Captain Marvel star Brie Larson responded to news that frequent collaborator Destin Daniel Cretton will direct Avengers: The Kang Dynasty with a series of tweets, beginning with simply, "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Cretton, who helmed and co-wrote Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, worked with Larson on that film (she appears in the post-credits scene), as well as 2019’s Just Mercy, 2017’s The Glass Castle and 2013's Short Term 12. "2013 us was not prepared for 2022 us!," Larson wrote in a follow-up tweet that features a photo of her with Cretton.

Larson, who made a mid-credits cameo in the Ms. Marvel Season 1 finale, will next be seen as Carol Danvers in 2023's The Marvels, opposite Iman Vellani, Teyonah Parris and Samuel L. Jackson. She underscored her excitement with a Captain Marvel montage video, set to the tune of "Competition" by Azealia Banks. (Warning: The lyrics may not be safe for work.) "I can't wait for Captain Marvel: Kang Dynasty," Larson tweeted. Marvel Studios announced Avengers: The Kang Dynasty at Comic-Con International as part of Phase Six, which will begin Nov. 8, 2024, with Fantastic Four. The long-awaited introduction of Marvel's First Family to the Marvel Cinematic Universe will be followed by two Avengers films: The Kang Dynasty on May 2, 2025, and Secret Wars on Nov. 7, 2025. During Saturday's Hall H presentation, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige revealed Phases Four through Six are part of "The Multiverse Saga," just as Phases One through Three were referred to as "The Infinity Saga."

Unsurprisingly, Jonathan Majors' Kang the Conqueror, is at the center of Marvel's new saga. Majors was introduced in the Loki Season 1 finale as the enigmatic He Who Remains, and will return as an antagonist in Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, arriving in February 2023. (He won't be alone, however, as fan-favorite oddball villain MODOK will also menace Scott Lang, Hope van Dyne and Cassie Lang in the film.) Thanos, portrayed by Josh Brolin from 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy on, lurked at the edges of the MCU for much of "The Infinity Saga," appearing primarily in cameo until Avengers: Infinity War. But while Majors' Kang plays a similar role as the overarching antagonist of "The Multiverse Saga," he steps to the forefront much earlier. "There are nobody’s shoulders I’d rather be putting the Multiverse Saga on than his," Feige said. "It’s really impressive what Jonathan Majors is able to do. And all the different incarnations, variants, if you will, of Kang that we will see him do. It’s really pretty cool."