Feige broached the subject to the Russos about returning to direct two more "Avengers" movies, and then had Downey himself try to convince them to sign on. Even the movie-star magic of Downey wasn't enough, though. The Russos said no. "We just didn’t have a story. We didn’t have a way in. We were resistant for a while," Joe explained. It would be not Downey, but screenwriter Stephen McFeely who got the Russos interested in directing. McFeely, credited as co-writer on "Doomsday" and "Secret Wars" alongside Michael Waldron, picked the brothers an idea, to which they responded, "That’s the story!" Since "Endgame," the Russos have admittedly languished. Joe wrote the forgettable action movies "Extraction" and "Extraction 2," and you have likely also forgotten their original directorial efforts "Cherry" and "The Grey Man." Even recent Netflix original "The Electric State" seems to have failed to make a major cultural impact, and it got utterly lambasted by critical reviews. At least within the world of the MCU, the Russos know they can excel and find success commercially and critically. Of course, it remains to be seen if that track record continues. (h/t Variety)