Reunited on the forthcoming Marvel films with screenwriter Steven McFeely — one half of the partnership of Markus and McFeely, who scripted all the prior Russo Brothers Marvel films— Joe Russo, in this week’s profile, recalls calling the latter with a “crazy idea.”

The Russo brothers were not keen on returning for another Avengers movie. However, things changed soon. Read on to learn how.

In an interview alongside Joe Russo and screenwriter Steven McFeely with Empire, Anthony Russo explained, “ Endgame was the end, and it took a little time for us to begin to think about it as something other than an end.

Avengers filmmakers… assemble. Five years after directing duo Anthony and Joe Russo ended an era of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with 2019’s Avengers: Endgame, Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige announced that the Russo brothers would be returning to helm the Multiverse Saga-ending Avengers: Doomsday (dated May 1,

The Russo Brothers coming back to the MCU is obviously a big thing, but it turns out for them and their writing partner it wasn't an immediate yes.

Joe and Anthony Russo debuted as directors for Marvel Studios with Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014). Last year, reports came in that the duo was in talks to comeback to Marvel Studios for is fifth and sixth Avengers movies.

The Russo Brothers were convinced it was time to return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe when they cracked the code for "Secret Wars."

Since Avengers: Endgame, it seemed like the Russo Brothers were moving on, with no interest in returning to direct any other Marvel movies. Although they had maintained close contact with everyone at the studios, Anthony and Joe Russo told Empire magazine that the team lacked a solid storyline that would encourage them to return.

Secret Wars, Marvel shifted to Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars. They still focus on a multiversal war leading to a confrontation between the Avengers and a big villain, but Marvel delivered an incredible twist.

The Russo brothers, who will be directing Avengers Doomsday and Secret Wars, recently revealed in an interview that they would not return to Marvel Studios until they found the perfect story that they just "had to tell".