Avengers: The Kang Dynasty taps Shang-Chi’s Destin Daniel Cretton as director

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Just a couple of days after its internet-breaking announcement, Avengers: The Kang Dynasty has found a director – and it's none other than Shang-Chi's Destin Daniel Cretton.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cretton has signed on to direct one of the two new Avengers sequels that were announced by Kevin Feige over the weekend. 

Jonathan Majors will reprise his role as Kang, who wreaked havoc in Loki season 1 as He Who Remains, and will go on to play a different, perhaps even more villainous version in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania – which hits theaters on February 17, 2023.

"What I love is that [Kang is] totally different from Thanos. He is completely different. It's not just how about there's a bigger purple guy with a helmet, that's not what Kang is," Feige told ComicBook.com

He added: "Kang is a very different type of villain and the fact that he is many, many different characters is what's most exciting and most differentiates him."

For more on what else was revealed, check out our guide to all the Marvel announcements from SDCC.

Lauren Milici
Senior Entertainment Writer

Lauren Milici is a Senior Entertainment Writer for GamesRadar+ based in New York City. She previously reported on breaking news for The Independent's Indy100 and created TV and film listicles for Ranker. Her work has been published in Fandom, Nerdist, Paste Magazine, Vulture, PopSugar, Fangoria, and more.