When Marvel Studios first introduced Thunderbolts* at 2022’s San Diego Comedian-Con as a part of its formidable lineup for Part 5 and 6 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise, the film didn’t but have that odd asterisk in the title. It didn’t include many particulars, both, aside from a July 26, 2024 launch date that shifted together with many different MCU initiatives in the wake of the 2023 WGA strike.
In the wake of the Thunderbolts* phase of 2024’s San Diego Comedian-Con, we don’t know rather more! The asterisk continues to be a thriller: Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige said at a CinemaCon appearance, “we won’t talk more about that until after the movie comes out,” and confirmed it once more at Comedian-Con.
However as the core forged of Thunderbolts* took the stage, the Corridor H viewers was handled to a teaser wherein all their characters got here underneath fireplace from a mysterious foe who, in response to Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova, needs all of them lifeless.
Historically in Marvel Comics, the Thunderbolts are a team-up of second-string villains or anti-heroes, although their membership and motives fluctuate considerably relying which iteration you’re speaking about. The MCU group is constructed of not-exactly-always-good characters launched in earlier movies in the franchise: Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen, of Ant-Man and the Wasp), Pink Guardian (David Harbour, Black Widow), the Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan, the Captain America motion pictures), U.S. Agent, aka John Walker (Wyatt Russell, Falcon and the Winter Soldier), and Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko, Black Widow). Pugh’s Yelena, from Black Widow and Hawkeye, leads the group, with slimy mastermind Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Falcon and the Winter Soldier) behind the scenes.
Who may need all these people lifeless? What may these people do to remain alive? And what the heck is that asterisk about in spite of everything? We’ll have to attend for the theatrical debut of Thunderbolts* on Might 2, 2025, as the last film in the MCU’s Part 5.
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