San Diego (USA) (AFP)
The directors of the blockbuster "Avengers: Endgame" told Friday at the Comic-Con festival in San Diego that ravishing "Avatar" the record at the global box office would be "thrilling".
The brothers Joe and Anthony Russo's film is just five million dollars shy of the record held by James Cameron's success, with $ 2.788 billion in revenue since its release in 2009 in theaters.
And the movie Marvel superhero was still projected this week in 1,400 American cinemas, despite an exploitation started in April.
"James Cameron has always been an idol for us, he has nurtured our passion for making movies from the beginning and being as close to one of his great films is really special," said Anthony Russo at a conference at most. important world meeting of pop culture.
The two brothers also mentioned several projects. Starting with "Cherry", whose filming with Tom Holland ("Spider-Man") is scheduled to begin in October.
It's the adaptation of a 2018 novel about the opioid crisis in the United States, "which has touched our families (...), so it's an extremely personal film for us," explained Anthony. Especially since it's happening in Cleveland, Ohio, where they come from.
They also presented the trailer of "21 Bridges", with Chadwick Boseman ("Black Panther"), which they produced and which is due out in September.
The duo is also producer of "Dhaka", with Chris Hemsworth --alias "Thor" - and which was shot in India, as well as a remake of "The Thomas Crown Affair" with Michael B. Jordan (" Black Panther ").
If they "love to work with Marvel again", they announced several adaptations, including one of the Japanese cartoon "The Battle of the Planets" and another of the novel "Grimjack" comic-book character. Or a collaboration with the streaming giant Netflix inspired card game "Magic: the Assembly".
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