The Russo brothers have achieved extra for Marvel than principally another administrators, however the duo were initially reluctant to return to Marvel for Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars. The administrators behind Infinity Struggle and Endgame mentioned that they initially turned down the supply to direct the next two Avengers movies, although it might imply reuniting with Robert Downey Jr.
Whereas talking with Omelete, Joe Russo mentioned that Downey Jr. was already connected to return, and that he was the one who made the preliminary overture to them.
“Then Robert tried to speak us into doing [ Doomsday and Secret Wars] and we mentioned ‘no,’” Joe Russo mentioned. “We simply didn’t have a narrative. We didn’t have a means in. We were resistant for some time.”
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Stephen McFeely, who co-wrote the final two Avengers movies and is a detailed collaborator of the Russos, was the one who finally cracked the story and satisfied the Russos they need to return for each movies.
“Sooner or later, Stephen McFeely, one in every of our chief collaborators, mentioned, ‘I’ve an concept,’” Joe Russo added. “We went, ‘That’s the story!’ That story has to be informed; it’s a extremely highly effective story!”
The Russos after all didn’t disclose precisely what that story is likely to be, and we nonetheless know remarkably little about what Doomsday and Secret Wars are literally about. Doomsday is about hit theaters on Could 1, 2026, and Secret Wars on Could 7, 2027, carefully mirroring the launch dates for Infinity Struggle and Endgame, which went on to set field workplace information. Marvel is clearly hoping that Doomsday and Secret Wars will likely be equally profitable.