“Thunderbolts”: Marvel’s Wild Card Mixes Antiheroes and Indie Talent From A24 & More

Recently, Florence Pugh, one of the stars of Marvel’s upcoming antihero epic Thunderbolts, said the Marvel Cinematic Universe installment was very unlike your average MCU addition. In fact, Pugh told Empire that Thunderbolts feels much more like an indie film.

“It ended up becoming this quite badass indie, A24-feeling assassin movie with Marvel superheroes,” Pugh told Empire. 

This isn’t just one of the film’s marquee names trying to give her movie an edge at the box office.

The Bad Guys Assemble in Meaty “Thunderbolts” Super Bowl Trailer

Marvel’s antiheroes unleashed a new trailer during Sunday night’s Super Bowl (in which the Philadelphia Eagles decimated the Kansas City Chiefs). The Super Bowl trailer for Marvel’s Thunderbolts is set to Starship’s “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now,” with Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova/Black Widow feeling a lot less confident then we’ve seen her in the past. In fact, she needs her fellow ‘Bolts to give her a pep talk and get her head back in the game.

Super Bowl Trailers: Marvel’s “Thunderbolts,” “Jurassic World: Rebirth” and Tom Cruise’s Latest “Mission: Impossible” Expected

The Super Bowl is the most-watched television broadcast in the United States every year. In 2024, the Kansas City Chiefs clash with the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII (58 for the Roman numeral illiterate) drew an average of 123.7 million viewers across linear and streaming services in the U.S. alone. The big game is also broadcast in over 130 countries in more than 30 languages worldwide, and it functions not just as the year’s biggest TV draw but as a bonafide cultural event that includes a raucous halftime show with a rotating cast of musical icons.

Marvel Reveals First “Thunderbolts” Trailer Unleashes the Bad Guys on the Worse Guys

We now have our first peek at Marvel Studios’ upcoming antihero team-up movie Thunderbolts.

The trailer opens with a family reunion—former Black Widow and all-around butt-kicker Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) arrives at the door of her father, Alexia Shostakov (David Harbour), better known as the Red Guardian. The last time we saw these two together was in Black Widow, the one and only stand-alone movie for Scarlett Johansson’s Avenger and former Black Widow herself,

Florence Pugh Plays By Her Own Rules in Set Video From Marvel’s “Thunderbolts”

Florence Pugh was very much in character as the Black Widow Yelena Belova when she broke the rules (lightly, and with panache) to show us a bit of the set for Marvel Studios’ upcoming antihero team-up movie Thunderbolts.

Pugh is reprising the role that she first took on in the MCU’s standalone Black Widow, playing Scarlett Johansson’s estranged sister, and then later in Marvel’s Disney+ series Hawkeye. Pugh was in wardrobe as Yelena during the impromptu set tour,

Marvel Studios’ “Thunderbolts” Eyeing “Top Gun: Maverick” Star Lewis Pullman for Big Role

From the cockpit of Top Gun: Maverick and the laboratories in Lessons in Chemistry to the Marvel Cinematic Universe—Lewis Pullman is having quite the ride.

The rising star is now Marvel Studios’ top choice to replace Steven Yeun in the role of the antihero Sentry in their upcoming antihero film Thunderbolts. Pullman would be joining a starry cast that includes Florence Pugh, reprising her role as the Black Widow Yelena Belova,

Steven Yeun Joins the Cast of Marvel’s “Thunderbolts”

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has just nabbed another Oscar-nominee.

Steven Yeun will join the antihero epic Thunderbolts for Marvel Studios, The Hollywood Reporter scoops, in a juicy yet unspecified role. Yeun was nominated for an Oscar for his outstanding work in writer/director Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari, played a key role in Jordan Peele’s sci-fi horror Nope, and will star in Parasite director Bong Joon Ho’s upcoming sci-fi film Mickey 7. 

Marvel’s “Thunderbolts” Gets Boost With Addition of “The Bear” Star Ayo Edebiri

Marvel Studios just added an ace actor to their ever-expanding universe. Ayo Edebiri, who broke out with her fantastic performance in Hulu’s critically acclaimed The Bear, is now entering the Marvel Cinematic Universe in one of the biggest and most mysterious of their upcoming films.

The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that Edebiri will join Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, and more in Thunderbolts, which is centered on a team of antiheroes and otherwise less-than-noble Marvel characters as they’re tasked with facing down a grave threat.

David Harbour Teases Marvel’s Mysterious Phase 5 Capper “Thunderbolts”

David Harbour is set to return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the Red Guardian, so the man knows what he’s talking about when he starts dishing on one of the most mysterious upcoming MCU films.

Harbour is reprising his lovable Soviet antihero from Black Widow for Thunderbolts, the mysterious Phase 5 capper that Kevin Feige teased during San Diego Comic-Con 2022. The film will be Marvel’s version of The Suicide Squad, 

Marvel’s Top-Secret “Thunderbolts” Movie Picks Jake Schreier to Direct

Deadline has a big scoop from the Marvel Cinematic Universe—Marvel Studios’ top-secret Thunderbolts movie now has a director. Jake Schreier, helmer of the 2013 Sundance hit Robot & Frank and 2015’s Paper Towns has been chosen to lead what could be a massive team-up movie, think Avengers only the central characters are villains (or at least antiheroes). Schreier is also a prolific music video director for stars like Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar,