Rumor: Could the Russo Brothers Direct the Next Avengers?

<p>With the recent announcement of <strong>Iron Man<&sol;strong> appearing in <em><strong>Captain America 3<&sol;strong><&sol;em>&comma; the directing <strong>Russo<&sol;strong> brothers have expanded their pool of characters to play with&period; But how much further could they go&quest; According to a rumor from Badass Digest&comma; they could not only be setting up for a Civil War based <em><strong>Avengers<&sol;strong> <&sol;em>movie&comma; but also directing the major event&period;  It also seems like they may be directing the fourth Avengers film in the far future&comma; effectively inheriting the Marvel Cinematic Universe&&num;8217&semi;s tent pole from <strong>Joss Whedon<&sol;strong>&period; Just keep in my mind that this is still all rumors&comma; but here is what BD reported&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>How closely will <i>Captain America 3 <&sol;i>tie in with <em>Avengers 3<&sol;em>&quest; I’ve been told that the Russo Brothers are in talks to direct <em>Avengers 3<&sol;em> and possibly <em>4&period; <&sol;em>Sources tell me that they’re the favorites of Marvel right now and that they are the guys Kevin Feige want to pick up the mantle from Joss Whedon&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>There&&num;8217&semi;s a lot to spec out from this&period; For instance&comma; it appears that <strong>Robert Downey Junior<&sol;strong> is signed on for Avengers 3&comma; but not 4&period; It also appears that Captain America will not be in <em><strong>Avengers 3<&sol;strong><&sol;em> as that will focus on the new crop of heroes &lpar;<strong><em>Ant Man<&sol;em><&sol;strong>&comma; <em><strong>Guardians of the Galaxy<&sol;strong><&sol;em>&comma; <em><strong>Doctor Strange<&sol;strong><&sol;em>&rpar;&period; There are so many directions the Marvel Cinematic Universe could take if these rumors are indeed true&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;badassdigest&period;com&sol;2014&sol;10&sol;13&sol;robert-downey-jr-bringing-civil-war-to-captain-america-3&sol;">Badass Digest<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;