For me, the MCU didn’t really take it to the next level until the Russo Brothers showed up with Captain America: The First Avenger. Of course, they would soon become the heavy-hitters behind the epics Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. The duo left Marvel behind to pursue their own projects, but the expectation has always been that they would return. Well, now we have a time frame when that might happen.
“We’re always talking; we’d need to see what would work,” Joe Russo told Variety. “[But] we won’t be ready to do anything with Marvel until the end of the decade.”
That’s quite a long way off, right? What could they possibly be working on that’s more fulfilling than a Marvel movie? Well, the Russos started their own production company, AGBO, and have produced multiple films including 21 Bridges, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Extraction, and recent Netflix blockbuster The Gray Man which has sequels on the way. Their next major film, The Electric State, stars Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt. So they’re plenty busy.
If the Russos do return in 2030, what Marvel project might it be for? I have to believe the X-Men will have debuted by then, so chances are it’s something that we haven’t seen the groundwork laid out for yet.
