“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” helmer Destin Daniel Cretton has delivered a critical and commercial smash hit with “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” which continues to break box-office records. Before that, Cretton was originally set to direct “Avengers: The Kang Dynasty,” a film originally slated for May 2025 which would see the heroes team up to face Kang the Conqueror (Jonathan Majors). After “Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania” fizzled and Majors hit legal issues, the project was retooled with Cretton effectively jettisoned in favour of bringing the Russos back for what has become “Avengers: Doomsday”. It has also been revealed that Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, the initial writers on all the Tom Holland-led “Spider-Man” films, also worked on the scripts for both “Avengers: Doomsday” and “Avengers: Secret Wars”. Cretton’s “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” is now in cinemas and the filmmaker is currently in pre-production on his live-action “Naruto” movie.