To no surprise,Anthony and Joe Russo, collectively known asThe Russo Brothers, are taking on their next MCU projects in a “go big or go home” fashion.After the announcement at San Diego Comic Conthat they were returning to direct the next twoAvengersmovies, we’re now learning more about the filming process for those two upcoming films.Avengers: DoomsdayandAvengers: Secret Warswill release in 2026 and 2027, respectively. The films mark the first Avengers projects sinceAvengers: Endgameas well as the Russo Brothers' return.Filming begins for the movies in Aprilin jolly old London, England, and with that begins an arduous filming schedule for the directing duo. “It’s all in London, we’re shooting them fairly back-to-back,” Joe Russoconfirms to Deadline, “it’s a lot of work again,we may or may not survive, we’ll see.”
When speaking with Deadline, Joe Russo explains that even with the filming schedule, “we’re very excited about it. We found a way into the story that we think is gonna be challenging for audiences, it’s challenging for us to execute. And it’s really exciting for us, it gets us out of bed to do it.” The Russo Brothers confirmed at New York Comic Con toCollider’sSteve Weintraubin the Collider Studio for their upcoming filmElectric State,thatDoomsdayandSecret Warswould be filming back-to-back. Joe Russo explained to Collider, “It’ll be similar, but we’ll have a larger break in between the two movies than we did.” If the timeline is as grueling as they’re now saying, could that also mean the break between the movies has changed?
“Anybody in the Marvel Bag”: The Russo Brothers Tease Who Could Be in The Next ‘Avengers’ Movie
There are a few characters fans can likely count on to see pop up in eitherDoomsday,Secret Warsor both. The most obvious being those in other current MCU projects, like Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel, Ant-Man, Wasp, Captain America, the list goes on. We also know thatRobert Downey Jr.is returning to this MCU, not as Iron Man but as Dr. Doom.Chris EvansandHayley Atwellare also slated to be returning to the MCUwith Atwell confirmed forAvengers: Doomsday. When asked by Deadline if people like Deadpool would be brought into the main fold, Joe Russo teased, “Who knows? I don’t know. I don’t know who we’re gonna see. I still don’t know.” Though not much is known about the actual plot of the upcoming films, the Russo Brothersteased to Empireback in January, “Really what happened was, we ended up stumbling upon an idea that activated all of us,” Anthony Russo explained. “You couldn’t see it coming until it came, and once it came it was like, ‘Well, that’s a story we need to tell.'”
Avengers: Doomsdaywill release August 03, 2025. Stay with Collider for the latest updates.
Avengers: Doomsday
Source:Deadline
