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THUNDERBOLTS Trailer (2025) Florence Pugh

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Good news for Marvel fans! The first trailer for Thunderbolts* starring Sebastian Stan and Florence Pugh is finally here. In the teaser released Monday, a group of Marvel misfits can be seen teaming up for a mission commissioned by the government. Directed by Jake Schreier, the action-adventure film is set to hit the theatres next year on May 2. Read on to find out what you need to know ahead of the release:

The first trailer for Marvel's Thunderbolt* was released Monday(YouTube)
The first trailer for Marvel's Thunderbolt* was released Monday(YouTube)

Who stars in Marvel's Thunderbolts*?
Alongside Stan, who is the Captain America franchise's mainstay, Black Widow cast members Pugh and David Harbour also star in Thunderbolts*. While Stan portrays Bucky Barnes, Pugh and Harbour play the roles of Yelena Belova and Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian, respectively.

Other lead cast members are Hannah John-Kamen as Ava Starr/ Ghost, Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, Wyatt Russell as John Walker/ US Agent, Geraldine Viswanathan as Mel: de Fontaine's assistant, Lewis Pullman as Bob / Sentry, and Olga Kurylenko as Antonia Dreykov/ Taskmaster.

Additionally, Harrison Ford is expected to make a guest appearance as Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross, the US President. Meanwhile, Laurence Fishburne and Rachel Weisz are expected to reprise their respective MCU roles as Bill Foster and Melina Vostokoff.

What is Marvel's Thunderbolts* about?
Thunderbolts* is the 36th MCU film, which revolves around a group of reformed villains who are put together by the US government to carry out covert operations. The official synopsis for the film, according to Indie Wire, reads, “Thunderbolts is about an irreverent team-up featuring depressed assassin Yelena Belova (Pugh) alongside the MCU’s least anticipated band of misfits.”

It is produced by Kevin Feige, with Louis D’Esposito, Brian Chapek, Jason Tamez, and Scarlett Johansson serving as executive producers. Based on Kurt Busiek’s comic series of the same name, Thunderbolts*'s screenplay is written by Eric Pearson, who is known for his work in Black Widow and Thor: Ragnarok, Beef creator Lee Sung Jin and Joanna Calo, co-showrunner of The Bear.
Here’s your first trailer for Marvel’s Thunderbolts, which is opening in theaters on May 2, 2025.

Pic is directed by Jake Schreier and stars Florence Pugh, Geraldine Viswanathan, Olga Kurylenko, Wyatt Russell, Lewis Pullman, David Harbour, Julia Louis-Drefus and Hannah John-Kamen.

The movie revolves around a group of villains who are sent on missions commissioned by the government.

Kevin Feige is producing. Louis D’Esposito, Brian Chapek, Jason Tamez and Scarlett Johansson serve as executive producers.

Check out the trailer above.

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Marvel released the first trailer for “Thunderbolts*,” opening in theaters on May 2, 2025.

In the upcoming superhero pic, starring “Captain America” mainstay Sebastian Stan and “Black Widow” cast members Florence Pugh and David Harbour, reformed Marvel villains are forced to team up to conduct covert operations on behalf of the U.S. government.

The “Thunderbolts*” crew also includes Olga Kurylenko (Taskmaster from “Black Widow”), Hannah John-Kamen (Ghost from “Ant-Man and the Wasp”), Wyatt Russell (John Walker from “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”) and Julia Louis-Dreyfus (as mastermind Valentina Allegra de Fontaine). “Top Gun: Maverick” star Lewis Pullman plays a mysterious character named Bob.

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“Everyone here has done bad things,” Pugh says in the trailer, brought face to face with the rest of the team. “Shadow ops, robbing government labs, contract kills. … Someone wants us gone.”

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Louis-Dreyfus, whose character is the conniving director of the CIA, says, “We’re brought up with this belief that there are good guys, and there are bad guys. But, eventually, you come to realize that there are bad guys, and there are worse guys. And nothing else.”

Based on Kurt Busiek’s comic series of the same name, “Thunderbolts*” is directed by Jake Schreier, with Kevin Feige producing. Louis D’Esposito, Brian Chapek, Jason Tamez and Scarlett Johansson serve as executive producers. The screenplay is written by Eric Pearson (“Black Widow,” “Thor: Ragnarok,” “Transformers One,” “The Fantastic Four: First Steps”), “Beef” creator Lee Sung Jin and co-showrunner of “The Bear” Joanna Calo.

Watch the trailer for “Thunderbolts*” below.

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Marvel Studios has released the first teaser trailer and poster for the upcoming feature film Thunderbolts*, uniting the MCU’s least anticipated band of misfits.

Florence Pugh returns as depressed assassin Yelena Belova, and the trailer finds her teaming up with some unlikely faces. The returning cast includes Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes, David Harbour as Red Guardian, Wyatt Russell as John Walker, Olga Kurylenko as Taskmaster, Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine. Lewis Pullman and Geraldine Viswanathan also star.

In addition to sharing the first teaser trailer, Marvel also released the first poster.

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Jake Schreier directs Thunderbolts* with Kevin Feige producing. Louis D’Esposito, Brian Chapek, Jason Tamez, and Scarlett Johansson serve as executive producers.

Marvel Studios’ Thunderbolts* opens in U.S. theaters on May 2, 2025.
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Florence Pugh is leading Marvel's next superhero team up.

On Monday, Sept. 32, Marvel Studios debuted the first teaser for Thunderbolts*, with Pugh, 28, and David Harbour reprising their Black Widow roles of Yelena Belova and Alexei Shostakov. The new film sees Yelena return to her adoptive father Alexei, feeling a sense of depression following the events of that movie and Hawkeye.

Set to the PIxies' 1988 hit "Where Is My Mind?," Thunderbolts* meets many of its leads — the movie also features Marvel characters John Walker (Wyatt Russell), Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko) and Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen) — at standstills in their lives.

By the teaser's end, audiences also get a new glimpse at Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, who was introduced Disney+'s 2021 series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Her character appears to be bringing this new team together.

An official longline for the movie describes Thunderbolts* as "an irreverent team-up featuring depressed assassin Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) alongside the MCU’s least anticipated band of misfits."

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Rounding out the cast is Sebastian Stan, making his return as the beloved Captain America character Bucky Barnes, Wyatt Russell, Olga Kurylenko and Hannah John-Kamen.

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Marvel first confirmed Thunderbolts* was in the works in 2022 and announced several members of the cast that September during D23, garnering tons of excitement from fans.

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Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko), John Walker (Wyatt Russell), Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian (David Harbour), and Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) in Marvel Studios' THUNDERBOLTS*
Hannah John-Kamen, Olga Kurylenko, Wyatt Russell, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour and Florence Pugh in Thunderbolts*. Courtesy of Marvel Studios
Pugh and Harbour teased the movie to Marvel fans at San Diego Comic-Con during the studio's presentation on July 27, where Pugh said, "the joy of watching them [this team of former villains] is that they don’t play well together.”

"The complexity of their relationship, this time around we got to go to all these different levels," Harbour added of working with Pugh again. "There’s warmth and humor…but he’s a terrible narcissist. And she’s very dedicated to killing people… I’m really proud of what we did.”

Thunderbolts* is in theaters May 2, 2025. Other MCU movies expected to release in 2025 include Captain America: Brave New World on Feb. 14 and The Fantastic Four: First Steps on July 25.
Marvel’s newest super-team, the Thunderbolts, made their San Diego Comic-Con debut on Saturday via first-look footage — and a relatively tight-lipped cast — during the MCU panel.

The entire cast joined the Hall H stage with Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige, including David Harbour in costume as Red Guardian. But his colleagues didn’t get the memo. “Oh my god, you guys didn’t dress up?,” Harbour exclaimed. “Guys! Guys! I sent that email! We all said we were going to dress up because it was Comic-Con!” Harbour quickly left to change.

While info about the movie was kept to a minimum, some select nuggets included:

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*Feige’s revelation that the group’s moniker isn’t related to Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross, saying that sometimes comic book writers just use the same names.

*Of her character, Julia Louis-Dreyfus said, “Valentina is after power, control and, I would say, just generally she wants to kick ass in the Marvel universe.”

*Wyatt Russell quipped of his controversial character John Walker, “Everyone is going to fuckin’ love me! It’s really, really, really fun to be with a group of actors that you have a good time with.”

*Sebastian Stan reflected on the emotional journey of his time in the MCU, which started with 2011’s “Captain America: The First Avenger,” saying, “It’s like having nine lives. How many are left? I’m so grateful to see everybody here.”

*Harbour got sincere about his love for his “Black Widow” co-star Florence Pugh in this movie, saying, “I want to reiterate what Wyatt said about this group of people. They’re all wonderful, but I do have a favorite. Her name is Florence Pugh. She is just electric to work with. There’s warmth and humor, but there’s also a lot of pathos.”

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*Pugh herself shouted out the stunt team on the film, saying, “I think we all like feeling cool doing stunts,” as well as, “This movie is so wonderful and bizarre, and it’s very brave and it’s because of this cast.”

After checking in with the full ensemble, exclusive first footage was played which showcased some of the stuntwork that was promised during the panel, including a fight scene between Russell’s Walker and Pugh’s Yelena, and action footage with the rest of the cast.

“Thunderbolts*” will release on May 5, 2025, as the last film of Phase Five.

“Thunderbolts*” is based on Kurt Busiek’s comic series of the same name. It follows a team of mostly reformed supervillains conducting covert operations on the U.S. government’s behalf. The group is very similar to the DC Universe’s “Suicide Squad,” a team of bad guys working for a shady organization to commute their prison sentences or face grisly deaths. However, Marvel’s version is PG-13 (as opposed to the hard R rating of James Gunn’s 2021 “Suicide Squad”) and is led by Stan’s Winter Soldier, a reformed villain turned fan-favorite hero.

In addition to Stan, the “Thunderbolts*” crew includes “Black Widow” cast members Pugh, Harbour and Olga Kurylenko — who play Yelena Belova, Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian and Taskmaster. Joining them are Hannah John-Kamen (Ghost from “Ant-Man and the Wasp”), Russell (John Walker from “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”) and Louis-Dreyfus, as mastermind Valentina Allegra de Fontaine. “Top Gun: Maverick” star Lewis Pullman plays the powerful superhero Sentry. Geraldine Viswanathan and Harrison Ford, as Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross from “Captain America: Brave New World,” round out the cast.

Jake Schreier (“Paper Towns,” “Robot and Frank”) is directing the film with a script from “Beef” creator Lee Sung Jin and Joanna Calo.

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Marvel Studios surprised us this morning with the first trailer for the upcoming film Thunderbolts — there is an asterisk at the end in the official promos, supposedly a subtitle that will be revealed after the film premieres. The pic is not set to come out until May 2, 2025.

Here’s the official, tongue-in-cheek logline via the press release:

Marvel Studios and a crew of indie veterans who sold out present “Thunderbolts*,”an irreverent team-up featuring depressed assassin Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) alongside the MCU’s least anticipated band of misfits.

The one-sentence summary, along with the three-minute trailer, goes out of its way to highlight the fact that Florence Pugh’s Yelena is the de facto leader of the film. The project, directed by Jake Schreier (and with writing credits not finalized yet), also features Bucky Barnes(Sebastian Stan), Red Guardian (David Harbour), John Walker (Wyatt Russell), Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko), Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen) and Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), and “some exciting new faces”, according to the press release. This may be referring to Lewis Pullman’s Bob, who is introduced in the trailer. He’s reportedly playing the Sentry.

We also learned today that Scarlett Johansson is an executive producer on the project, paying off a years-long announcement that, following her closed-doors legal fight with Disney, she’d be backing a future MCU project after her Black Widow sendoff.

Check out the trailer here:

A new poster was also revealed:

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“Thunderbolts*” will feature a less well-known Marvel super-team. Unlike the “Avengers” and “Fantastic Four” franchises, which have enjoyed a steady level of popularity in the comic medium for over five decades, giving them a built-in audience for their film adaptations, “Thunderbolts*,” a more obscure Marvel property, will have to win the affection of its audience to some extent upon its theatrical release. While this is not totally unfamiliar territory for Kevin Feige and Marvel Studios, having introduced three movie installments of the relatively unpopular “Guardians of the Galaxy” comic series to massive critical acclaim and commercial success in the last decade, it is still a risk that Feige and Marvel are willing to take.

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One reason why the risk might be worth taking is the stellar cast attached to the project, which includes Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Sebastian Stan, Wyatt Russell, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lewis Pullman, Olga Kurylenko, and Harrison Ford. Director Jake Scheir and co-writer Lee Sung Jin are coming off massive success after last year’s Emmys, in which they took home multiple prizes for the excellent Netflix series “Beef.” Eric Pearson, whose previous writing credits include “Black Widow,” “Godzilla vs. Kong,” and “Thor: Ragnarok,” is also attached as a writer.

Those who have been following the MCU closely over the past few years will recognize characters like Red Guardian (Harbour), Yelena Belova (Pugh), and Taskmaster (Kurylenko) from “Black Widow.” As well as Bucky Barnes (Stan) from several Marvel movies and U.S. Agent (Russell) from “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.” Feige confirmed from the stage that Pullman will play the character Sentry, often known as Marvel’s version of Superman, i.e., an all-powerful character.

“Thunderbolts*” centers around a group of outcast heroes and supervillains assembled by U.S. espionage chief Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Dreyfus) and under the command of General Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross (Ford) as they take on potential adversaries like the mysterious Sentry (Pullman).

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“Thunderbolts*” arrives in theaters on May 5, 2025. You can watch the new teaser below:

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