The Thunderbolts movie already has a director and is preparing its cast, something that excites more than one Marvel fan. This group, made up mostly of redeemed villains, could include Baron Zemo, Yelena Belova, Ghost, the Winter Soldier, and more.
Marvel Studios He is full with his projects, whether they are movies or series that are about to be released or that are being confirmed. One of these revolves around a group that we have been anticipating for quite some time: the Thunderbolts. For those of you who know about this group made up mostly of redeemed villains, you were surely expecting this movie to come sooner rather than later.
According to Deadline, the director who will bring this group to the screen is Jake Schreier, who will plunge into the world of superheroes for the first time. On the other hand, the writer of Black WidowEric Pearson will write the script with the production of the president of Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige.
As for the plot, practically nothing is known yet, but the aforementioned medium shared that the film will focus on a group of supervillains (or characters who were bad at some point) who will do missions for the government. As a suicide squad but of Marvel basically.
This leads us directly to think what characters, villains or antiheroes could appear as members of the Thunderbolts. While the film is in development, Deadline reported that Marvel contacted certain people who are already part of the MCU: Baron Zemo, Yelena Belova, Ghost, Taskmaster, The Abomination, US Agent Y Winter Soldier. The general Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross is also a possibility, as he is the person in the comics who brings the first team together. Nevertheless, William Hurt (who played Ross previously in the MCU) recently passed away. So it remains to be seen if the role will be given to another person or if Valentina Allegra de Fontaine could have a similar role.
This news put fans through the roof and they began to speculate who are the characters that could also appear in the movie of the Thunderbolts (or the ones you’d like to see appear).
On the one hand, there are fans who prefer that the cast of Thunderbolts is full of characters that we already know, but who do not usually have the leading role. While on the other hand, some fans believe that this film would be the perfect opportunity to introduce new characters and use one or two that already exist.
The first appearance of Thunderbolts in the comics it was in Hulk #449 where they had to fight the very Hulk. Later, they appeared in a special entitled Tales of the Marvel Universe. This group was originally introduced as a new team of superheroes after the (temporary) disappearance of the avengers Y fantastic four.
However, the members of the Thunderbolts they were not heroes, on the contrary. Their purpose was to pose as heroes, using fictitious identities, so that they would be entrusted with the defense and national security secrets of the United States, as well as gain fame and power. But who were these characters?
The first group of Thunderbolts It was made up of a group of former Lords of Evil: Goliath took as fictitious identity the name Atlas; moonstone that of meteorite; screaming mimi became Songbird; beetle Happened to be called Mach-1; fixer took the name of techno; and finally his own Zemo became Citizen V. After beginning to gain the trust of the public, a young admirer joins in who did not know who they really were: Hallie Takahama under the name of Jolt.
However, as time passed, some members were influenced by their new roles and the idealism of other heroes (such as Jolt) and were delivered to fantastic four and the Avengers. Some time later, to check that they actually continue as heroes, hawk eye joined this group as their new leader. Thanks to their union, Thunderbolts They got a public pardon.
Like other groups of superheroes or villains, members of the Thunderbolts They had many twists and turns. Some had good intentions, while others not so well. This is why many fans are excited to see certain characters that appeared very little or did not even have their introduction on the screen.
In addition to those we have already named, some characters that fans have been asking for on the networks range from the reincorporation of Luke Cage, Bullseye, The Punisher or other characters that we saw in the series that were in Netflix (now in Disney+). They would also like to see dead pool and add to a Norman Osborne to the MCU. Other characters who went through the Thunderbolts are: Titania, Juggernaut, Man-Thing, Satana, Mr. Hyde, Troll, Boomerang, Swordsman IV, among many others.
The movie Thunderbolts It still does not have much more information, no plot, no cast, much less a release date, although according to what Deadline reported, the project will be in production next summer.