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India Today
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- India Today
Thunderbolts twist revealed: Marvel confirms team is the New Avengers
Marvel Studios didn't wait long to drop a major twist from Thunderbolts - barely days after its release. The much-speculated asterisk in the film's title finally makes sense. In a post-credits scene, it's revealed that the Thunderbolts team is, in fact, the New Avengers. Though the reveal serves as a climactic surprise, Marvel's marketing — including a new teaser from Marvel Studios Singapore — openly spoils the twist to build further Pugh Unveils New Avengers PosterIn a newly released promotional video, the cast of Thunderbolts presents a fresh poster, with actress Florence Pugh dramatically tearing off the original 'Thunderbolts*' logo to reveal the phrase '*The New Avengers.' The moment has been widely shared across social media, reinforcing the studio's strategy to shift audience focus toward the franchise's seen the asterisk everywhere. Now it's time to watch the reveal in cinemas. Marvel Studios' #ThunderboltsSG is in cinemas now. Get your tickets here: #TheNewAvengers Marvel Studios Singapore (@MarvelSingapore) May 5, 2025 A Shift in the MCU NarrativeAccording to Newsweek, the twist connects to a broader theme in recent Marvel titles, particularly Captain America: Brave New World, which centers around the Avengers' absence. With this new team stepping up to fill the void, fans are left questioning how legacy heroes like Thor, Hulk, or even the current Captain America (Anthony Mackie) might respond to this unofficial replacement. Could this development be setting the stage for a showdown in Avengers: Doomsday or Secret Wars?advertisementComic Book Roots Behind the ConceptThe reveal also echoes the original comic book storyline, where the Thunderbolts were a group of villains posing as heroes during a time when the Avengers were missing. In both versions, the public's demand for heroes provides the perfect cover for a new team to Box Office DebutDespite the spoiler, Thunderbolts opened strong, earning $76 million domestically and $162 million worldwide in its opening weekend. With a reported production budget of $180 million, the film appears to be on solid financial Ensemble CastDirected by Jake Schreier, Thunderbolts features a powerhouse cast including Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Wyatt Russell, Hannah John-Kamen, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. The film is currently playing in Read: Netflix star Millena Brando dies at 11 after mysterious illness in BrazilTrending Reel
Newsweek
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
Marvel Releases New Avengers Teaser
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors WARNING! This article contains spoilers for "Thunderbolts*". If you've seen "Thunderbolts*" then you know the post-credits scenes finally reveal the meaning behind the mysterious "*" in the title. You learn that, rather than the Thunderbolts, the team you've been cheering on the entire time is in fact the New Avengers. Even though the film has only been out for one weekend, Marvel is already doing everything it can in the marketing to spoil this part of the movie, including new teaser for the film just released by Marvel Studios Singapore. You can watch the new video below. You've seen the asterisk everywhere. Now it's time to watch the reveal in cinemas. Marvel Studios' #ThunderboltsSG is in cinemas now. Get your tickets here: #TheNewAvengers — Marvel Studios Singapore (@MarvelSingapore) May 5, 2025 Read More: Colin Farrell DC Movie Canceled That's not all. Marvel Studios also released a video of the cast unveiling a new poster for the movie, with Florence Pugh tearing off "Thunderbolts*" to reveal "*The New Avengers". You can see that video below. The cast of 'THUNDERBOLTS*' revealing the film's actual title 'THE NEW AVENGERS' Read our review: — DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) May 5, 2025 From left to right: David Harbour as Red Guardian, Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost, Sebastian Stan as the Winter Soldier, and Wyatt Russell as USAgent in Thunderbolts* From left to right: David Harbour as Red Guardian, Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost, Sebastian Stan as the Winter Soldier, and Wyatt Russell as USAgent in Thunderbolts* DISNEY It makes sense considering an ongoing theme in both "Captain America: Brave New World" and "Thunderbolts*" is the absence of the Avengers, though there are a lot of questions that this raises. For example, considering he was ready to form his own heroic team of Avengers, exactly how is Captain America (Anthony Mackie) going to feel about this new team of Avengers forming without him? How would the rest of the surviving Avengers feel about this, like Thor and the Hulk? Is this setting up some kind of clash between old Avengers and new in "Avengers: Doomsday" and/or "Avengers: Secret Wars"? That the MCU Thunderbolts should become the New Avengers is also somewhat fitting considering it was also an absence of Avengers that helped the concept blossom in the source material. During a time when most of the Avengers and the Fantastic Four are believed dead, a group of supervillains rebrands themselves as heroes and become the first Thunderbolts. The fact that the Avengers are gone helps the villains gain the public's trust. "Thunderbolts*" is off to a promising start. The film took in $76 million domestically over the weekend and $162 million globally. The Marvel film had a production budget of $180 million. "Thunderbolts*" is playing in theaters now. The film is directed by Jake Schreier and stars Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Wyatt Russell, Olga Kurylenko, Lewis Pullman, Geraldine Viswanathan, Chris Bauer, Wendell Edward Price, Hannah John-Kamen, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. More Comics: 'Superman' Releases New Look at Classic DC Superhero Blade Reboot Costume Designer Confirms Wildest Theory About Failed Film
