The Russo brothers clarify why they determined to return to Marvel for Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars.
Joe and Anthony Russo introduced Marvel’s Infinity Saga to an epic conclusion with Avengers: Infinity Battle and Avengers: Endgame. It appeared just like the directing duo had been prepared to maneuver on from Marvel and sort out their very own initiatives, nevertheless it was introduced final 12 months that they’d be returning for Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars. So, what introduced them again?
“Endgame was the end, and it took a little time for us to begin to think about it as something other than an end,” Anthony Russo instructed Empire. “We’re very shut with Kevin and Lou [D’Esposito, Marvel Studios’ Co-President] and all the Marvel staff and we’ve had conversations by way of the years. We’ve talked about quite a lot of concepts.“
Anthony continued, “Actually what occurred was, we ended up stumbling upon an concept that activated all of us. You couldn’t see it coming till it got here, and as soon as it got here it was like, ‘Well, that’s a narrative we have to inform.’“
Joe added that the whole lot began to return collectively when screenwriter Stephen McFeely cracked the concept for the way Secret Wars might work within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. “I remember calling Steve and said, ‘Hey, crazy idea. What do you think if we all go back and do Secret Wars?’” he stated. “You had been like, ‘F*** no. Absolutely not.’ And then you definitely hung up. And the following morning at 7.30 you referred to as and had been like, ‘Alright, I have an idea.’“
Destin Daniel Cretton (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) was initially slated to direct the primary of the brand new Avengers motion pictures (initially titled Avengers: The Kang Dynasty), however after Jonathan Majors was fired, Marvel pivoted to the brand new story, and Cretton departed the challenge. He later signed on to direct the brand new Spider-Man film.
As we all know, Avengers: Doomsday may also characteristic the return of Robert Downey Jr., who shall be taking part in Physician Doom, the brand new huge unhealthy of the MCU. Final 12 months, Joe teased that we will count on one thing “really explosive” with the film. “Why would we come back if we didn’t feel like we had a story that had that possibility of being on an equal footing with Infinity War and Endgame unless there’s a kernel there for an idea that’s really explosive?” Avengers: Doomsday is slated for a Could 1, 2026 launch, adopted by Avengers: Secret Wars on Could 7, 2027.
