Joe and Anthony Russo, who directed Captain America: The Winter Soldier and will return for Captain America: Civil War, are cementing themselves as Marvel’s main movie executors. The brothers will direct both parts of the studio’s Avengers: Infinity War, taking over the billion-dollar franchise from Joss Whedon, who directed the first two Avengers films. They’ll film Infinity War in one long shoot beginning sometime in 2016, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. Civil War, for which the brothers are in pre-production and is considered to be a mini-Avengers movie due to the large cast of heroes, has a May 6, 2016 release date. Infinity War – Part 1 and Infinity War — Part 2 are slated to be released May 4, 2018 and May 3, 2019, respectively.
