'You Can't Control Everything' — Avengers: Doomsday Director Says He's Wary of 'Over-Policing' as Fans Fear Spoilers
Joe Russo said fans will still see spoilers as Marvel relies on the story holding up beyond its surprises.
- Co-Director Joe Russo admitted in a recent Metro interview that controlling Avengers spoilers is impossible, acknowledging that preventing leaks for Doomsday remains unachievable.
- The Russo Brothers previously enforced strict secrecy for Infinity War and Endgame using #DontSpoilTheEndgame, while Marvel actors today receive only partial scripts to prevent plot leaks.
- "On one hand, audiences want to be surprised," Russo explained, though he cautioned that excessive policing of information makes fans anxious about engaging with content.
- As Doomsday films at Pinewood Studios, AGBO chief creative officer Angela Russo-Otstot is working to keep the story locked down, though Marvel has yet to reveal cast names from chairs livestreamed last year.
- Fans await Doomsday's December 18, 2026 premiere, followed by Secret Wars on December 17, 2027, as viral reactions continue fueling excitement for the nearly 20 years the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been running.
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Joe Russo thinks spoiler culture has gotten a little out of control
At this point it’s well-known that Marvel actors are sworn to a very high level of secrecy about the spoilers in their projects, and that they may only be given a few pages from a whole screenplay—which they aren’t allowed to print—to keep the details of the plot as locked-down as possible. This culture of secrecy extends not just to Marvel actors or fans; it affects the way a lot of audiences consume media and talk about it. Joe Russo is curren…
'You Can't Control Everything' — Avengers: Doomsday Director Says He's Wary of 'Over-Policing' as Fans Fear Spoilers
As Avengers: Doomsday looms, co-director Joe Russo has admitted that spoilers are going to happen because "you can't control everything."One half of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) team that makes up The Russo Brothers opened up about ruined surprises during an interview with Metro UK. The topic of "spoilers" is one comic book movie fans dread, especially in anticipation of the release of a new team-up film like Avengers: Doomsday, but Russo…
Joe Russo, the co-director of the next big gathering Avengers Doomsday, thinks that the culture of secrecy around the films goes too far. It is undeniably the heavy weight of the Marvel calendar, the event that fans expect like the Messiah: Avengers: Doomsday will land in December 2026. Victor von Doom's shadow is so massive that she [...]
AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY Co-Director Joe Russo Says He Thinks Spoiler Culture Has Become a Little "Over-Policed"
The Russo Brothers directed the last two Avengers movies, Infinity War and Endgame, which had some of the biggest and coolest surprises in cinema history. Watching the films in theaters was such an incredible experience. I had never heard a crowd of movie-goers cheer quite so loudly, and mourn in unison in such a way that it felt bigger than just a trip to the movies. The stories were a great closing out of a chapter in the MCU, and part of the …
Joe Russo on Spoilers: “We Want Audiences to Feel the Moments” – Avengers: Doomsday
Marvel’s Avengers: Doomsday is currently undergoing reshoots, and director Joe Russo says “it’s impossible to fully stop spoilers.” According to Joe, audiences like surprises, and that makes movies more exciting. The focus is on making a strong story, not just big surprises. Also, he believes Avengers: Doomsday will be enjoyable even without surprises. In a recent interview with Metro.co.uk, Joe Russo opened up about Avengers: Doomsday being spo…
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