The Marvel Cinematic Universe is a well-oiled machine at this level, methodically releasing new content material in theaters and streaming with a Disney+ subscription. Followers who spent years watching the Marvel films so as will recall that author Christopher Markus is answerable for among the most beloved entries within the shared universe. And he lately defined why he will not be again for the subsequent two Avengers flicks.
What we learn about Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars is tremendous restricted proper now, nevertheless it was confirmed that Christopher Markus would not be again to put in writing the film alongside his writing associate Stephen McFeely. In a dialog with ThePlaylist, he defined how his schedule prevented him from leaping in on the upcoming Marvel films, saying:
Magic! It’s the easy truth of alternative actually. After we began AGBO, a part of the crucial was let’s search for issues to adapt, concepts of our personal. And by luck or desire, I wound up with a whiteboard stuffed with issues—two sequence of books that we had optioned, a spec script. about three or 4 different concepts and a TV pilot that was there to be written. And this was previous to all that ‘Avenging’ approaching the horizon. However it acquired to the purpose the place it was like, ‘Look, I have to develop these vegetation or they’re going to die.’
It definitely does not sound private. Markus talked about his manufacturing firm AGBO, which seemingly has many irons within the hearth. And people initiatives have been within the works earlier than the concept of doing extra Avengers films got here up. Extra particularly, the information that The Russo Brothers can be again for these two titles.
This dynamic writing crew wrote the unique Captain America trilogy, in addition to Thor: The Darkish World, and each Avengers: Infinity Struggle and Endgame. This paired them with the Russo Brothers largely, and the duo is answerable for among the greatest MCU films ever. Markus spoke concerning the time dedication that comes with signing on for a challenge of that dimension, providing:
[Marvel] may be very extraordinarily full-time. And so, I simply mentioned, ‘Let’s simply everyone be underneath the understanding that that is what I’m doing as a result of [those movies] want a mind on them. They want a information and I like them.’ So, when it got here Avenging time—I imply, you don’t Avenge part-time, you don’t do something Marvel part-time. That may be a years-long dedication.
Whereas followers like me would have cherished to see him again for Doomsday and Secret Wars, it is sensible that these films may merely be an excessive amount of of a time dedication this time round. And it’s a must to respect his unwillingness to do a poor job over at Marvel. Christopher Markus spoke extra about simply how a lot he is juggling for the time being, saying:
I’m not doing something [with Marvel] proper now as a result of, one, they know what they’re doing. And likewise, it was identical to, ‘Effectively, this stuff will die and I’ve acquired a pilot at Netflix, a pilot at Amazon. I’ve acquired 9 books that should be changed into a masterpiece and also you simply make a selection in some unspecified time in the future and say, ‘I’ve completed that. I haven’t completed that. I believe proper now I’m going to do the factor I haven’t completed.’ Which is the factor that retains you alive and sparking as a creator.
So whereas he and Stephen McFeely have continued collaborating with The Russo Brothers on initiatives like The Electrical State (which is streaming with a Netflix subscription) they will not be those answerable for balancing the forged of characters in Doomsday and Secret Wars.
The primary of these films Avengers: Doomsday is at the moment anticipated to reach in theaters on Could 1st, 2026, though first up there are titles on the 2025 film launch checklist like Thunderbolts*.