Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Robots, Robert Downey Jr. and more took center stage in London on Tuesday morning, as AGBO, Joe Russo and Executives from the artist-led independent studio led by brother Anthony Russo discuss upcoming series and film projects. Chief Creative Officer Angela Russo-Otstot (the two’s sister) and Chief Marketing Officer Marian Koltai-Levine also shared their thoughts on fortress The franchise, its upcoming expansions, and more.
AGBO has been developing tentpole-centric entertainment worlds that hope to engage global audiences through film, television, games and virtual world experiences. Through the flag, the Russians. Produced projects including Oscar Best Picture Award everything happens at the same timeAmazon’s fortressand Netflix extraction The film stars Chris Hemsworth, who also directed Apple’s Tom Holland crime drama, among other films cherry (2021), Netflix Action Movie gray man (2022), as well as the upcoming sci-fi adventure power country For Netflix.
The Russo brothers also recently agreed to return to Marvel Studios to direct not just one, but the next two Avengers films Movie- Avengers: Doomsdayscheduled for May 2026, and Avengers: Secret Warsscheduled for release in May 2027, with AGBO serving as producer on both films. AGBO has expanded and deepened its executive and creative staff over the years, making a return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe more of an organic step than a challenge for AGBO and its future, their sister said Tuesday. .
“Creatively, what’s really interesting about this reincarnation moment for them is that they started AGBO and took a lot of the great lessons they learned over 10 years at Marvel. So they’re bringing those lessons into this company and use it as the foundation of the company,” she explains. “As the company has grown and evolved over the past six years or so, we’re now taking those lessons and bringing them back to Marvel’s next adventure. So I think they’re best suited to have AGBO as a producer, Because their creative process relies so much on collaboration with everyone in our company.
AGBO executives are in London to meet with the team behind upcoming Italian and Indian spin-offs of Amazon’s hit series fortressstarring Priyanka Chopra. Production on the second series will film in London this fall and will be directed by Joe Russo. at the same time, Castle: Dianafilmed in Italy, will premiere on October 10, while Castle: Honey BunnyMade in India, it will debut on November 7.
Chopra also stars in ” bluffwhich has just finished production in Australia. Set in the 19th century Caribbean, the film tells the story of a former female pirate who must protect her family when the mysterious sins of her past catch up with her.
“The story is loosely based on a real-life historical figure, but it’s a female pirate and it was a very difficult time. [story] Violence and all the things that most studios would say no to,” said Russo Ofstow.
She also praised the project as an example of working with creatives beyond a single role. “We just did this with Priyanka,” she explained. In addition to starring in the film, “she’s producing with us, which is very exciting.” Cinestar Productions, owned by Zoë Saldaña and sisters Cisely and Mariel, is also a producer on the project.
In March, AGBO will screen the film power country Streaming on Netflix, directed by the Russo brothers, the cast includes Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, Kwan Hak-fai, Stanley Tucci, Jason Alexander, as well as Brian Cox, Anthony Mackie, Wu Dee Harrison, Jenny and others voiced Slate and more. “It’s a very imaginative alternate history that takes place in the 1990s,” Russo-Otstot said. “It’s based on an artist’s graphic novel [from Sweden] Titled Simon Stålenhag, adapted by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. “They’re writers on all four Marvel movies that Anthony and Joe have directed. They serve as co-presidents of story at our company. Christopher found the book through crowdfunding on Facebook. He said, here’s movie. So we chose the book, and he and Stephen built a very rich mythology that was already in the book, but they expanded on it.
She praised the “incredible cast” and called the film “a very interesting exploration of a world where service robots coexist with humans. In the time it takes to provide a specific service to humans, the robots begin to realize that they may want to More than just their purpose [were made] Because humans are beginning to be afraid of this. So, eventually, conflict broke out. A war broke out between humans and robots, humans used technology to win and they expelled all the robots to a restricted area in the middle of the desert wasteland in the middle of the United States, but this was a global conflict as well. So there are other stories and narratives that could be playing out in different countries around the world, but we witness the American story in this film.
“It’s a big irony for fans of the Marvel Universe that Chris Pratt is paired up with Anthony Mackie,” Kortai-Levine said on Tuesday.
Russo-Ostow also believes that the robots in the movie have “a real nostalgia for them,” adding that some of them are based on real brands. For example, Woody Harrelson’s robot character is Mr. Peanut in Robot Rebellion. I remember when we had to contact Hormel to get permission to do this. Our reaction was: ‘It must be Mr. Peanut. We have to make this work. Fortunately, it did work out.
In early 2022, AGBO received a US$400 million investment from Japanese video game manufacturer Nexon Co. The transaction valued the company at US$1.1 billion and acquired a 38% stake in Nexon. The company has also been working on developing the gaming segment, led by former Epic Games chief creative officer Donald Mustard, who is now a partner with AGBO.
Additionally, the company is looking for ways to leverage its creativity and technological capabilities in innovative ways. “I love the opportunity this presents us,” Russo-Otstot shared. “Anthony, Joe and Donald have all had wonderful collaborations with Robert Downey Jr. over the years, and Robert Downey Jr. will star in this film called McNeilis in preview and will premiere Monday night at Lincoln Center. The star plays a talented writer who is always a Pulitzer Prize runner-up and develops a fascination with artificial intelligence.
“In the show, there is a quest about the protagonist facing an artificial intelligence version of himself. He asked our technical team if we could create a digital asset to represent him, so we used the virtual production team to create a digital double that appeared on the screen. ,” explained Russo-Otstot. “It’s a really fun little contribution to this incredible effort.”
She emphasized that although the show is about an artificial intelligence version of the author, AGBO did not create an artificial intelligence version of Downey Jr. or his character, but rather a digital double, or “digital double.”
