The Russo Brothers are declaring that theSecret Warswould make the Infinity Saga look small. That’s a pretty bold statement, but if anyone knows about putting together massive movies, it’s the Russo Brothers. The directing duo finished their Marvel Cinematic Universe run withInfinity WarandAvengers: Endgameafter working onCaptain America: Civil WarandWinter Soldier. At this point in time, there are no public plans to make a return to the MCU, but the Russo Brothers would love to take a shot atSecret Wars.
In a new interview, the Russo Brothers were asked about apossible return to the MCUandSecret Wars. The storyline debuted in 1984, and was originally the idea of Mattel, who launched an action figure line to tie-in. The idea revolves around a giant team-up to take on the world’s biggest villains, which also uses alternate universes. Joe Russo had this to say aboutSecret Wars.
“You know, I read that when I was 10 or 11, and it was the scale of getting all of the heroes together. It was one of the first major books to do that - that was reallyevent-storytellingto me at its finest. And what happens when you put all of those personalities together. I also like the idea of villains having to team up with heroes. Anth and I like complicated relationships between heroes and villains, we like villains who believe they’re heroes in their own stories, so it’s all sort of built into this notion ofSecret Wars. To execute something on the scale ofInfinity Warwas directly related to the dream ofSecret Wars, which is even larger in scale.”
Joe and Anthony Russoaren’t just going to come back to the MCU for any movie. The directors need it to be something massive after working onInfinity WarandAvengers: Endgame, in order to satisfy their creative ambition. With that being said,Secret Warsfits the bill and would make the Infinity Saga look like a blip on the radar. Anthony Russo explains.
“It would be thebiggest movie you could possibly imagine, so that’s what really excites us about the story - the ambition of it is even bigger than the ambition of the Infinity Saga.”
When craftingInfinity WarandAvengers: Endgame, the Russo Brothers were challenged with living up to the hype. Instead of givingMCUfans what they expected, the directors went in and subverted those expectations by taking massive risks. Thankfully, it paid off and most fans are very satisfied with the way things came to a close, even if it was a bit controversial. The Russos spent a lot of time with screenwriters Christopher Marcus and Stephen McFeely to get the right story in place.
Christopher Marcus and Stephen McFeely tried out a ton of different ideas with the Russo Brothers while they were preparing forInfinity WarandAvengers: Endgame. Multiple drafts were completed before they found the best way to bring the overall story to a close, while also bringing some of the world’s biggest superheroes to an end at the same time. It’s a challenge that the team would love to do again withSecret Wars. The interview with the Russo Brothers was originally conducted byBro Bible.
