Marvel Cinematic Universe Is 'Back to Phase Zero' With Avengers: Doomsday, Director Says

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is “back to signifier zero” with the merchandise of Avengers: Doomsday, co-director Joe Russo has said.

Speaking astatine SXSW, attended by The Hollywood Reporter, Russo told fans to expect “some shifting and changing” with Doomsday, starring erstwhile Iron Man histrion Robert Downey Jr. playing antagonist Dr. Doom.

“So, get acceptable for it. Look, we were with Rob [Downey Jr.] earlier today. We were some talking astir this conception that we are backmost to signifier zero. This is starting implicit from scratch. We privation to marque definite everybody feels similar this isn’t leaning connected thing from the past.”

The MCU is divided up into six phases: the archetypal 3 made up The Infinity Saga, and the 2nd 3 are dubbed The Multiverse Saga. It’s a categorization that began successful 2008 and is planned retired up to 2027. Phase Six began with the merchandise of The Fantastic Four: First Steps past year. It was thought that this December’s Avengers: Doomsday and adjacent year’s Avengers: Secret Wars, arsenic good arsenic this summer’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day, would beryllium included successful Phase Six. But Russo’s remark suggests the extremity of phases altogether for thing of a reboot with Doomsday.

And portion Russo insists Doomsday “isn’t leaning connected thing from the past,” it features a fig of instrumentality favourite characters and actors from the archetypal Avengers team, including Chris Evans arsenic Steve Rogers and Chris Hemsworth arsenic Thor. The question is, what volition this Phase Zero mean for the ongoing MCU?

Perhaps we'll request to brace ourselves for a clump of caller young actors playing The Avengers and different Marvel heroes, arsenic the MCU ditches the aged successful favour of the new. Last year, Marvel Studios main Kevin Feige said the workplace planned to recast the X-Men characters erstwhile the superhero squad gets its ain MCU movie, pointing to the Secret Wars comics from 2015 arsenic the studio’s inspiration for a “reset” of the MCU.

“We’re utilizing that [story] not conscionable to circular retired the stories we’ve been telling post-Endgame, conscionable arsenic importantly — and you tin look astatine the Secret Wars comics for wherever that takes you — it very, precise overmuch sets america up for the future,” Feige said.

“Endgame, literally, was astir endings. Secret Wars is astir is astir beginnings.”

And Marvel is reportedly focusing connected making an X-Men movie with a younger formed "to support the outgo down," arsenic good arsenic Black Panther 3, portion it's seemingly successful nary unreserved to get Blade oregon Deadpool 4 retired the door.

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