Avengers: Doomsday’s Russo Brothers Talk Why Secret Wars Idea Brought Them Back
Anthony and Joe Russo, known as the Russo Brothers, have given some insight as to why they’ve decided to return to the MCU.
The Russo Brothers made their first MCU movie, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, in 2014. They then went on to direct 2016’s Captain America: Civil War, 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War, and 2019’s Avengers: Endgame.
Since then, the Russo Brothers have moved away from Marvel Studios, as they directed 2022’s Cherry for Apple TV+ and 2022’s The Gray Man for Netflix. Their newest film, The Electric State, is scheduled to be released on Netflix in March 2025.
It was announced last year, however, that the Russo Brothers are returning to direct 2026’s Avengers: Doomsday and 2027’s Avengers: Secret Wars.
What did the Russo Brothers say about returning to the MCU?
Speaking with Empire Magazine, the Russos explained why they decided to come back to Marvel.
“Endgame was the end, and it took a little time for us to begin to think about it as something other than an end,” Anthony said. “…We’re very close with Kevin and Lou [D’Esposito] and the entire Marvel team and we’ve had conversations through the years. We’ve talked about a lot of ideas. Really what happened was, we ended up stumbling upon an idea that activated all of us. 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.’”
Joe added, “There were ideas that we were trying to wrap our heads around that preceded this one, and we just never found the story…I remember calling [writer Stephen McFeely] and said, ‘Hey, crazy idea. What do you think if we all go back and do Secret Wars? [Stephen] was like, ‘F—k no. Absolutely not.’ And then you hung up. And the next morning at 7.30 you called and were like, ‘Alright, I have an idea.’”
Avengers: Doomsday will be released on May 1, 2026, followed by Avengers: Secret Wars on May 7, 2027.
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CES 2025 comes to a close today, wrapping up a jam-packed week of high-tech, futuristic cars packing everything from artificial-intelligence voice assistants to flying cars and 1000-plus horsepower electric powertrains. Some of these vehicles are already on sale in other countries while some preview upcoming production cars and others are far-fetched flights of fantasy. So without further adieu, here are some of the coolest vehicles we spotted on the show floor at CES 2025.
Honda showed off two prototypes of its 0-series EVs, both of which are due to start production in 2026 and sport sleek, stylish bodywork. The 0 SUV will arrive first with more conventional looks while the radical 0 Saloon is due in late 2026 and wears the same radical wedge shape as the 2024 Saloon concept.
Chinese automaker Zeekr, founded in 2021 and part of Geely’s vast portfolio of brands, brought three vehicles to the show. The 001 FR is the most appealing from an enthusiast standpoint—the wagon-like shape cloaks a quad-motor electric powertrain cranking out 1248 horsepower. The aggressive body kit, which includes a sizable rear wing, gives the 001 FR serious presence, and we were impressed by the quality of its suede-covered interior. We’d love to get behind the wheel and pin the 001 FR’s accelerator.
The Zeekr Mix is drastically different from the 001 FR, a bubbly electric minivan for the Chinese market with a spacious cabin. The Mix seats five, but the front seats can swivel 270 degrees to either face rearwards, towards each other, or towards the coach doors, which open up with no pillar in between to ease access to the cabin. Despite the more practical approach, the Mix is no slouch, with a rear-wheel-drive 416-hp single-motor powertrain and up to 436 miles of range on China’s CLTC test cycle when fitted with the larger 102-kWh battery pack. We’d be curious to see how the Mix would stack up against the VW ID.Buzz if it was ever brought to America.
