Summary
Marvel Studios debuts the first look atThunderboltswith footage exclusive toSan Diego Comic-Con, setting up the next major team in theMarvel Cinematic Universe. While the Avengers are slowly making a comeback inthe MCU timeline, a new team is about to get their due on the big screen in 2025. After multiple setups in Phases 4 and 5, theThunderboltsfilmis on its way, which will tackle one of Marvel Comics' darker team-ups in the MCU.
For this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel Studios took the stage at Hall H to headline several of their next films, including theThunderboltsmovie.Screen Rantwas present for the presentation, where new footage was revealed forThunderbolts, showcasing the following:
Yelena finds Alexei at a rundown apartment, where she asks him how his life has been. We see Bucky at congress, and US Agent with a kid at home, reading an article about him titled “Fall of a Hero.” The next sequence is her infiltrating a facility, where she meets US Agent and Ghost. They all fight and then they meet Pullman’s Bob. The footage contains lots of action after that, with Valentina putting them together towards the end.
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Based on the firstThunderboltsfootage that was previewed at San Diego Comic-Con, the story will definitely explore these characters at a vulnerable point after everything they have been through in their respective projects. While time will tell if this is how Valentina is operating, it wouldn’t come as a shock if she is taking advantage of them at their lowest points as she puts this team together. A big highlight from theThunderboltspresentation is how they are definitely trying to keep the Sentry aspect a mystery, despite it largely being known that is who Lewis Pullman is playing.
SinceThunderboltswas announced as in development, it has been described as the MCU’s version of DC’s Suicide Squad, and there are definitely a lot of similarities between the two teams. TheThunderboltsfootage from San Diego Comic-Con highlights that even further, with these individuals' complex place in the world only getting trickier. That is why the creation of this team will be fascinating to follow in theThunderbolts*film, as these are morally gray characters now being put to use by a power player like Valentina.
What will be interesting about how they marketThunderboltslater this year and throughout 2025 is how dark this film will actually be. IfThunderboltsoperates on a similar concept to the Suicide Squad, chances are high that some of these characters will not survive by the end of the film. Hopefully, Marvel Studios will releaseThunderbolts*footage to the public sooner rather than later.
Thunderbolts*
Cast
Thunderbolts follows seven disillusioned individuals who find themselves trapped in a perilous situation. Tasked with a daunting mission, they must face the most shadowy aspects of their histories to survive and achieve their goals.
