'Thunderbolts' trailer: Watch Marvel's messiest misfits in action
What's the story
Marvel Studios unveiled a new trailer for its upcoming film, Thunderbolts, during the Super Bowl 2025 on Sunday (US time). This is the first footage released since a special sneak peek was shown at D23 Brazil in November. The film is described as an "irreverent team-up" of Marvel Cinematic Universe's (MCU) "least anticipated band of misfits." It features characters from various MCU movies and series like Ant-Man and the Wasp, Black Widow, and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
Cast details
'Thunderbolts' cast and characters: A closer look
Directed by Paper Towns's Jake Schreier, the film features Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, a "depressed assassin" who returns to the screen with an anti-team of anti-heroes. The team works under CIA Director Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus). Other Thunderbolts include Bucky Barnes/the Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan), Red Guardian (David Harbour), John Walker/US Agent (Wyatt Russell), Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko), Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), and Robert "Bob" Reynolds/the Sentry (Lewis Pullman).
Cast insights
'Thunderbolts' cast shared insights on their characters
In an interview with ComicBook at San Diego Comic-Con, Harbour described his character as not being "the good guys." "We are not capable. [We're not] Captain America responsible. We don't show up on time. Punctuality is not our strong suit," he said. Stan, however, likened the anti-Avengers to another group: the brat pack of the 1985 John Hughes classic The Breakfast Club in a chat with Entertainment Tonight.
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'Thunderbolts' production team and release date
Thunderbolts is produced by Kevin Feige with Louis D'Esposito, Brian Chapek, Jason Tamez, and Scarlett Johansson as executive producers. The script was written by Eric Pearson and also credits Lee Sung Jin and Joanna Calo. The film will hit theaters on May 2.
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