Marvel Is Gambling Everything On A New Director

Written by Chris Snellgrove | Published 24 seconds ago

Everyone knows that Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars It is directed by the Russo Brothers, the cinematic siblings who previously brought us smash hits like Infinity War and End game. Before the Russians return to the Marvel fold, Spider-Man: A Brand New Day Director Destin Daniel Cretton was supposed to direct Avengers: Kang Dynastya project that died thanks to the conviction of Kang’s star Jonathan Majors for assault and harassment.

Now, a scoop has reported that Marvel wants Cretton to direct the next Avengers movie next Secret Warsmeaning the studio is gambling everything on one of its rising talents.

An offer he couldn’t refuse

This news comes to us from journalist @MyTimeToShineH, who says Marvel’s plans for Cretton are conditional. They claim that everything depends on how good it is Spider-Man: A Brand New Day Show. If this movie is as successful as the others featuring everyone’s favorite web-head, Marvel will pull out the big chair and let Cretton direct the next Avengers movie next. Secret Wars.

Of course, Destin Daniel Cretton is not new to Marvel, having previously directed Shang Qi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. The film (which Cretton co-wrote) was a critical darling, with a 92 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes (it’s worth noting that the film had an even higher audience rating of 98 percent). This film was a modest financial success as well, grossing $432.2 million against a budget of $150-200 million (remember, additional marketing costs always diminish the size of superhero blockbusters like this in the end).

while Shang-chi It was a successful, less-than-profitable Marvel movie of the past, and this movie ended up being an early warning sign of the superhero fatigue that has been plaguing the studio for years. Now, Creighton’s sophomore superhero movie, Spider-Man: A Brand New Dayis scheduled to hit theaters on July 31, 2026. According to the scoop, the success of this film may be enough to convince Marvel that Cretton can fill the big shoes left behind by the Russos (who had to prove themselves in two Captain America films before being tapped as the film’s directors). Infinity War and End game).

He does everything a spider can

However, it may be difficult for Creighton to outperform spider-man: no way home, Film by John Watts (also directed Homecoming and Far from home) which grossed $1.921 billion against a budget of only $200 million. This ambitious multiverse film made nearly 10 times what it took to make it, instead Shang-chi It received less than three times its production budget. So, if A whole new day Such is only a modest success Shang-chi Before then, Cretton may not get the job of directing Avengers, regardless how Good movie Spider-Man.

This may not seem fair, but Marvel has been suffering from superhero fatigue the past few days Years: Wonders The studio lost a lot of money, outside of such outliers Deadpool Wolverinemodern MCU films typically make a lot less money than they did leading up to it End game (Just look at the average performance of Thunderbolts and The Fantastic Four: The First StepsBoth made less than James Gunn Superman). A whole new day He became as successful as the Spider-Man films before likely proving to executives that he had what it took to help return the MCU to a golden age.

In this crossover, it’s hard to know if Destin Daniel Cretton is ready to be the next great architect of the MCU universe. Shang-chi It was a modest success, but was released more than five years ago. Like Marvel executives, we’ll be looking forward to it Spider-Man: A Brand New Day As a measure of whether this talented director is ready to play a bigger role in Hollywood’s biggest cinematic universe. If so, he’ll have one of the greatest creative responsibilities ever: rebuilding this universe in the wake of a complete reboot. Avengers: Secret Wars.