Avengers: Secret Warshas found its writer in Michael Waldron, the screenwriter who penned the script for Marvel Studios’Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessand served as head writer for Tom Hiddleston’sLokiseries.
Avengers: Secret Warsis set to followAvengers: The Kang Dynasty, which is scheduled to release in May 2025.Shang-Chidirector Destin Daniel Crettonhad already been tapped to helmThe Kang Dynastyfrom a script by Ant-Man 3writer Jeff Loveness, butSecret Warswill have a director of its own, who has yet to be named.
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Deadlinereports that meetings to select a writer forAvengers: Secret Warswere held last month, with Waldron emerging as the frontrunner among multiple candidates. Waldron was ultimately chosen because of the trust Marvel Studios has in him after collaborating with the writer on the aforementionedLokiseries andDoctor Strangesequel. ThoughSecret Warswill have its own director, it is assumed that whoever is chosen, along with Waldron, will be in touch with Cretton and Loveness as bothAvengers: Secret WarsandThe Kang Dynastyare in development.
Waldron is currently serving as an executive producer onMarvel Studios’Lokiseason 2, which began production earlier in summer 2022. However, Waldron’s working relationship with Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige extends beyond the MCU, as he is also developing and writing Feige’sStar Warsfilm for Lucasfilm. Marvel Studios reportedly had no comment on news of Waldron being tapped to writeAvengers: Secret Wars.
WhileAvengers: Secret Warswas rumored to be on Marvel Studios' slate for some time, Feige officially confirmed the film was in development during Marve Studios' Hall H presentation at San Diego Comic-Con 2022. Of course, few story details were provided then and that remains true even now.
That said,Avengers: Secret Warswill likely adapt the comicbook storyline of the same name, which involves the multiverse colliding and bringing together Marvel heroes from different universes. While the story is a little more complicated than that, fans can expect theSecret Warsfilm to take some creative liberties with the source material, much like howAvengers: Infinity Waromitted story beats and characters from the comics.
Avengers: Secret Warsis scheduled to be released in theaters on July 20, 2025.
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