Yahoo News Avengers 4 may be Russo brothers' final Marvel movie
Marvel's upcoming Avengers films may be shaping up to be the superhero movies to end all superhero movies, but it looks like all that actor-wrangling has seen the Russo brothers reach their limit.
Avengers star Josh Brolin has let slip that after what will be five films in six years for Marvel, Joe and Anthony Russo are looking to hang up their directors' hats for the studio when they finish work on Avengers 4.
Speaking to Collider, Brolin discussed what it was like to work with the brothers and added that they're looking at their back-to-back Avengers filming schedule as a "one-time deal".
"I think that they're in a position very openly and raw-ly where they're like, 'We would never do this again. This is a one-time deal,'" Brolin said.
"'To put this many successful actors together is such a pain in the ass, but it's been worth it. We're doing two movies. One back to back, and this is it for us. Then we'll go off in another direction,' but this is a very, very, very ambitious project that I think is going to pay off in a big way."
Brolin also revealed that the brothers are looking to The Godfather for their inspiration for the two-part Avengers films, which will kick off with Avengers: Infinity War next year.
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"Look, I got Joe Russo who's constantly resourcing like The Godfather and, 'You have a gun to his f**king head,'" he added.
"I'm like, 'I love you so much. The fact that you're taking an Avengers scenario and you're turning it into a Godfather thing for us to be able to kind of hang our hat on is great, and to emotionalise the whole thing'.
"I think they were very happy where they said, 'We didn't really realise that Thanos is going to be as complex as he is,' and I think they were very appreciative with the stuff that we're bringing to it."
Brolin will of course be starring as the giant, purple space villain Thanos in the Avengers movies, and he'll also be clocking in hours as Cable in the upcoming Deadpool 2 as well.
Filming on Avengers 4 is expected to go on until June 2018, so the Russo brothers will still be a huge part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe for some time yet – at least until Avengers 4 is released in the UK on April 26, 2019, and in the US on May 3, 2019.
Avengers: Infinity War will be released on April 27, 2018 in the UK, then following in the US on May 4, 2018. Meanwhile Thor: Ragnarok opens in the UK tomorrow – check our our spoiler-filled interview with Jeff Goldblum and Taika Waititi below:
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