With Deadpool & Wolverine on the horizon, it looks like Marvel Studios is looking to keep director Shawn Levy in the franchise. According to a Deadline report today, Levy is Marvel's "top choice" to direct the next Avengers movie. Deadline's sources caution that Levy still hasn't given Marvel an answer on whether or not he'll take the job, and Marvel will continue to meet with other filmmakers in the meantime.
Still, Levy has reportedly been given Michael Waldron's latest version of the script to mull over. IGN has reached out to Marvel Studios and Levy's reps for comment. As the Deadline report notes, Levy still has a busy slate at the moment, so that could deter him slightly from taking on such a massive project.
He's currently working as an executive producer and director on the fifth and final season of Netflix's hit Stranger Things, which seemingly has plenty of production left to go . He was also hired for a new Star Wars movie, although it's been awhile since we got an update on that; last we heard, it was in limbo amid last year's writers' and actors' strikes . Still, Marvel's eagerness to sign Levy for the job is a strong show of confidence in his work on Deadpool & Wolverine, the only MCU movie this year.
Set to debut on July 26, it's easily one of the most anticipated movies of 2024, with hopes that it could invigorate a so-far fairly slow summer box office . As for what else we know about the next Avengers movie, the approach towards it has reportedly been in flux.