Christopher Markus On Why He Didn’t Return To Write Doomsday Or Secret Wars

In a recent interview Christopher Markus explains why he didn’t return to write Doomsday and Secret Wars with Stephen McFeely. The rest of AGBO which is the Russos, Markus and McFeely are returning to Marvel for the films. There’s always been a question of why only McFeely is on writing duties this time out?

Speaking with The Playlist, Markus gives two reasons. One, he is so busy with all the other projects AGBO has on the go. Two, he feels like he’s been there and done that before.

“Magic! It’s the simple fact of opportunity really,” Markus said, beginning to explain his decision and intentions. “When we started AGBO, part of the imperative was let’s look for things to adapt, ideas of our own. And by luck or preference, I wound up with a whiteboard full of things—two series of books that we had optioned, a spec script. about three or four other ideas and a TV pilot that was there to be written. And this was prior to all that ‘Avenging’ coming on the horizon.”

“But it got to the point where it was like, ‘Look, I need to grow these plants or they’re going to die,’ And [Marvel] is very extremely full-time,” he explained. “And so, I just said, ‘Let’s just everybody be under the understanding that this is what I’m doing because [those movies] need a brain on them. They need a guide and I love them.’ So, when it came Avenging time—I mean, you don’t Avenge part-time, you don’t do anything Marvel part-time. That is a years-long commitment.”

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“I’m not doing anything [with Marvel] right now because, one, they know what they’re doing,” he clarified. “And also, it was just like, ‘Well, these things will die and I’ve got a pilot at Netflix, a pilot at Amazon. I’ve got nine books that need to be turned into a masterpiece and you just make a choice at some point and say, ‘I’ve done that. I haven’t done that. I think right now I’m going to do the thing I haven’t done.’ Which is the thing that keeps you alive and sparking as a creator.”

I guess we will find out whether Markus involvement will be missed or not. Though, likely only when Doomsday and Secret Wars are revealed to audiences. Until then, all we can do is hope I guess?

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