The directors of Captain America: The Winter Soldier are taking over The Avengers franchise
Joss Whedon is stepping down from The Avengers franchise after Age of Ultron comes out this May, but Marvel has sewn up just about the best replacements possible for the next two installments: the Russo brothers. The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that Joe and Anthony Russo will be taking on both parts of Avengers: Infinity War, which is expected to be the culmination of a storyline they’ll be kicking off in 2016 with Captain America: Civil War. Badass Digest first reported the news.
The Russos originally made their stamp on the Marvel universe with Captain America: The Winter Soldier. That film took what had been one of the goofier franchises in the studio’s arsenal, and turned it into a surprising, ’70s-era spy thriller. While the…
Source:: The Verge
