The Russo Brothers Are in Talks to Direct ‘Avengers 5’ and ‘Avengers: Secret Wars’
In what can only be described as a shocking turn of events, according to The Hollywood Reporter, Joe and Anthony Russo are in talks to return to Marel Studios to direct both Avengers 5 and Avengers: Secret Wars.
The high-profile Russo brothers are no strangers to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), having helmed Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, and both Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.
Avengers 5 was originally going to be titled Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and focus on the multiversal threat of Jonathan Majors’s Kang. After the actor was convicted of domestic abuse, however, Marvel fired Majors. Subsequently, the title of the upcoming Avengers film reverted to Avengers 5. At one time, Destin Daniel Cretton was set to helm the film, though he subsequently left the project.
More recently, it was reported that Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy was Marvel’s choice to direct the next Avengers film.
The Russo Brothers Have Called ‘Secret Wars’ Their “Dream” Project
In 2022, the Russo brothers told Deadline that directing Secret Wars would be their dream project. Still, the duo understood how big of an undertaking the film would be.
“Our love for Marvel is based on the books that we read as kids, the books that we fell in love with,” Joe said.
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“The one series that we adored growing up was ‘Secret Wars.’ It’s incredibly ambitious. It would be bigger than ‘Infinity War’ and ‘Endgame.’ But it’s a massive undertaking. Those two movies were very hard to make. So trying to imagine making another two movies even bigger than those two? We’re going to have to sleep on that.”
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Now, if Marvel and the Russos can come to an agreement, the duo will get a chance to live out their dream. While nothing is official yet, with San Diego Comic-Con just around the corner, we may know more soon.
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