After having been found guilty in 2 out of 4 charges by a six-person jury, Jonatham Majors has been fired by Disney/Marvel Studios. Majors was found guilty of reckless assault in the third degree and guilty of harassment. He was found not guilty of intentional assault in the third degree and not guilty of aggravated harassment in second degree.

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    11 months ago

    It’s gonna be a pain for the studio, but I’m glad they made the right call quickly here, instead of trying to just ignore it away like DC and Ezra Miller.

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      11 months ago

      I don’t know how DC and WB got away with that. It hurts their reputation in long term.

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        11 months ago

        The movie was already filmed and deep in post-production, and Ezra hadn’t been convicted. As simple as that.

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        11 months ago

        Ezra must have some serious dirty on some executives in WB… Plus him being part of a marginalize group.

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          11 months ago

          What a world when being a part of a marginalized group allows you to be a bigger shithead than if you were Cis.

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      11 months ago

      They really had to. They quickly fired Gunn after media reported on old, edgy jokes. You have to fire someone after a guilty assault verdict if that’s your threshold.

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      11 months ago

      Didn’t he piss off Disney after the new Star Wars trilogy? I seem to remember him making some comments that pissed some execs off.

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      I’d prefer it John gets a shot at a good franchise. Or just a big standalone blockbuster.

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      11 months ago

      I have been thinking this since I first heard about it. Give the role to someone who got the short end of the stick but has the passion.

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    Imagine throwing away this opportunity because you couldn’t keep your hands to yourself. Goodbye, fucking idiot.

    Marvel should recast with a Lady Kang, full send into the “timeline variant” option.

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      As much as people like to defend Depp, he’s a piece of shit who deserves to lose his status. He has great pr that has made everyone around here ignore his mountains of past abusive behavior and being a creep.

      Dude is 60, dating 20 year olds and bitching that they’re immature. Him and his ex were mutually abusive psychos, she just happened to be worse, but Johnny Depp is a garbage person

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      It’s easier for Disney to fire a problematic star who is past his prime and doesnt pull audiences anymore than to fire a problematic star who is considered up and coming, and supposed to frontline a big franchise

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      11 months ago

      Depp’s a trash human being, too. Don’t let that verdict trick you into thinking he’s a victim. That whole affair was between two awful people.

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      Yeah…I definitely believe in the principle of being innocent until proven guilty, and that should apply in all facets of life. I know legally that only restrains the courts and government, but in my opinion, it should apply for everyone - no one should be fired or otherwise treated as though they’re guilty before it has been proven.

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    They should just pull a switcheroo and show that Oroborous was actually Kang all along and that Majors was just a pawn or perhaps a rival he was disguising himself from.

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    11 months ago

    Thankfully Loki 2 put them in a good position to just nip the kang storyline in the bud. At least for now. Maybe wait a good decade or two then potentially bring back the threat of Kang with a new actor (or more).

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      That’s true. The TVA is killing all the Kangs so maybe only the variants that don’t look like Timely/HWR survive.

      Or just say, no the TVA handled all the Kangs, here is Dr Doom.

      I wonder if Mayors had something in his contract that only he can play Kang, as some people suspect from not already recasting him.

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        11 months ago

        He can be removed based on the “morality clause” they put in these contracts. Basically “if you make us look bad, you’re gone”. All entertainers have them because they’re public figures.

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    11 months ago

    Those texts were classic abuser manipulation. He also sounds arrogant and unhinged calling himself a great man in them.

    He threatened to kill himself to the woman he was abusing the manipulate her. I wonder if he has the balls to follow through now that it’s over for him.

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    11 months ago

    Maybe now Avengers 4 will just have Thanos return from the multiverse “Somehow Thanos returned…”

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      Probably just recast Kang. The multiverse thing allows for that pretty easily, and each Kang we’ve seen hasn’t survived their show or movie. The question is if they can get someone as memorable as Majors.

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    Such a shame. I thought he was doing such a great job as Kang. Fuck anyone that lays hands on their loved ones