While we still have a long time to wait until the premiere of “Avengers: The Kang Dynasty”, Marvel Studios are working slowly but surely to bring us the next Avengers encounter to the big screen. When the film was announced, along with a good handful of other projects, it was not specified who would be in charge of directing it. The Russo brothers, who were behind “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Avengers: Endgame”, were left outas confirmed shortly after by Kevin Feige himself.
Thanks to the Hollywood Reporter it didn’t take long to solve the mystery. The chosen one to direct ‘Avengers: Kang’s Dynasty’ will be Destin Daniel Cretton, already behind ‘Shang-Chi and the legend of the ten rings’. The film starring Simu Liu was one of the most popular titles of the current Phase 4 of the MCU, and was a box office success with $ 432 million worldwide in 2021, still with the pandemic putting many obstacles in theaters. cinematographic. It was the ninth highest grossing film in the world last year.
For Cretton, it’s a reflection of how much Marvel trusts him, marking the same path as the Russos, who went from directing “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” to taking charge of “Civil War” and closing it all. . the “Saga of the Infinite”. The director is also working on a Wonder Man series for them, as well as a sequel to “Shang-Chi”. Neither project has a release date, and they didn’t appear on Marvel’s Phase 5 and 6 schedule at Comic-Con. Even “Avengers: Kang’s Dynasty” has no writers announced. The film is scheduled for release on May 2, 2025..
‘Thunderbolts’ also announces the director
In addition to Destin Daniel Cretton and “Avengers 5”, the Hollywood Reporter also reports that “Thunderbolts”, the Marvelite Suicide Squad, also has a director. Sara Jake Schreier (“City of Paper”). And as we already knew, Bassam Tariq (“Mogul Mowgli”) will take on the new “Blade” and Julius Onah (“The Cloverfield Paradox”) from “Captain America: New World Order”. Therefore, we will only have to know who will replace Jon Watts at the head of “The Fantastic 4” and who will lead the end of the Multiverse Saga, “Avengers: Secret Wars”.
Source: E Cartelera
