Joe Russo takes jab at Martin Scorsese touting Marvel films’ box office success

Avengers: Endgame co-director Joe Russo, is playfully taking a jab at filmmaker Martin Scorsese after the Killers of the Flower Moon director took a dig at Marvel films.

Martin weighed in on the transformation at the box office following the success of films based on comic books, reports Deadline. “The danger there is what it’s doing to our culture,” Martin told GQ. “Because there are going to be generations now that think movies are only those - that’s what movies are.”

Martin continued, “They already think that. Which means that we have to fight back stronger. And it’s got to come from the grassroots level. It’s gotta come from the filmmakers themselves.” 

“And you’ll have, you know, the Safdie brothers, and you’ll have Chris Nolan, you know what I mean? And hit ’em from all sides. Hit ’em from all sides, and don’t give up. Let’s see what you got. Go out there and do it. Go reinvent. Don’t complain about it. But it’s true because we’ve got to save cinema.”

After Martin’s comments were picked up by the media, Joe made a TikTok reaction video that has now gone viral. In the original clip, Martin is seen asking his dog named Oscar to “show me sadness.”

Francesca, posted a TikTok this month in which Scorsese playfully directs his dog, Oscar. Russo responded by posting a video in which he tells Scorsese they share the same muse. The camera pans out to reveal Russo is holding his own dog, whom he jokingly calls “Box Office.”

“Aw look, he’s got a schnauzer! I love schnauzers. And his name is Oscar. That’s really cute,” Russo says in his video replying to the Scorsese TikTok. Russo then addresses his own dog: “Ok come on, Box Office.”