If you were hoping for a new visual style for the next two Avengers films, I’m sorry, because we’re going back to the style that the Russo brothers once did so well. Let’s be honest, Marvel Studios and Disney have had a rough three years, and who can blame them?
The Hollywood Reporter shared the news, firmly stating that early negotiations are ongoing, but the deal appears to be all but set. The departure of the two filmmakers from Studio M after two excellent Captain America sequels and two era-defining Avengers films that became two of the highest-grossing films of all time is also a positive development for them, as their post-Endgame directorial efforts (Cherry and The Gray Man) have been major disappointments.
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“The hire caps off the studio’s months-long, high-stakes search for a director to oversee the fifth and sixth Avengers films,” THR added. This is true, because we’ve heard a lot of wild rumors and reports since Shang-Chi director Destin Daniel Cretton left Avengers 5 (formerly titled Dynasty of Kang) until Jonathan Majors was confirmed to be the real-life villain. As for Secret Wars, the director was never announced.
The latest rumor is that Deadpool and Wolverine actor Shawn Levy, a newcomer to Marvel, has been offered a role in Star Wars XXL, which is set to set box office records next week, after the third Deadpool trailer received rave reviews. Deadline later added that Levy has chosen to focus on future projects that have already been started, including another mysterious Star Wars movie that may or may not be a Lucasfilm release.
While the Russo brothers’ output has been sluggish since The Avengers, they have certainly become super producers through their AGBO-owned super-producers, producing Best Picture winner Everything Everywhere All at Once as well as big streaming titles like Amazon’s Citadel and Netflix’s two Exodus movies, the latter starring Thor actor Chris Hemsworth. Before risking being thrown into “director jail” (which could happen if this year’s The Electric State, starring Millie Bobby Brown, also disappoints), a massive Marvel Studios contract seems like the most logical way out.
For Marvel, which has struggled with scattered energies lately despite the success of blockbuster films like Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Loki 2, it seems reasonable to lock in the two main masterminds behind the first two Avengers movies to help salvage the second half of the multiverse saga. While we’d like someone to handle these event films with a twist, as Agent Coulson once said, “People might need a little old-school style.”
