Loki breakout author Michael Waldron will return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe after the success of Doctor Strange within the Multiverse of Madness. Deadline studies that Waldron might be penning Avengers: Secret Wars, which might be a part of the MCU’s Phase 6.

The report detailed that “insiders say meetings for the job took place last month and while a number of writers met, many believed Waldron was the front-runner given how much trust the studio has in the writer.” Waldron labored on Rick and Morty earlier than becoming a member of the smash Disney+ Loki sequence, which is in manufacturing for season two. His function screenwriting debut, Doctor Strange in The Multiverse of Madness, grossed greater than $950 million on the worldwide box-office, regardless of dealing with Marvel heroines Wanda Maximoff and America Chavez with blended outcomes. Marvel head Kevin Feige is on board to provide Secret Wars—and as Deadline notes, Waldron can be writing Feige’s mysterious Star Wars movie.

The Marvel Studios slate was just lately up to date at D23 Expo 2022 and San Diego Comic-Con 2022, occasions which additional outlined the movies on the way in which from the superhero franchise manufacturing unit. Recent bulletins embody Destin Daniel Cretton as Avengers: The Kang Dynasty director and most just lately that author Jeff Loveness (Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania) would function that movie’s author.

Presumably an announcement on Secret Wars’ director gained’t be too far sooner or later, however the film’s launch might be; Avengers: Secret Wars is slated for theaters on November 8, 2025.

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