After a challenging year that saw his Hollywood stock drop (via a multiverse fold) faster than Loki, Majors is lacing up again, in every possible sense of that phrase. The actor is in official training for True Threat, an upcoming action thriller based on the African-American self-defense system called 52 Blocks. Think raw, real, and culture-centered, not your average popcorn fare.
Clips of Majors grinding it out in the gym have been surfacing online, and if you've seen them, you know that he's in there. The subject matter is familiar to anyone who watched his grueling prep for Magazine Dreams, and it says one thing loud and clear: Jonathan Majors is not finished.
And he isn't alone in this new endeavor; none other than Charlamagne Tha God is joining him. Yep, that Charlamagne. The cultural commentator adds an extra layer of intrigue to True Threat, so watch this film, which presumably won't just be fists and fury. It's got roots. It's got weight. And already, it's begun to make early waves.
As True Threat charges towards the future, the time machines at Marvel also work around the clock. So here's what you're hearing and reading in the board rooms and blogs: Marvel may not be done with Majors either. And still, while scandalized, while headlined, there is a quiet but intensifying hum indicating that he might once more don the timeline-twisting boots of Kang the Conqueror.
Major Kang was one of Marvel's most tantalizing villain setups in years. Since his departure, the MCU's rogues gallery has felt a tad insubstantial. And with cosmic titans such as Galactus and Doctor Doom on the horizon, bringing back Kang could help the showreel in some much-needed narrative firepower.
And it's not a matter of plugging a hole or denying that presence. One fan even cracked, "Majors makes Robert Downey Jr. look like Pee-wee Herman." Bold, maybe, but that's the state of screen command we're talking about.
Marvel has tread dangerous territory with actors in the past. From a business perspective, bringing majors back is perhaps a calculated risk, but it is one with the opportunity for a very high return. The multiverse is dirty anyway. A strategically placed easter egg there, a surprise post-credit scene there, you can already hear the loading fan theories.
For now, Majors is keeping his mouth closed and the world open. Whether he's breaking bones in True Threat or breaking timelines as Kang, it is clear that he is not going anywhere. Hollywood loves a comeback. And Jonathan Majors seems to be writing himself one hell of a second act.
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