Jonathan Majors Receives New Court Date Ahead Of Trial; Update On Kang's LOKI Season 2 Status

Jonathan Majors Receives New Court Date Ahead Of Trial; Update On Kang's LOKI Season 2 Status

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania star Jonathan Majors has received a new court date to face misdemeanor charges of harassment and assault, as the prosecution announces that it's now ready to go to trial.

By MarkCassidy - Sep 06, 2023 12:09 PM EST

Jonathan Majors was due back in court today following his pre-trial hearing on August 03, but the Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania star has now received a new date due to what his defence describes as "deficiencies" in the certificate of compliance filed by the prosecution.

Majors will now appear in a different courtroom on September 15, where he will face misdemeanor charges of harassment and assault. If convicted, he could spend up to a year behind bars.

The Creed III actor was arrested in New York on March 25 when police responded to a 911 call. A 30-year-old woman alleged that she had been assaulted by Majors, with police noting that she had sustained minor injuries.

Majors appeared to score a "win" in the case back in June when he filed charges of his own against his alleged victim, but a report published shortly after presented more damning evidence that the MCU star has a history of abusive and toxic behaviour.

More than 40 people who have had dealings with Majors over the years, during his college days and more recently working with him on film sets, described him as "being a complicated, unpredictable, and sometimes violent man, who can switch from charming to cold in a flash" in Rolling Stone's piece.

The report also included statements from over a dozen sources who claim that Majors was physically and emotionally abusive to at least two former girlfriends.

Even so, Majors is not on trial for any of those (alleged) instances, and his defence attorney continues to "vehemently deny" all of the charges and accusations that have been brought forward.

Majors has already been dropped from several high-profile projects, as well as his management company, Entertainment 360, and public relations team, The Lede Company. But Marvel Studios has yet to take any action or comment on the situation. There are rumors that Kevin Feige and co. are looking into potential Kang replacements, but that's yet to be confirmed.

We do know that Majors will return for the upcoming second season of Loki, and Kang was featured (however briefly) in the recently released trailer. THR notes that the actor is set to "appear in about half of the episodes."

It will be interesting to see if the plot gives the studio an out should Majors be convicted, and they're left with no other choice than to cast another actor as The Conqueror ahead of the next two Avengers movies.

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SummersEssex
SummersEssex - 9/6/2023, 12:36 PM
Good luck recasting that presence.

I think the only person who could do it is Denzel.
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 9/6/2023, 12:57 PM
@SummersEssex - Why recast when you can just kill Kang offscreen?

Just copy/paste star wars scrolling text that "Prime Kang has parished due to the tva's interference in loki S2 or something rational and now his transgender sister called "them/they the manslayer" has taken over. Nothing is solidified yet so you can still change the title, upcoming slate, and the main villain.

Problem solved.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 9/6/2023, 12:36 PM
Saga
Saga - 9/6/2023, 12:38 PM
Replace him with High Evolutionary
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 9/6/2023, 12:44 PM
Should get Morgan Freeman to replace him and be done with it.
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 9/6/2023, 1:03 PM
@ModHaterSLADE - Kevin Spacey is available. Morgan Freeman hasn't cleared his name yet from all the sexual harassment allegations made by several women and interns. Why you think he hasn't been in a high profile film in such a long time, he like Mel Gibson are in VOD prison.
90caliber
90caliber - 9/6/2023, 1:47 PM
@mastakilla39 - Right! and it has nothing to do with the fact that he is 86 years old and may not want to work. He did cameo in Lioness though so....he probably just has choices
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Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 9/6/2023, 12:47 PM
Either way, i don't give a flying f*ck about Kang.

Gonna be there for the cameos still tho.
TheLobster
TheLobster - 9/6/2023, 12:50 PM
Kang is easily recast-able y’all. Lakeith Stanfield getting beefed up would be a perfect replacement. Same thing for John David Washington (but you’d need to give him some height in the boots lol)
DarkeyeZ
DarkeyeZ - 9/6/2023, 12:55 PM
@TheLobster - ANYONE can be recast as Kang as they can just say he is a variant. They could cast Jennifer Lawrence and it could make sense lol...but, if Ezra Miller can kidnap and abuse women and SUCK at acting and still have no consequences, then a man who denies the accusations against him and provides proof should be treated even better. Only roles that should be recast are the roles of the people demonizing Jonathan majors.
Vigor
Vigor - 9/6/2023, 2:06 PM
@DarkeyeZ - damnit everytime someone mentions Ezra, I think of Ezra Bridger from Star wars
DarkeyeZ
DarkeyeZ - 9/6/2023, 12:52 PM
How?
How does Ezra Miller go on a crime spree, and just say "sorry" and everything is swept under the rug and yet Jonathan Majors faces accusations, and his career is sinking?
How?
KaptainKhaos
KaptainKhaos - 9/6/2023, 12:54 PM
My guy can't get a break, they keep changing dates for this trial, hopefully everything gets sorted in his favor
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