Movie Thunderbolts* (2025)

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Marvel just announced Thunderbolts at SDCC 2022.

The Thunderbolts are Marvel's equivalent of DC's Suicide Squad / Task Force X: a team of supervillains trying to find redemption or early release.

The film will be released on Friday, July 26, 2024 Friday, December 20, 2024 Friday, May 2, 2025, following Captain America 4: New World Order and preceding Fantastic Four Blade Fantastic Four.

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The Hollywood Reporter: Thunderbolts will be directed by Jake Schreier (previously known for directing Paper Towns)

 

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SlashFilm: Marvel Recruits Harrison Ford to Replace the Late William Hurt as Thunderbolt Ross

 

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Thunderbolts roster revealed at D23:

- Valentina Allegra de Fontaine / la Contessa (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), boss/handler
- Ava Starr / Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen)
- Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian (David Harbour)
- Yelena Belova / Black Widow (Florence Pugh), field leader
- Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan)
- John Walker / US Agent (Wyatt Russell)
- Antonia Dreykov / Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko)

 

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Delayed half a year to Friday, December 20, 2024 by writers' strike.

 

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Release date changed to Friday, May 2, 2025.

 

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Kevin Feige announces the official title is now Thunderbolts*, with an asterisk. He won't explain the meaning of the asterisk, but online fan speculation is that the film is really Dark Avengers. The release date of May 5, 2025 in the logo below may be an error, as that is a Monday, which is usually not used as a release date.