Joe Russo and Anthony Russo
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Joe and Anthony Russo We’re forming a team again.
The Russo Brothers returned to Marvel Studios and made more than just one film. The next two the avengers movieAccording to sources The Hollywood Reporter.
The hire ends a tough, months-long search by the studio for a filmmaker to helm the fifth and sixth films. the avengers Movie. There were several candidates, Deadpool and Wolverine director Shawn Levyhas been offered the job, and sources say negotiations are still in the early stages.
The move also marks a return to home for the Russo brothers, who left the world of TV comedy behind. Developmental arrest and community A blockbuster movie from 10 years ago Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014). Together they have directed four of Marvel’s biggest and most critically acclaimed films. Captain America: Civil War (2016), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). Marvel movies have grossed a combined $6.681 billion at the box office. Endgame With $2.79 billion in box office revenue, it is the second highest-grossing film of all time worldwide.
Since then, they have become major producers of Best Picture winners under the AGBO banner. Everything, everywhere, at once Expensive titles like Amazon Citadel And Netflix extraction As a filmmaker, after becoming a box office king with Marvel, they stuck with streaming titles that didn’t reach the critical and cultural heights of Marvel films, and directed a Tom Holland crime drama. cherry (2021) Apple and big-budget action movie Grey Man (2022) for Netflix. They will also direct the upcoming sci-fi adventure. Electric State For Netflix.
fifth the avengers The film’s previous title was Avengers: Kang DynastyJonathan Majors was set to star as the time-traveling villain Kang, but Marvel Studios canceled the project. Cut ties with an actor After being convicted of assault by harassment in December. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Director Destin Daniel Cretton was previously a director. Kang Dynastybut he Departed The special is expected to get a new name and a new focus, one month before Majors’ guilty plea.
Sixth the avengers The movie Secret Warsis a storyline the Russo brothers have long spoken about wanting to adapt to the big screen. The two 1980s comic book series focused on an all-powerful foe called the Beyonder, with the first pitting Marvel heroes and villains against each other on a planet called Battleworld. The 2015 revival marked the climax of writer Jonathan Hickman’s own multiverse saga, which has already seen the lightning strike. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022). Hickman’s Secret Warsthe entire Marvel multiverse is destroyed, with remnants surviving on a single planet ruled by the villain Doctor Doom.
Avengers 5 It is scheduled for May 1, 2026. Secret Wars It is scheduled for May 7, 2027.
The Russo Brothers are repped by CAA.
