Marvel film Thunderbolts receives huge name change after release as it rebrands to The New Avengers
Thunderbolts* arrived in cinemas last Friday and appeared to finally buck the trend of critical flops for Marvel after it scored glowing reviews, with many labelling it a 'return to form' for the franchise.
Now, Marvel has revealed it's made the decision to change the name of the film from Thunderbolts to The New Avengers, with immediate effect.
*Warning, spoilers to follow*
At the end of Thunderbolts*, CIA director Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) announced the group's rebrand as The New Avengers. A graphic on screen after the film's post-credits scene then informs cinemagoers that 'The New Avengers will return'.
Now, the asterisk by the name of the movie has finally been explained, and posters and promotional material around the world have had their name altered.
While many fans have celebrated the change, some have criticised Marvel for essentially spoiling the movie for all the fans who haven't had the chance to see it in cinemas yet.
'Isn't this a spoiler??? They should have probably waited like a week before doing that,' ranted one fan on Twitter.
A second remarked: 'Advertising a movie you want people to watch using a different name, and one that spoils the movie? Seems like a mistake.'
'Um … spoilers? I've seen the movie but this is just desperation – why would you ruin it for everyone like that?' added a third.
The New Avengers features Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), Red Guardian (David Harbour), Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), The Sentry (Lewis Pullman), Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen)
and U.S. Agent (Wyatt Russell).
In the comics, the New Avengers were first introduced 2004. They made their debut in the aftermath of a major tragedy in Marvel's Avengers: Disassembled comic, where a mentally ill Scarlet Witch loses control of her powers and kills several members of her team.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Perth Now
3 hours ago
- Perth Now
Avengers: Doomsday gets update from Captain America star Anthony Mackie
Anthony Mackie has revealed the Avengers: Doomsday cast are still 'in the midst of it' and production is 'going well'. The 46-year-old actor is set to wield the shield as Captain America once again for the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) blockbuster, and Mackie has now stressed that work on Avengers: Doomsday is ongoing. When Screen Rant asked the 8 Mile actor if Avengers: Doomsday was close to wrapping production, he said: 'No. Hell no. No, we are in the midst of it. 'I mean, it's such a big, moving set piece, and it's such a big story. The best part of shooting a Marvel movie is that it's always an ever-evolving canvas. There are those staple pieces, and then there are the pieces that circulate throughout the course of the shoot. 'So, we're in the midst of it, but it's going well.' Mackie also teased his Captain America would still be 'butting heads' with Sebastian Stan's James 'Bucky' Barnes in Avengers: Doomsday. He said: 'I talked to Sebastian yesterday. We're still butting heads. All we do is fight!' Avengers: Doomsday - which is due to hit screens on December 18, 2026 - will star Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Tom Hiddleston as Loki, Paul Rudd as Ant-Man, Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, Wyatt Russell as U.S. Agent and Lewis Pullman as Sentry. The Fantastic Four will also play a big role in Avengers: Doomsday, with Pedro Pascal's Mr. Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby's Invisible Woman, Joseph Quinn's Human Torch and Ebon Moss-Bachrach's The Thing all confirmed to be returning for the movie. As well as the Avengers and the Fantastic Four, Avengers: Doomsday will see the return of many major X-Men stars, including Sir Patrick Stewart's Professor X, James Marsden's Cyclops, Rebecca Romijn's Mystique, Kelsey Grammer's Beast, Alan Cumming's Nightcrawler and Channing Tatum's Gambit. Although exact plot points about Avengers: Doomsday are unknown, the movie will likely follow the Avengers, the New Avengers, the Fantastic Four and the X-Men as they desperately try to stop Doctor Doom (Robert Downey Jr.) from carrying out his catastrophic plans for the Multiverse. Mackie - who most recently starred as the Star-Spangled Man in Captain America: Brave New World - teased Avengers: Doomsday would see 'a chaotic destruction of the world'. He told Extra: 'From my movie, we went out building on top of that to this just being a chaotic destruction of the world.' The actor also said Avengers: Doomsday - which is being directed by Joe and Anthony Russo - would be 'carrying over' the poignancy and depth of the last moments from 2019's Avengers: Endgame, in which Iron Man (Downey Jr.) sacrifices himself to save the universe, and Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) finally gets to lay down the shield and grow old with Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell). He explained: 'When you look at the Marvel characters in the universe that we've created, there's an idealistic nature of the type of story you want and the type of you want coming from those films. 'I've said it before and I'll say it again, that last moment in Endgame was probably one of the most poignantly realistic moments in film history. That was a true Marvel moment. 'I don't think any other studio, any other directors, any other group of actors could have contextually put that moment together and made it that real. 'That being said, I think this is a lot of carrying over, feel, and depth of that moment coming into the new universe.'
Courier-Mail
17 hours ago
- Courier-Mail
Batman and Rambo star dies aged 60 after being pulled from sea and collapsing on beach
Don't miss out on the headlines from Celebrity Life. Followed categories will be added to My News. Alon Aboutboul, an Israeli actor who starred in The Dark Knight Rises and Rambo III, has died aged 60. The star was found dead on HaBonim Beach in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Tuesday morning after collapsing in front of tourists following a morning swim, according to local news. Aboutboul played Dr Pavel in the final instalment of Christopher Nolan's epic Batman trilogy. Pavel was a Russian nuclear physicist who the fearsome Bane was after and eventually kidnapped from a CIA plane during the thrilling open scene, per The Sun. Aboutboul at the Snowfall premiere in LA in 2018. Picture:As Dr Pavel in The Dark Knight Rises. Bane, played by Tom Hardy, prepares to jump out of the jet holding Pavel and delivers the memorable line: 'Calm down, doctor. Now is not the time for fear. That comes later'. Aboutboul also played a soldier in Steven Spielberg's Munich – the 2005 telling of how Mossad struck back following the 1972 Olympics massacre. The actor had more recently starred in 25 episodes of the hit TV show Snowfall alongside F1 star Damson Idris. He tragically died after collapsing on the beach. Picture:He had also appeared in Body of Lies, NCIS Los Angeles, SVU and Homeland. Israeli culture and sport minister Miki Zohar posted a tribute to Aboutboul on X saying it was 'deeply painful' to hear the news of his death. 'Last night I watched an interview with him, where he talked about filming a movie he recently participated in, and the passion for the profession that radiated from him was evident even after so many years in the field. 'Alon was an Ophir Award and Television Academy Award winner and over the years portrayed a wide range of characters to which he brought depth and emotion, leaving a deep mark on Israeli culture. May his memory be blessed.' He is survived by a wife and four children. HaBonim is considered to be one of the most rugged and beautiful beaches in Israel and part of the strip is a nature reserve. This article originally appeared in The Sun and was reproduced with permission. Originally published as Batman and Rambo star dies aged 60 after being pulled from sea and collapsing on beach
Perth Now
18 hours ago
- Perth Now
Vanessa Kirby admits to being a Sue Storm 'nerd'
Vanessa Kirby is a Sue Storm "nerd". The 37-year-old actress plays Sue in The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and she's admitted to being obsessed with the character. Vanessa - who stars in the new Marvel movie alongside Pedro Pascal, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph Quinn - told Variety: "I'm such a Sue nerd. "There was something so allegorical about her. She was called Invisible Girl. Then Psycho-Man comes and disrupts everything, and she has a meeting with her own dark side in Malice. She comes back, and she renames herself Invisible Woman. So she transforms from a girl to a woman. "There's something about meeting the hardest parts of yourself in Malice that felt extremely poignant to me. I'm really hopeful I might be allowed to be Malice at some point for her." Vanessa is particularly keen to explore Sue's Malice incarnation. The actress shared: "I'm dying to do Malice. "She's come from a really tough background. She lost her mother in a car crash. Her dad tried to save her mother. He couldn't. He then spiralled, became an alcoholic, got locked up in prison for murdering a loan shark, and then died. Sue had to become a mother to Johnny. They were orphans. They had to fight for themselves. "What I loved about her was that she chose a path that was inherently a positive one. She chose to keep her heart open and to stay warm. The Future Foundation, for me, wasn't a noble political act, but it seemed to me that it's Sue's nature." Vanessa previously admitted that she likes to take on "challenging" roles. The movie star told TheTalks: "I really like pushing past my limits in that way — I love it. "When I read something and go, 'Uh, I don't know how I am going to do this,' then I know I should do it. I don't think it feels as challenging when you read a script and go, 'I know exactly how I am going to do this.'" Vanessa has enjoyed success on stage and screen, and she previously explained where her passion for stage acting came from. The London-born actress shared: "I always knew I wanted to act, but I had no idea how I was to go about it. "It was quite daunting feeling to know how passionate you feel about something without knowing whether you can achieve it … But my parents love theatre and my dad loves Shakespeare, so I grew up with a lot of Shakespeare stories and plays. And the love for theatre helped me in realising the power of standing up in front of people and telling stories as a group. "The audience is as important as the people on stage, so it always felt like a shared experience. With that experience I felt most connected and most alive."
