On September 10, 2022, at D23 Expo 2022, Kevin Feige announced that David Harbour, Hannah John-Kamen, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Sebastian Stan, Wyatt Russell, and Olga Kurylenko would be reprising their roles as Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian, Ava Starr/Ghost, Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier, John ...
From left to right, the team consists of Valentina, Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), Red Guardian (David Harbour), Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan), U.S. Agent (Wyatt Russell), and Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko).
Yelena, Winter Soldier, Ghost, U.S.Agent, Red Guardian and Taskmaster are teaming up. Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts will arrive in theaters on July 25, 2025.
With his allies defecting, Iron Man assembled a Thunderbolts unit to capture Captain America's secret Avengers. The unit was formed by Songbird, Radioactive Man, Atlas, Venom, Bullseye, Taskmaster, Lady Deathstrike, Jack O'Lantern, the Jester, and the U-Foes.
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Who is the bad guy in Thunderbolts?
Baron Helmut Zemo's Thunderbolts. The Thunderbolts' true identities as the Masters of Evil are revealed. Art by Mark Bagley. Baron Helmut Zemo summoned several of his former allies from the prior incarnations of the Masters of Evil during a rescue attempt of Goliath (the former bodyguard to Baron Heinrich Zemo).
Veteran super hero Hawkeye, who was sympathetic to the Thunderbolts because of his own outlaw past-quit the Avengers and joined the Thunderbolts as their new leader, enhancing the team's reputation, morale and fighting skills.
Robert Downey Jr. confirmed that Iron Man 4 is indeed in the works. While negotiations continue for his return, this would mark his 7th appearance in a standalone Marvel movie and his 9th outing as Tony Stark in total.
Summary. Marvel's Thunderbolts may become the Avengers' replacement in Phase 5, paying off origins from 15 years ago and featuring a new government-backed team of not-quite-heroes seeking redemption.
Further confirming this is his inclusion in the upcoming team Thunderbolts, where he will be joining forces with other reformed villains like Ghost and Taskmaster, and ahead of the release of Thunderbolts, Marvel has subtly and secretly solved a major Winter Soldier plot hole about his superhero status.
Under villains like Norman Osborn, Wilson Fisk, and Baron Zemo, the Thunderbolts were another way for their villainous leaders to carry out their plans. But under Hawkeye, Luke Cage, and even the Red Hulk, the Thunderbolts were a force for good, even with some harsh methods.
The most recent Ghost Rider is part of the Avengers. Robbie Reyes joined when Jason Aaron took over writing duties on the Avengers and is fighting along side them in the War of the Realms.
Ghost Rider could be coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the near future, as a new reveal makes the character's MCU reboot way more likely. There are multiple versions of Ghost Rider, going from Johnny Blaze to Danny Ketch to even Frank Castle, the Punisher himself, and more.
Months after recovering from his terrifying accident, Jeremy Renner has given an upbeat update about his future on screen. Renner is best known to a whole generation for his work as Clint Barton/Hawkeye in the Marvel Studios films and his own Disney+ series.
Will Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye) return in any Marvel movie? In one of the Age of Ultron interviews, Jeremy Renner confirmed that he will be returning for Civil War. So Yes, he will be returning for sure. Plus who knows, Marvel might give him his own movie!
Yelena and Red Guardian will return in Thunderbolts as part of the team, which also seems to include U.S. Agent, Taskmaster, Ghost, and Bucky Barnes. On the BoxLunch Holiday Gala red carpet, Screen Rant exclusively spoke with David Harbour about Thunderbolts.
Instead, he's debuting in 2025's Thunderbolts, appearing alongside familiar MCU faces like Sebastian Stan's Bucky Barnes, Florence Pugh's Yelena Belova and David Harbour's Red Guardian. At this early stage, it's not clear what exact role The Sentry will play in Thunderbolts.
The Thunderbolts comic book was renamed Dark Avengers beginning with issue #175, but the creative team remained unchanged. Dark Avengers ended with issue #190.
This band of antiheroes are represented by the Suicide Squad in the DC universe and the Thunderbolts in Marvel. With the DCEU already incorporating two Suicide Squad films into its storyline, the MCU is stepping up in 2024 to bring their own antihero squad with the Thunderbolts film.
While Thunderbolts is not officially a Black Widow sequel, I think the concept art alone heavily hints it might as well be. The most obvious evidence is the number of Black Widow characters on the team.
