Russo Brothers Talk “Stumbling Upon” Idea Precipitating Their Return To The MCU

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The Russo Brothers have shared a bit of the behind-the-scenes story behind their return to the MCU with a pair of forthcoming Avengers films, Doomsday and Secret Wars.

In an interview with Empire Magazine published on Monday, filmmaker Anthony Russo, who’s directing the forthcoming films alongside brother Joe, shared that it “took a little time” to begin to think about Avengers: Endgame as anything but the end of their journey with the MCU, after successfully mounting that 2019 title as one of the highest grossing films of all time.

Over the years, he shared, there have been conversations with the team at Marvel — including President Kevin Feige and Co-President Louis D’Esposito — and ideas thrown around for potential new films on which to collaborate.

But “really what happened was, we ended up stumbling upon an idea that activated all of us,” said Anthony. “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.” Reunited on the forthcoming Marvel films with screenwriter Steven McFeely — one half of the partnership of Markus and McFeely, who scripted all the prior Russo Brothers Marvel films— Joe Russo, in this week’s profile, recalls calling the latter with a “crazy idea.” “What do you think if we all go back and do Secret Wars?” he remembers asking. “You were like, ‘F**k no.