SPIDER-MAN Director Sam Raimi Wants To Helm AVENGERS: SECRET WARS But Hasn't Been Asked...Yet

SPIDER-MAN Director Sam Raimi Wants To Helm AVENGERS: SECRET WARS But Hasn't Been Asked...Yet

Spider-Man director Sam Raimi has broken his silence on the rumour that he's being eyed to helm Avengers: Secret Wars, confirming he's more than willing should Marvel Studios come calling. Check it out!

By JoshWilding - Apr 02, 2024 01:04 PM EST
Filed Under: Avengers: Secret Wars
Source: Screen Geek

Avengers: Secret Wars has never had a filmmaker attached to it, though several names have been linked to the movie over the past eighteen months or so. 

Among them is Spider-Man and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness director Sam Raimi. He worked with writer Michael Waldron on the latter and, despite the messy nature of the sequel, has proven himself a pro at handling ensemble casts. 

Taking charge of Secret Wars would also likely give Raimi a chance to reunite with Tobey Maguire, and it's hard to imagine anyone being upset if he's chosen by Marvel Studios to helm perhaps the biggest Avengers movie of all time. 

Raimi was a WonderCon this weekend to discuss his new movie, Boy Kills World, and was asked by Screen Geek about the possibility of directing the Multiverse Saga's finale. 

"I love 90% of the Marvel heroes that I’ve read in the great Stan Lee Marvel Universe comic books," he told the site. "I would love to work with Marvel again. They haven’t reasonably asked me to. I hope they had a good experience with me. They haven’t asked me yet. I hope they do."

He's willing, but whether Marvel Studios wants him remains to be seen. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton was once attached to Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, but that movie has lost him, original writer Jeff Loveness, and even its title (not to mention lead star Jonathan Majors as Kang the Conqueror). 

"Well, I haven’t heard about that yet," Raimi also said this past weekend when asked about possibly making Spider-Man 4 a reality. "I did read that, but I’m not actually working on it yet. I mean, Marvel and Columbia are so successful with current Spider-Man [movies], and the track there, and I don’t know that they’re going to go back to me, and say, 'Well, folks, we can also tell that story!'"

"I’m not sure, but I love all the new Spider-Man movies," he continued. "I loved Spider-Man: No Way Home. It was really, super powerful seeing Tobey [Maguire] again in it."

Only time will tell whether Raimi has a future in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but it's beginning to feel like Marvel Studios missed a trick by not including a Spider-Man scene in the Doctor Strange sequel!

Avengers 5 is currently scheduled to arrive in theaters on May 1, 2026, with Avengers: Secret Wars to follow on May 7, 2027.

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HammerLegFoot
HammerLegFoot - 4/2/2024, 1:49 PM
Mans keep dropping these "yets"
TheNewYorker
TheNewYorker - 4/2/2024, 1:49 PM
Neither have i 🤷‍♂️
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 4/2/2024, 1:51 PM
Id like to see how good Deadpool n Wolverine is because Levy’s supposedly the front runner.
dragon316
dragon316 - 4/2/2024, 6:19 PM
@slickrickdesigns - Deadpool wolverine could be slot hype be let down same with she hulk and moon knight antman 3 or maybe good success no one will ever know until people see it
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 4/2/2024, 1:53 PM
I hope they give it to the Russo’s. They’re track record is flawless and they’ve been away from marvel awhile
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 4/2/2024, 2:01 PM
@MyCoolYoung - same here. They wanna do it, so why not. Raimi would be good alternative though. Give him a good script and it'll be great
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 4/2/2024, 2:05 PM
@bkmeijer1 - to clarify

They want to do the original Secret Wars with the Beyonder & Battkeworkd while this one seems to be moreso the modern one with the multiverse

Granted , Marvel could use elements from both but Russo’s might want a more singular adaptation
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 4/2/2024, 2:07 PM
@MyCoolYoung - their Marvel track record is probably the strongest of any director that’s played in that universe so I would be cool with it

However , part of me wants fresh blood too just to see what they could do with an Avengers film aswell hence why I liked Destin for Kang Dynasty.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 4/2/2024, 2:16 PM
@bkmeijer1 - Lord and Miller would be a clever choice too, because they have more than proved themselves and it would keep them away from Sony.

Lord and Miller could save Sony and then Marvel will never get Spier-Man back.

Or they could give us an even more awesome live action Secret Wars movie under the supervision of Kevin Feige and we all win. Audiences win, Marvel wins and Sony... well okay Sony doesn't win. But everybody else does! Fkuk Sony.
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 4/2/2024, 2:19 PM
@MyCoolYoung - THIS^ That is the answer and something Kevin/Marvel need to do. get Russos and Markus/McFeely back together... only then will they have an amazing movie on their hands
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 4/2/2024, 2:46 PM
@TheVisionary25 - yeah that's true. I'm kinda hoping they're gonna do both. With Kang Dynasty being reworked, I think they should just rebrand it to Secret Wars Part 1 (based on the 1985 version) and Part 2 (based on the 2015 version).
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 4/2/2024, 2:48 PM
@ObserverIO - I think that when we're getting a live-action Spider-Verse, I hope they consider getting Lord & Miller for that. That's the only way I can see it work under Sony, although getting No Way Home's writers would go a long way too
McMurdo
McMurdo - 4/2/2024, 5:29 PM
@MyCoolYoung - their track record is awful outside of Marvel.
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 4/2/2024, 11:49 PM
@McMurdo - no doubt but also they’re writers on extraction one of the most watched movies on Netflix and the gray man, despite its lack of good critical reception, is top 5 in Netflix watch history.

In the comic world they’re batting 1000 top. I trust them with ensembles.
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 4/2/2024, 11:50 PM
@MotherGooseUPus - I truly trust they’d do something remarkable. Secret wars with all of the multiverse shenanigans need to deliver
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 4/2/2024, 11:53 PM
@TheVisionary25 - if they can find some fresh blood I’m not mad at all. I really just want a truly amazing movie and in the russos I trust
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 4/2/2024, 11:55 PM
@bkmeijer1 - I really want something great however that comes into fruition I’m game.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 4/3/2024, 12:17 AM
@MyCoolYoung - extraction 2 was actually pretty good did they make that one???
Alucard28
Alucard28 - 4/2/2024, 2:00 PM
I dig it... But let the man have some creative freedom!
mountainman
mountainman - 4/2/2024, 2:00 PM
Wasn’t a fan of Dr Strange MoM, but that was down to terrible writing. I thought his direction was good. I’d be open to thiis.
Superspecialawesomeguy
Superspecialawesomeguy - 4/2/2024, 2:05 PM
He'd be better than any of the other names that've been considered imo.
grif
grif - 4/2/2024, 2:09 PM
why would he want to be involved in this train wreck?

TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 4/2/2024, 2:09 PM
Sure , I would be down for it so why not?.

He’s a good director that has his own style which he brought to MoM and could bring to this aswell if chosen which would be fun!!.

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ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 4/2/2024, 2:10 PM
[frick] yes!
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ATrueHero1987
ATrueHero1987 - 4/2/2024, 2:11 PM
I wonder what characters in the 10% he doesn't like?? I know Venom is one of them, lol.
JFerguson
JFerguson - 4/2/2024, 2:13 PM
Topher grace can play the Beyonder.
LSHF
LSHF - 4/2/2024, 2:17 PM
Maybe he should do the asking instead of waiting to be asked.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 4/2/2024, 2:48 PM
@LSHF - yeah. After DSMOM, he probably already has Feige's phone number anyway
marvel72
marvel72 - 4/2/2024, 2:19 PM
Russo's or Raimi.
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 4/2/2024, 2:21 PM
Give me the Russo's with Markus/McFeely. Back in business baby
narrow290
narrow290 - 4/2/2024, 2:21 PM
We'd be lucky to have him
WhatIfRickJames
WhatIfRickJames - 4/2/2024, 2:25 PM
Didn't @markcassidy already post this article? I'm confused...
MisterDoctor217
MisterDoctor217 - 4/2/2024, 2:29 PM
Yes !!! Please give it to him!

Doctor Strange MOM problems weren’t because of the direction but the writing , which sadly the writer of the next avengers films is the same guy lol
xfan320
xfan320 - 4/2/2024, 3:02 PM
I like Raimi or the Russos for the movie.

Jon Favreau would also be an interesting return as well

I honestly just want Marvel/Disney to start doubling down on the plot threads they already have going though, before they start setting their eyes on a grand finale and rebooting everything.

None of the stuff they're doing makes any sense, narratively speaking and this Multiverse Saga has kinda just felt like a waste sadly...

Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 4/2/2024, 3:04 PM
Yes, please.

WAKE UP KEV!!!
SheepishOne
SheepishOne - 4/2/2024, 3:08 PM
Raimi would be great
CoHost
CoHost - 4/2/2024, 3:38 PM
Can we get Tim Burton to direct another DC movie while we're at it?
marvel72
marvel72 - 4/2/2024, 3:58 PM
@CoHost - Great idea, which hero?

Deadman
The Phantom Stranger
The Spectre
Nightwing (Batman 89 visual style)
Batgirl (Batman 89 visual style)
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