Thunderbolts*

[SHIELD Agent 47]

Thunderbolts* is currently scheduled for theatrical release in May 2025.

Apparently, the asterisk in the title is supposed to be significant to something. We will just have to see.

 

[Fero McPigletron]

Hope it's awesome. Hope they don't kill each other.

 

[LBD "Nytetrayn"]

Hope it's awesome. Hope they don't kill each other.

A squad like this? That would practically be suicide!

 

[Dekafox]

I'm guessing this is based on some modern version of Thunderbolts? Because it seems to have very little in common with the original version of them from what I can tell - the originals were public from the start under their new identities(and it was originally all a plot by Baron Nemo that the others end up rebelling against), while this looks to be doing the exact opposite of all that.

 

[Steevy Maximus]

I'm guessing this is based on some modern version of Thunderbolts? Because it seems to have very little in common with the original version of them from what I can tell - the originals were public from the start under their new identities(and it was originally all a plot by Baron Nemo that the others end up rebelling against), while this looks to be doing the exact opposite of all that.

From a wiki dive I did a while back, it seems like the concept DID evolve from the “villains masquerading as heroes” to “Villain reform group” to a pseudo Suicide Squad concept.

And yeah, this feels like a more modern interpretation of the group.

 

[TM2-Megatron]

David Harbor and Florence Pugh were the best things about the Black Widow film, so if only to see their return I'm very much looking forward to this.

 

[LBD "Nytetrayn"]

I am sad that Songbird isn't in this.

Honestly, I'd rather have the OG lineup than a bunch of one-offs from other MCU TV shows and movies that mostly happened to wind up under the banner at some point or another.

I wonder if this is how Guardians of the Galaxy fans felt when that movie's roster was revealed.

 

[Fero McPigletron]

I rather liked Songbird from the original Thunderbolts comics but I don't think modern Avengers writers think to include her in the team, which is a shame.

From the six, only Taskmistress and Ghost need personality. Bucky and USAgent have their patriotic whatever to go on and White Widow and Red Guardian have a parent daughter thing to go on.

But I'll totally hate it if Bob takes over the story. I found his original comic and even theme to be boring. Paul Jenkins writer? Why couldn't it have been a Zero gambit?

 

[Destron D-69]

Bob having a 6 finger AI hand in the poster shows how much effort they're putting into this. So I'm out. Not that I wasn't already unenthusiastic about the z-list squad movie.

Madam Hydra playing the part of Amanda Waller. Bucky and Us Agent as Rick Flag and Peacemaker ... Black widow 2 as the snarky blonde ... it's nearly a 1-1 Suicide squad swap out.

the best I can hope from this movie is Gaia from Secret Invasion shows up and Bob's evil side kills her - thus resetting the power scales of the mcu and getting rid of that silly mistake...

 

[M. Virion]

Bob having a 6 finger AI hand in the poster shows how much effort they're putting into this.

He doesn't, though. He has five fingers, it's just cropped in a way that makes it look weird.

Count fingertips. It's weird perspective but I don't think it's AI.

 

[TM2-Megatron]

Bob having a 6 finger AI hand in the poster shows how much effort they're putting into this.

Maybe that's a good thing.... it could mean the studio will keep their paws off it, not cause 50 reshoots and end up creating a convoluted mess that cost 3x what it should have, as has happened all too many times recently.

If they can keep it simple, fun and the budget low, this should be a guaranteed success.

 

[Destron D-69]

apparently the running theory now is that it isn't AI, its just bad photoshop work.

 

[SHIELD Agent 47]

 

[Destron D-69]

so all the big theories about the * ...and it is just a joke that none of them want to be called that because Red Guardian came up with it...

wow

 

[M. Virion]

I, personally, think it's a misdirect.

I think Val tries to call them the Avengers, (Bucky's "We can't call ourselves that!" line and Val's "Good optics"line.)

I do think they probably don't like the Thunderbolts name, but no one comes up with anything better in the movie.