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Thanks to The Avengers, a foundation for 鈥淧hase 2鈥� of has been solidified. Next year, the solo superhero films聽 and will build off that groundwork, followed by in 2014 鈥� along with other films that have yet to be officially announced. (Although,聽 and are both looking like strong contenders at the time of writing this.)

Production has begin on the threequel, while the sequel is slated to being shooting later this year. We previously heard rumblings that the second movie could likewise start filming before year鈥檚 end. Now that the film has secured a director(s), there鈥檚 a greater chance of that happening.

Marvel previously settled on a shortlist of directors for the Captain America sequel, including F. Gary Gray (who took a pass, in order to ) and Adjustment Bureau writer/director George Nolfi.听 is reporting that the job has instead gone to the left-field candidates who were included on that initial list: filmmaking siblings Anthony and Joe Russo.

The Russo brothers are best-known for their work in the comedy genre, having previously-helmed such films as Welcome to Collinwood and You, Me and Dupree. They鈥檝e also directed such cult-TV comedy series as聽聽and the first two seasons of (which they also co-ran throughout Dan Harmon鈥檚 time as showrunner).

It was originally reported that Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige was very impressed by the Russo brothers鈥� 鈥渢ry-out鈥� for the Captain America 2 directing job. Moreover, the siblings had already taken steps to avoid being branded as solely comedy filmmakers, seeing how they attached themselves to direct the graphic novel adaptations (with Dwayne Johnson) prior to their interview for the Cap sequel.

Marvel heads clearly (hopefully?) know something that everyone else does not, since聽Captain America 2 will be more grounded and darker than its predecessor 鈥� as it deals primarily with Steve Rogers鈥� (Chris Evans) attempts to in the modern-day landscape. As it stands, the Russo brothers have been deemed worthy to carry out that task.

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