Doomsday’ Directed by the Russo Brothers

“Avengers: The Kang Dynasty” has been retitled with a full-tilt pivot. The next Avengers films will be “Avengers: Doomsday” and “Avengers: Secret Wars” and they will both be directed by the Russo Brothers.

Directors Joe and Anthony Russo are uniting with Marvel Studios once again to helm the next superhero team-up feature. On Saturday evening, they made their return official by taking the stage at San Diego Comic-Con’s Hall H to thunderous applause.

“When we directed ‘Avengers: Endgame,’ we really believed it was the end for us in the Marvel Cinematic Universe,” said Joe Russo to the crowd. “That four-movie run was incredible, and it left us creatively spent.” However, in the time since, the duo found a “very special story” that convinced them to come back. In fact, “it’s the biggest story that Marvel comics ever told. It’s the reason that Anthony and I are standing up here.” And that film is “Avengers: Secret Wars.”

But to build towards the epic battle that is “Secret Wars” the story would need the kind of very important character that is “required” to do “Secret Wars” justice. So, enter Doomsday to be played by Robert Downey Jr., the man who helped put the MCU on the map with his devilish turn as Iron Man/Tony Stark. The first film is titled “Avengers: Doomsday” and will premiere in May 2026 with “Avengers: Secret Wars” following in May 2027.

The Russo brothers step in for Destin Daniel Cretton, who left the movie in November 2023 to focus on other Marvel projects on his docket, including a prospective sequel to his 2021 film “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.” Michael Waldron, who created Marvel’s Disney+ series “Loki,” is writing the script to this “Avengers” film and the follow-up, “Avengers: Secret Wars,” which is intended to be the “Endgame”-style conclusion to what studio…