1 day Ago By Jonathan Dean
The Oscar-winning sibling directors, who made billions with their two Avengers blockbusters, are back to save the universe. There are very few people who understand the movies like the Russo brothers - Joe and Anthony, the film-makers behind the Marvel films Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame , respectively the sixth and second-highest grossing films to date. And then there’s the recently announced Avengers: Doomsday , which has Chris Hemsworth, Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby and Florence Pugh in its all-star cast, as well as Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart.
It’s not just blockbusters, either: the Russos also produced Everything Everywhere All at Once , which won the Oscar for best film in 2023. This puts them in the rare position of having box-office clout and Academy Award recognition, marrying two worlds that seem to be moving further apart. “Like everything, the film space has become divisive,” says Joe, 53, the younger and more bullish of the siblings, when I join the brothers for a morning chat.
“Everything is about who can be the loudest — who can clickbait the most.” It’s a division that plays out at the US box office, where the big winner at the 2025 Oscars, Anora , ranked the 85th most successful film last year. Only three of the top 70 highest-grossing films of the past 12 months won an Oscar: Wicked , Dune: Part Two and Conclave .
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