The Russo Brothers Are Officially Directing ‘Avengers: Infinity War’

Briefly: Back in March, Eric noted that Captain America: The Winter Soldier and upcoming Captain America: Civil War directors Joe and Anthony Russo were expected to direct the two-part Avengers: Infinity War.

Today, Marvel gave 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.

I was a big fan of Captain America: The Winter Soldier (especially compared to other Phase Two films Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World), and so I’m definitely down for more Russo. They also directed some of the best episodes of Community however, so hopefully being Marvel’s new favourites doesn’t take up all of their time.