Jon Favreau Suggests He May Direct Another Marvel Movie

For all their monumental success, Marvel Studios don’t necessarily have the best track record for maintaining relationships with directors. To date, no director has stayed with the MCU for more than two movies.

This will soon change when the Russo Brothers, directors of ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ and the newly released ‘Civil War,’ take the helm on the two-parter ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ - though we can scarcely fail to note they will be replacing Joss Whedon, who has made it clear he has no intention of working with Marvel again after ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron.’

Jon Favreau, the director who started it all with ‘Iron Man,’ infamously had a rough time on ‘Iron Man 2′ which saw him step down from directing the films at that point. However, he has now hinted that his time as a director with Marvel may not be over.

Speaking to IGN, Favreau (who has gone on to direct current hit ‘The Jungle Book’) says Marvel could tempt him back with “a great story.

“I know the people over there. I like them. I still executive produce the Avengers series and I like what they’re doing a lot now, I do.”

Still, Favreau (who also co-stars in all three ‘Iron Man’ movies as Tony Stark’s bodyguard Happy) concedes that he’s not sure Marvel really needs him anymore:

“By the same token I feel like I’ve made my mark; whatever we did in those early days has continued and is in good hands with new filmmakers with fresh voices.

“I think they’re hiring the right kinds of filmmakers – I couldn’t be more impressed with this one [Civil War], and Guardians of the Galaxy I thought was an unexpected,delightful film.

“I just think how I fit in now might be different. It’s 10 years later, and now I’m more of an elder statesman. But we talk a lot about how I could be involved there and I exist both in front of and behind the camera in the Marvel universe, which puts me in a unique position which I enjoy.

“We’re always trying to figure out if there’s a way for me to contribute beyond just being an executive producer there. I wouldn’t be surprised if something pops up soon, but there’s no one property that we’re identifying that I’d want to helm up and shoulder.

“Because now that the universe has gotten so big over there, I don’t know that I understand how it all fits together anymore. I was there in the early days when the universe was very small. Now the universe is very big there and they seem to have it well in hand.”

Still, with Robert Downey Jr recently declaring he’d up up for a fourth ‘Iron Man’ solo movie, could there be a suitable film for Favreau’s return in the future…?

Favreau, Whedon and the Russos are at present the only filmmakers to direct more than one MCU movie; however, James Gunn will soon be added to this number, as he’s currently at work on ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2,’ and Peyton Reed is also expected to be back for ‘Ant-Man and The Wasp.’

The studio’s one-and-done directors to date are Louis Letterier (’The Incredible Hulk’), Kenneth Branagh (‘Thor’), Joe Johnston (’Captain America: The First Avenger’), Shane Black (’Iron Man 3′), and Alan Taylor (’Thor: The Dark World’).

Marvel’s latest, ‘Captain America: Civil War,’ is in cinemas now.

Picture Credit: Marvel

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