AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR Officially Being Directed by Joe & Anthony Russo
We've been hearing for some time that Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Captain America: Civil War directors Joe and Anthony Russo would be directing Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 and Part 2. Marvel has now made it official!
These guys did such an amazing job with The Winter Solider, and Marvel is apparently extremely happy with what they are doing, and trust that they have the ability to handle such and epically huge production.
It's a bittersweet feeling to know that Joss Whedon is moving on. It sucks that we won't see him direct another Avengers film, but it's awesome to know that we'll start seeing more new and original projects from him.
At least we know that that the future of the Avengers is in good hands. Here's the official announcement:
As anticipation and excitement build to a fever pitch for Marvel’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” the blockbuster sequel to the third-largest movie of all time, Marvel is proud to announce Joe and Anthony Russo will join the franchise as the directors of Marvel’s “Avengers: Infinity War – Part 1” and “Avengers: Infinity War – Part 2.”
The Russo brothers first entered the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Marvel’s “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” one of the top-grossing film’s from 2014, and are currently preparing to shoot Marvel’s “Captain America: Civil War.” The third film in the Captain America franchise will bring the classic storyline from the comics to life pitting Cap (Chris Evans) against Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), as well as introducing Black Panther to the Marvel Cinematic Universe with actor Chadwick Boseman ahead of his own film later in Phase 3.
Before stepping behind the camera for “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” and “Captain America: Civil War,” the Russo brothers served as Executive Producers and directors for many TV series, including “Community" and “Happy Endings." Joe and Anthony earned a Primetime Emmy award for their work directing the pilot episode of the cult-hit “Arrested Development” series. Their film debut was “Welcome to Collinwood", produced by Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney.