Marvel bets everything on new director

Author: Chris Snelgrove Published
everyone knows Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars Directed by the Russo Brothers, the duo who brought us smash hit films such as infinity war and endgame. However, before the Russo family returns to Marvel, Spider-Man: A Brand New Day Director Destin Daniel Cretton was supposed to direct Avengers: Kang Dynastythe project collapsed after Kang star Jonathan Majors was found guilty of assault and harassment.
Now, an exclusive report claims that Marvel wants Cretton to direct the next Avengers movie. secret warsmeaning the studio is betting everything on a rising talent.
An offer he couldn’t refuse

This news comes from exclusive @MyTimeToShineH, who says Marvel’s plans for Cretton are conditional. They claim it all depends on how well it is done Spider-Man: A Brand New Day It turns out. If this movie is as successful as the others starring everyone’s favorite internet avatars, Marvel will pull out the big chair and let Cretton direct the next Avengers movie secret wars.
Of course, Destin Daniel Cretton is no stranger to Marvel, having previously directed Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. That movie (which Cretton co-wrote) was critically acclaimed, earning a 92% score on Rotten Tomatoes (it’s worth noting that the film even had an audience score of 98%). The film was also a moderate financial success, taking in $432.2 million on a budget of $150-200 million (remember, additional marketing costs always cut into the box office revenue such superhero blockbusters ultimately bring in).
although Shangqi While a hit, it didn’t bring in the profits of a classic Marvel movie, and the film ended up being an early warning sign of superhero fatigue that had plagued the studio for years. Now, Crichton’s second superhero movie, Spider-Man: A Brand New Dayscheduled to be released in theaters on July 31, 2026. According to Scoop, the film’s success may be enough to convince Marvel that Cretton can fill the void left by the Russo brothers (who had to prove themselves with two Captain America movies before being tapped to direct Captain America). infinity war and endgame).
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That being said, Creighton’s performance may be hard to top Spider-Man: No Way Home, Films by Jon Watts (who also directed Return and far from home) made $1.921 billion on a budget of only $200 million. The ambitious multiverse movie grossed nearly 10 times what it cost to make, and Shangqi Its revenue is less than three times its own production budget. Therefore, if a new day Just a small success, like Shangqi Until then, Cretton probably won’t get the Avengers director’s job, anyway how His Spider-Man movies are good.
This may sound unfair, but Marvel has been suffering from superhero fatigue over the past few years Year: Miracle Studios lose a lot of money, except for outliers like this deadpool and wolverinemovies in the modern Marvel Cinematic Universe typically make far less money than in previous periods endgame (Only look at mid-range performance thunderbolt and Fantastic Four: The First Stepboth earning less than James Gunn’s Superman). a new day Become as successful as the Spider-Man movies before he could prove to executives that he has what it takes to help return the Marvel Cinematic Universe to its golden age.
At this juncture, it’s hard to tell whether Destin Daniel Cretton is ready to become the next big architect of the Marvel Universe. Shangqi Although popular, it was released more than five years ago. Like Marvel’s own executives, we’ll be looking to Spider-Man: A Brand New Day serves as a barometer of whether the talented director is ready for a bigger role in Hollywood’s biggest cinematic universe. If so, he’ll have one of the greatest creative responsibilities of all: rebuilding the universe after its complete reboot. Avengers: Secret Wars.



