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Tom Holland: ‘Knowing the Russo Brothers Were There’ Convinced Him to Do Cherry

Opening in theaters today (Friday, Feb. 26)–and before premiering on Apple TV+ next month–is Cherry, a drama based on the best-selling semi-autobiographical novel by Nico Walker. Tom Holland stars as the title character, a young Cleveland man who joins the Army after his girlfriend announces she is going away to college. He returns home from Iraq with PTSD, develops an opioid addiction, and eventually turns to bank robbery to support his habit. The often harrowing film is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, making it the first motion picture directed by the Cleveland-born brothers since 2019’s Avengers: Endgame, the highest…
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Secret Wars Could Tempt Russo Brothers Back to Marvel Cinematic Universe

Joe and Anthony Russo somehow managed to pull off the biggest movie crossover of all time when they wrapped up 22 Marvel movies with Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. Loosely based on the Infinity saga from the comics, they represent not just a culmination of a decade’s worth of Marvel stories on screen, but also the most sweeping, epic comic story ever brought to the big screen (DC’s Crisis on Infinite Earths was adapted for television).  And then the Russos walked away. But in an interview with Brobible, they talked about the one comics adaptation that could bring them…
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Netflix Movie The Gray Man Nabs Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, the Russo Brothers and a Big Budget

Netflix has revealed plans for its most ambitious movie project yet, tapping Avengers: Endgame conjurers Joe and Anthony Russo to direct an action-packed thriller that has two major headliners in Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans, along with an estimated budget of $200 million! The Gray Man, an adaptation of Mark Greaney’s 2009 spy novel of the same name, will not only see the esteemed Russo Brothers serve as directors and producers via their AGBO shingle, but has locked in a duo of co-headliners in Gosling and Evans, reports Deadline. The streaming giant is designing the film to launch a prospective…
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Russo Bros Recall Busting Tom Holland’s Chops For Skipping Original Star Wars Trilogy

In early May, MCU veterans Joe and Anthony Russo launched a weekly Instagram Live show to discuss a range of classic movies that made them want to be directors in the first place. Starting with Mathieu Kassovitz’s La Haine, the ‘Russo Bros. Pizza Film School‘ has been a fun time for viewers choosing to tune in during quarantine ever since. In a new interview about the ongoing project with Fox 5 DC, the Russo brothers chatted about their various attempts to school audiences who have gaps in their film history knowledge, including a young Tom Holland during his Marvel debut…
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Hercules Live-Action Remake Set by Disney, Russo Brothers Producing

Hercules will go the distance as Disney’s next signature animated movie planned for a live-action redux. Disney is in early development for a Hercules adaptation movie, according to THR, and it’s tapping notable resident talent from its corporate tentpole in Joe and Anthony Russo. The famed filmmaker siblings are set to produce the picture via their AGBO shingle. While reportedly not directing the film, the Russos, of course, bring gravitas as the go-to directors of some Disney’s most successful and/or acclaimed Marvel movies, notably 2019’s Avengers: Endgame, which happens to be the highest-grossing film of all-time at $2.8 billion worldwide.…
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