Marvel Cinematic Universe fans are divided on the screenwriter choice for Avengers: Secret Wars. While a director hasn't currently been announced, it was recently revealed that Michael Waldron will be writing the screenplay for the highly anticipated crossover event, which will be the sixth installment in the Avengers series. Avengers: Secret Wars will be set after the events of The Kang Dynasty, which will be directed by Shang-Chi's Destin Daniel Cretton with a screenplay by Jeff Loveness.
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Waldron has already established himself as a significant force in the MCU, having developed the Disney+ series Loki. That show featured the introduction of Jonathan Majors as He Who Remains, a variant of the MCU's next big villain, Kang the Conqueror. Loki's last episode put the events of The Multiverse Saga in motion. Waldron also wrote the screenplay for this year's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness after Sam Raimi boarded the project. He is also writing Kevin Feige's upcoming Star Wars project, having impressed the Marvel executives after Loki was met with massive praise from critics and fans.
However, it doesn't look like fans are entirely happy about Waldron boarding Avengers: Secret Wars. While some believe that he is the right choice because of his previous MCU work, others were turned off his writing after Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Check out what they say on the matter below.
Why MCU Fans Are Mixed On Michael Waldron
While Loki was well-received by critics and fans, some viewers expressed their disappointment at Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Many were disappointed in the handling of Wanda Maximoff's arc, as she went from misunderstood hero in WandaVision to the main antagonist of the movie. Others were frustrated in how Waldron handled The Illuminati, particularly regarding how they were quickly killed off by Wanda in one of Doctor Strange 2's main action sequences. Considered to be a messier MCU movie, it seems Multiverse of Madness could be proof that Waldron can't quite handle a bigger MCU project. On the other hand, Loki showed his skill at working a character-driven story alongside the shifting pieces of the multiverse.
Regardless of what fans think of Waldron's handling of many characters in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, he has now been given free rein to craft the MCU's most ambitious crossover event yet. No one knows what Avengers: Secret Wars will be about, but it will certainly be interesting to see what Waldron does with the material once The Multiverse Saga's overarching story becomes clearer. Perhaps he will prove all the naysayers wrong in the end.