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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Mar 24, 2015 8:08:01 GMT -6
deadline.com/2015/03/russo-brothers-avengers-directors-infinity-war-1201397282/Captain America: The Winter Soldier duo Joe and Anthony Russo have closed a deal with Marvel to take over Avengers franchise from Joss Whedon. Deadline has confirmed it’s a done deal. The Russos will be directing Avengers: Infinity War parts 1 and 2. Infinity War Part 1 is scheduled for release May 4, 2018, with part two hitting theaters on May 3, 2019. This has been a poorly kept secret for a long time. We mentioned it several times, including a few weeks back when the Russo Brothers signed their first-look deal with Sony, and also when they were in the center of a deal to do another Ghostbusters film that was hatched by Mission: Impossible 5 scribe Drew Pearce and involves the Russos and Channing Tatum. The Russos will have a very busy schedule for the next several years; they are producing a multi-camera comedy pilot for NBC from Aseem Batra. The big question is whether they’ll have time to do that Ghostbusters spinoff.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Apr 10, 2015 20:50:48 GMT -6
www.comicbookresources.com/article/official-russo-brothers-to-direct-two-part-avengers-infinity-war?utm_campaign=official-russo-brothers-to-direct-two-part-avengers-infinity-war&utm_medium=email&utm_source=breaking_bulletinOFFICIAL: RUSSO BROTHERS TO DIRECT TWO-PART "AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR" Marvel has confirmed that Joe and Anthony Russo will direct the upcoming two-part "Avengers: Infinity War" film event. The directors have been the rumored frontrunners for the job since way back in November. In late March, the duo's involvement in "Infinity War" was reported as official by The Hollywood Reporter and Badass Digest. With this announcement, Marvel officially cements the Russos as the next "Avengers" directors. The Russos first enlisted with Marvel for 2014's "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" and will return to helm 2016's "Captain America: Civil War." "Winter Soldier" went on to gross nearly $260 million domestically, outpacing its predecessor -- 2011's "Captain America: The First Avenger" -- by about $83 million. Nestled within the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise, the blockbuster "Avengers" franchise has so far been the brainchild of writer/director Joss Whedon. Whedon has been behind the camera for both 2012's "Marvel's the Avengers" and the upcoming "Avengers: Age of Ultron." Unlike the preceding "Avengers" two films, "Avengers: Infinity War" will unfold in two parts towards the end of Marvel's Phase Three slate of films. "Avengers: Infinity War -- Part 1" will be released on May 4, 2018. "Avengers: Infinity War -- Part 2" will follow a nearly year later on May 3, 2019.
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