Avengers director Joe Russo: ‘Spoiler culture can be over-policed’

Director Joe Russo is deep in production on one of the most spoiler-sensitive films of 2026 (Picture: Roberto Ricciuti/Getty Images for University of St Andrews)

When it comes to movie spoilers, the team behind Marvel’s Avengers series are probably most aware of the responsibility it carries.

You can only imagine the chaos behind the scenes when Mark Ruffalo accidentally leaked key details about Infinity War.

Director Joe Russo and writer-producer Angela Russo-Otstot have the privilege – but also the burden – of being in the elite club of holding the Marvel scripts before anyone else.

The pair, unsurprisingly, say it can add a lot of pressure, with Joe acknowledging that spoiler culture can ‘become a little over-policed’.

And they would know as, among the slew of productions from the Russos’ studio AGBO, is one of 2...