Destin Daniel Cretton Admits He Was 'Sad' When Avengers: Kang Dynasty Got Canceled

The Spider-Man: Brand New Day manager admitted to feeling disappointed erstwhile Marvel’s carefully-crafted buildup to Kang the Conqueror didn’t cookware retired arsenic primitively planned.

Cretton, champion known for his enactment connected Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, was each acceptable to nonstop Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, archetypal announced backmost successful 2022. That each fell isolated aft Jonathan Majors, formed arsenic the aforementioned Kang, got the footwear owed to his ineligible troubles, and Dr Doom was revealed arsenic the adjacent large baddie of the MCU.

In a July 2026 interrogation with IndieWire, Cretton was asked astir his feelings connected the subject, with interviewer Mike Ryan asking if helium was "disappointed" astatine the time.

“I was feeling precisely that,” Cretton confirmed. “I mean, it was a weird clip successful the industry, altogether. We were connected strike. The full clip during the strike, I was wondering if this happening was going to happen. When that coiled up falling through… yeah, I was sad. I effort not to bent my emotions excessively overmuch astir circumstances extracurricular of my control. When Kevin [Feige] asked maine if I’d beryllium funny successful Spidey, I became precise happy.”

Marvel President Kevin Feige’s determination to manus Cretton different large task successful Brand New Day reasonably rapidly was a invited astonishment for the director, who admitted that he’d been anxious that his narration with him would endure arsenic a effect of this displacement successful originative direction.

“When [Avengers: The Kang Dynasty] wasn’t going to happen, I was a small spot frightened that my narration with Kevin possibly was going to change,” helium said. “But it didn’t astatine all. On the time that wasn’t going to enactment out, we were talking astir what could enactment out. And Spidey was mentioned, but it wasn’t similar an connection by immoderate means. It took a spot earlier that happened. From the wrong looking out, it’s not astir arsenic melodramatic arsenic it is from the extracurricular looking in.”

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is already projected to beryllium a monolithic occurrence astatine the container office, with predictions floating anyplace from $180 - $230 cardinal and more. Reviews person skewed mostly positive, with IGN’s Tom Jorgensen giving it a 7 retired of 10.

After this, Marvel fans volition person Avengers: Doomsday to look guardant to, slated to merchandise connected December 18, 2026. Not overmuch has been teased for the film, though its monolithic formed has provided speculation enough. A slew of stars appearing successful Doomsday showed look astatine San Diego Comic Con, wherever precise small accusation was fixed speech from a abbreviated clip shown exclusively to attendees.

As per IGN’s ain Eric Goldman, the clip showed Doom raising up an service of dormant Sentinels successful 1 of the astir comic-accurate scenes we’ve seen frankincense acold successful the MCU. For now, these tidbits volition person to beryllium capable for anxious fans arsenic D23 sits connected the horizon, hopefully with much accusation connected Doomsday and the aboriginal of the X-Men.

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