Avengers: Secret Wars Rumors About An MCU Reboot Gets Cautious Response From Marvel Executive

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While the franchise continues to bloom on both the big and small screens, Marvel exec Brad Winderbaum doesn"t think Avengers: Secret Wars will kickstart a reboot of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The 2027 movie will again be a two-part story crossing over various characters and arcs from throughout the MCU, with Joe and Anthony Russo returning to direct both it and Doomsday before it, while Michael Waldron and Stephen McFeely pen the script. A report surfaced in late 2023 that claimed Kevin Feige was looking to softly reboot the MCU after Secret Wars, though the studio has remained quiet since.
During an interview with Screen Off Script to discuss the upcoming release of Daredevil: Born Again, Winderbaum was asked about the possibility of Avengers: Secret Wars serving as a soft reboot of the MCU, alluding to the rumors that began swirling in late 2023 about it doing so. Though the Marvel exec notes that his involvement on the TV side of things somewhat precludes him from knowing all of the answers, he doesn"t imagine such a thing happening for the franchise, particularly as attempts to do so in the comics have had mixed results. See what Winderbaum explained in the quote and video below:

So, you"re going to have to ask Kevin about the features. I"m on the TV side, but we do navigate the same waters and live in the same universe. I"m a comic fan, I"ve read comics since I was 12 years old, and I"ve seen what happens at comic companies when things get full reboots. And the truth is, every time there"s been a full reboot at Marvel or DC — DC, in particular [chuckles] — it always feels like you can"t really fully reboot anything. The classics always come back around, it"s a very difficult thing to do to a living, breathing fictional universe to just start from scratch, because of all of the fan investment and love for the stories that have come so far.

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Source: Screen Off Script/Twitter
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