realities , while   theLokiDisney+ show   deals with prison term - travel . With all of these   dimensions survive simultaneously , Kang faces the opportunity   to change diachronic MCU effect like the terminal battles of theAvengersmovies   or even the chance tobring menace like Thanosand Ultron to the present timeline ( these are two characters that fans would love to see replication ) . Depending on what Phase 4 establishes through its different dimension , stage 5 could easy be the pure sentence for Kang to take over .

In the comics , Kang ’s real name is Nathaniel Richards . He ’s a remote descendent of Reed Richards , better know as Mr. Fantastic . After Disney ’s purchase of Fox and all of its property , it ’s only a matter of meter until the Fantastic Four unite the MCU and battle alongside the new Avengers . Their debut has always been a hot subject of public debate , as the iconic First Family has mickle of connections to other important parts of the Marvel Universe in different geological era that ca n’t be overtop . Kang the Conqueror could found them as a known superhero squad in the sixties from another timeline and give them the opportunity to introduce them in the MCU without the penury for yet another origin account . On top of that , Kang could also adopt the " Iron Lad " moniker he has in the comic strip , thus putting an unexpected eddy on the anticipated Iron Man substitute that the MCU so desperately needs .

form 4 has been laid out until 2022 with a varied categorisation of outings . Marvel is making Phase 4 experience smallerin comparison to its 23 former movies . For now , a scoundrel the size of Kang would n’t agree in the beginning of the MCU ’s raw saga .   Making Kang the main antagonist mighty after Thanos   would be like oppose   the Mad Titan against   the Avengers in their first ensemble film . So , the fourth dimension - move around villain must wait until Phase 5 to become the next biggest threat in theMarvel Cinematic Universe(unless Marvel come up with a surprise duo of main antagonists or a villain team - up beforehand ) .

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