There’s no denying that Marvel Studios has floundered after Avengers: Endgame. Once the Infinity Saga came to an end and multiple founding members of the Avengers left for good, it took a while for the franchise to find its footing. Throw in a world-shifting event that relegated Black Widow to a simultaneous streaming release and the MCU seemed to have everything going against it.
Since then, Marvel movies have mostly been failed experiments, from unconnected stories helmed by Oscar-winning directors to a Doctor Strange sequel that required way too much homework. While there have been some box office successes like Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Deadpool & Wolverine, it’s clear something has to change. One way Marvel is attempting this is by going back to what works: the Russo brothers, directors of Infinity War and Endgame will direct the upcoming Avengers movies Doomsday and Secret Wars, which will feature the return of Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man himself) as Doctor Doom.
