{"id":82176,"date":"2026-09-04T17:24:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T09:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=82176"},"modified":"2026-09-04T17:24:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T09:24:58","slug":"can-avengers-doomsday-and-the-russo-brothers-save-the-marvel-cinematic-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=82176","title":{"rendered":"Can Avengers: Doomsday and the Russo brothers save the Marvel Cinematic Universe?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/09\/04\/50e2e58b-da18-4ab9-b515-af569d4be8fe_9298140f.jpg?itok=8T18vZDx&amp;v=1788509102\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Before they were the most-trusted hands behind Marvel\u2019s largest epics, American filmmakers Joe and Anthony Russo presided over a slightly less potent assemblage of talent: the Bluth family of <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Arrested Development<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Beginning with <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Arrested Development<\/em> (14 episodes directed) and <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Community<\/em> (34 episodes), the Russo brothers established an especially keen sense for the rhythms and intersections of ensemble casts.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cFor whatever reason, Joe and I have always really been drawn to ensemble storytelling,\u201d Anthony says. \u201cMaybe it speaks to the fact that we work as a team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cWe grew up in a very large Italian family full of colourful personalities,\u201d Joe says, citing their Ohio upbringing. \u201cIt was complex family dynamics. We all grew up on the same street; people lived in different houses. We spent dinners together on Sundays.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cWe were always interacting with a large amount of personality and interpersonal dynamics. I think that\u2019s how we see the world and see stories.\u201d<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">That inclination has served the Russos well in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), particularly in the sprawling superhero films <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Avengers: Infinity War<\/em><\/span> (2018) and <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Avengers: Endgame<\/em><\/span> (2019). But even for the Russos, <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Avengers: Doomsday<\/em> is a unique juggling act. It brings together the Avengers, the Wakandans, the New Avengers (from the Earth-616 alternative universe), the Fantastic Four (from Earth-828) and the original X-Men.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/entertainment\/article\/3366346\/can-avengers-doomsday-and-russo-brothers-save-marvel-cinematic-universe?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before they were the most-trusted hands behind Marvel\u2019s largest epics, American filmmakers Joe and Anthony Russo presided over a slightly less potent assemblage of talent:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[12890,3636,4503,12891,2933,29460,610,1320],"class_list":["post-82176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-avengers","tag-brothers","tag-cinematic","tag-doomsday","tag-marvel","tag-russo","tag-save","tag-universe","wpcat-33-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/82177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}