Marvel Studios last out of its way to make the most of its D23 Brazil panel this weekend . Not only did the studio offer those in attending young feeling at forthcoming titles likeTheFantastic Four : First StepsandDaredevil : deliver Again , but it also used the affair to release a new trailer for next year’sThunderbolts * . The plastic film is shaping up to be one of the self-aggrandising smash hit of 2025 . Thanks to its well - received first trailer , it has also render one of the most overconfident early wave of expectancy of any Marvel Cinematic Universe undertaking of the past few class .
The other hype surroundingThunderboltsshouldn’t give-up the ghost down in response to its latest trailer , either . The intimately four - minute - long mystifier opens with a well - denounce desert chase involving Bucky Barnes ( Sebastian Stan ) , Yelena Belova ( Florence Pugh ) , Red Guardian ( David Harbour ) , John Walker ( Wyatt Russell ) , and Ghost ( Hannah John - Kamen ) . From there , theThunderboltstrailer function on to support — as many fans had previously suspect — that it was CIA Director Valentina Allegra de Fontaine ( Julia Louis - Dreyfus ) who bribe Avengers Tower between the events ofCaptain America : Civil WarandSpider - Man : Homecoming .
“ How crazy is it to think of all the monumental fights that happened exactly here where you ’re stick out ? ” Val asks as Yelena and companionship walk around in the freshly refurbished Avengers Tower . “ The situation was n’t cheap , but it ’s got unspoilt optics . ”
In improver to its aforementioned cast of characters members , Thunderbolts*is also set to star Olga Kurylenko as Taskmaster , Lewis Pullman as Bob , a.k.a . Sentry , and Geraldine Viswanathan as the personal help to Louis - Dreyfus ’ Val . It marks the MCU debut of managing director Jake Schreier ( Paper Towns ) and countsBeefcreator Lee Sung Jin andThe Bearco - showrunner Joanna Calo among its writers . The film ’s creative team is , in other words , one of the most exciting of any MCU moving-picture show in recent memory , which may be partly why it already looks so much more unequaled and assured than , say , Ant - Man and the Wasp : Quantumaniaor this year’sDeadpool & Wolverine .
The newestThunderboltstrailer may even expose the reason for the star in the film ’s title of respect . As Red Guardian seek to proclaim his newfangled team the Thunderbolts , he meets opposition about the name from Bucky , Ghost , and Yelena . The star seems , therefore , to be either in reference to the squad ’s disagreement over the name or a possible lead that the Thunderbolts title wo n’t be as permanent as Harbour ’s Alexei may hope . lover will get to happen out more about the squad and their future in the MCU , though , whenThunderboltsfinally hits house next twelvemonth .
Marvel’sThunderbolts*is lay out to be free on May 2 , 2025 .