Journalist Justin Kroll, from the Deadline website (and not just any blog), made a bombshell revelation for Marvel fans by participating in the podcast “The Town”, which aired on Friday (2/9).
He revealed that Yelena Belova, the new Black Widow played by Florence Pugh, will lead the Thunderbolts team, the group whose film was confirmed in July, during this year’s International Comic-Con.
Speaking of Pugh’s career, the reporter said he plays a “Marvel superhero who has already confirmed a spin-off” and said his next film is “Thunderbolts”.
Describing the film as “basically Marvel’s Suicide Squad,” Kroll explained: “The concept is that she would lead a team with the [Agente Americano] by Wyatt Russell and Zemo by Daniel Bruhl. These anti-heroes who aren’t exactly good but aren’t exactly bad. Then that’s it. And people seem to like the character of Yelena. “
If the information is confirmed, it is a change in the leadership of the group, which in the comics was formed by Zemo. But this is by no means unexpected, given that the current theory is that the anti-heroes are reunited by Countess Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfuss), who has already recruited Yelena and the American agent in the film “Black Widow”. “and in the series” The Hawk and the Winter Soldier. “Zemo was seen in this same series.
In the comics, the group presents themselves as superheroes, but in reality they are made up of supervillains, in disguise who hide their true identities.
Among other characters, the Thunderbolts rotating lineup has hosted Absorbing Man, Crossbones, Bullseye, Ghost, Venom, Swordsman, Radioactive Man, Taskmaster, Batroc, Moon Serpent and some ambivalent superheroes, such as the aforementioned Black Widow, Winter Soldier, Occhio by Falco, Luke Cage, Moon Knight, Punisher, Ghost Rider, Elektra, Deadpool and members of the Inhumans – among many others. The vast majority of these characters have already appeared in live-action in the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe).
Speaking of which, there is a strong rumor that the film will mark the return of Jon Bernthal as the Punisher, following the cancellation of his series on Netflix.
“Thunderbolts” already has a script, which was signed by Eric Pearson, screenwriter of “Black Widow”, and will be directed by Jake Schreier, “Frank and the Robot” (2012), “Paper Towns” (2015) and music video by Benny Blanco, Justin Bieber and Chance the Rapper.
Filming is scheduled for only a year, in the North American summer (our winter) of 2023, but the news on the production should be revealed as early as next weekend, during the D23 Expo, the “Disneyland Comic Con”.
Source: Terra
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