Marvel confirmed the casting of “Thunderbolts” during D23, Disney’s annual convention.
In an announcement made by the head of the studio, Kevin Feige, on the stage at the event this Saturday (9/10), it was revealed that the film will bring together several famous characters from the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe, as in the role of the new Black Widow Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh).), Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan), Red Guardian (David Harbor), US Agent (Wyatt Russell), Ghost (Hannah John Kamen), Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko) and Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis Dreyfus ).
The reveal of Stan and Harbor, in particular, sparked a huge reaction in the auditorium, but no bigger than the name Pugh – absent while he was shooting the sequel to “Dune” in Hungary, which uploaded a video to greet the audience. .
“That says a lot about the team when the beloved Winter Soldier is the most stable of them,” Feige joked during the announcement.
Jake Schreier (“City of Paper”) is the director responsible for the film.
In the comics, the group was formed by Baron Zemo, who was not announced at D23. But this is by no means unexpected, given that the current theory was that the anti-heroes were brought together by Allegra de Fontaine, who recruited Yelena and the American agent in the movie “Black Widow” and the series “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”. Either way, Zemo was seen in this same series.
Originally, the group presented themselves as superheroes, but were actually made up of supervillains, in disguise who hid their true identities.
Among other characters, the Thunderbolts rotating lineup has hosted Absorbing Man, Crossbones, Bullseye, Ghost, Venom, Swordsman, Radioactive Man, Taskmaster, Batroc, Moondragon and some ambivalent superheroes such as Widow Black, Winter Soldier, Hawkeye, 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).
The film, however, is expected to present the group as a team of anti-heroes recruited to work for the US government or some seemingly benevolent secret organization.
“Thunderbolts” was written by Eric Pearson, screenwriter of “Black Widow”, and will be directed by Jake Schreier, of “Frank and the Robot” (2012), “Paper Towns” (2015) and music videos by Benny Blanco, Justin Bieber and Chance the rapper.
The premiere was scheduled for July 25, 2024 in Brazil, one day before the US release.
Sebastian Stan returns as the Winter Soldier and joins the #lightning to # D23Expo pic.twitter.com/lndbeLeapx
– The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) September 10, 2022
of wonder #lightning were announced at # D23Expo – Julia Louis-Dreyfus, David Harbor, Hannah John-Kamen, Wyatt Russell, Olga Kurylenko, Florence Pugh and … pic.twitter.com/mBz4gE9gRB
– The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) September 10, 2022
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