Marvel Studios made a splash at San Diego Comic-Con this week by revealing that Robert Downey Jr. will play Doctor Doom in the new Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars. Furthermore, it has been shown that managers Joe and Anthony Russo will also return to the MCU to direct this pair of upcoming Marvel films. Like Downey, they first exited the MCU in 2019 when Avengers: Endgame was released, but now they’ve returned to take the directing reins, and Zack Snyder, a filmmaker with his own experience in media, told CinemaBend about Russo’s version of the next two Avengers movies.
Snyder, of course, one of the number one architects of the DC Extended Universe, having helmed Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and the original version of Justice League, with the four-hour release of the latter project for other people. with a Max subscription in 2021. While chatting with Snyder on the ReelBlend podcast about the director’s versions of the Rebel Moon films hitting Netflix subscription holders on August 2, our own Sean O’Connell asked him what he thought about the Russos’ return. Doomsday and Secret Wars, and he replied:
I think it’s wonderful for them. They’re amazing, and they really did. . . I think they did a wonderful job with those guys. I’m sure they’ll do something amazing. They’re talented guys and I think they’re going to do anything interesting. I think it’s time to change things up a bit.
“Shake it up” is a compelling way to look at it given that Joe and Anthony Russo have left some of the biggest marks on the MCU with Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War. and Avengers: Endgame. On the contrary, it brings more familiarity, which is rarely necessarily a bad thing. On the other hand, after directing Cherry, The Gray Man, and The Electric State after Endgame, it’s easy to believe that Russos is re-energized and in a position to advise the MCU on its next pair of films that will change the prestige of the quo after thinking that they were done with this franchise. Regardless, Zack Snyder loves his work and can’t wait to see what they plan. to deliver the cornerstones of The Multiverse Saga.
Although no director was ever announced to direct Avengers: Secret Wars before San Diego Comic-Con, the original plan was for the fifth Avengers film, in the past called Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, to be directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. However, he left the commission in November 2023, and the following month, Marvel fired Kang the Conqueror actor Jonathan Majors. Now, Downey’s Doctor Doom takes on the role of the main antagonist of those two films, and with an unknown number of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes joining forces once again, Doomsday and Secret Wars will also come with the Fantastic Four after their MCU debut in the new name The Fantastic Four: First steps.
We’ll see how Joe and Anthony Russo do with Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars when the former releases on May 1, 2026 and the latter on May 7, 2027. As for Zack Snyder, he hasn’t. It has yet to be announced which film he will direct next; he has been attached for several years to Planet of the Dead, the sequel to his 2021 film Army of the Dead.
A foodie of Marvel, DC, Star Wars, John Wick, MonsterVerse, and Doctor Who, Adam is a Senior Content Producer at CinemaBlend. He began running for the site in late 2014, exclusively writing articles about comics, movies and television, and in addition to branching out into other genres, he also made the leap into publishing. In addition to his writing and editing duties, in addition to interviewing artistic talents, he also supervises the assignment of feature films. He has a degree in journalism from the University of Oregon and has been cited several times on Wikipedia. He is aware that he resembles Harry Potter and Clark Kent.
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