Joe Russo played coy on the rumored Secret Wars project and his own future with the Marvel Cinematic Universe.While on the red carpet for Spider-Man: No Way Home, the director was asked if he was ready for Secret Wars. "One of these days. We'll have to see how this all shakes out," he answered. "I don't know what they're gonna do with all these characters!" When pressed about whether or not he would come back to Marvel, Russo refused to answer, saying, "Look, we love those guys, and I can't say one way or the other, but I'd work with them in a heartbeat. It's the best work experience of our careers. They're like family to us. We love this material and we love the fans."
Although originally known for directing sitcoms like Arrested Development and Community, Joe and his brother Anthony Russo made the jump to blockbuster movies at the helm of Captain America: The Winter Soldier and went on on to direct three more movies for Marvel. One of their next projects will be executive producing Slugfest, a ten-part docuseries chronicling the decades-long rivalry between Marvel and DC Comics. The series is narrated by Kevin Smith and will premiere on The Roku Channel on Dec. 24.
Since the release of Endgame, questions have swirled about what the next Avengers movie might look like. One of the rumors pointed to Secret Wars, a 1984 crossover comic that saw a variety of Marvel heroes and villains abducted and made to fight each other to sate the curiosity of the all-powerful Beyonder. The writer of the miniseries, Jim Shooter, says Marvel contacted him about securing the rights to Secret Wars, and the Russo Brothers have previously stated that they would be eager to direct a Secret Wars project. Lately, they have indicated that they are indeed working with Marvel on something new and exciting.
Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige commented on the Secret Wars rumors, saying, "Why is everyone talking about that now?" He then added, "Secret Wars is a great, giant crossover. There are a lot of great, giant crossovers that we could [adapt] — it's the ongoing embarrassment of riches of Marvel Comics. Which really is, I think, unprecedented in an ongoing fictional narrative. And we can sit here with our 25th film release, Shang-Chi; we've already started filming our 31st and 32nd MCU features, not counting that we're going on seven, eight Disney+ series, and you can still be asked about other things that you haven't [touched] yet. And that is remarkable."
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