THUNDERBOLTS*. © 2024 MARVEL.
If you’re hungry for new Marvel Studios movies, next year should deliver quite a bit for ya. We’ve got CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD in February, then in May get ready for THUNDERBOLTS*, which is looking a lot like Marvel’s answer to the SUICIDE SQUAD. The cast includes Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, Lewis Pullman as Robert Reynolds / Sentry, Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes, Olga Kurylenko as Antonia Dreykov / Taskmaster, Hannah John-Kamen as Ava Starr / Ghost, David Harbour as Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian, Wyatt Russell as John Walker / U.S. Agent, Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, Geraldine Viswanathan as Songbird, and Rachel Weisz as Melina Vostokoff. In the comics, The Thunderbolts are very similar to the Suicide Squad in many way, a collection of highly-skilled side characters and rejects put together as a team, though you may notice the asterisk in the title, and the word “assemble” in the trailer – there is some suspicion that this team will eventually become “The Dark Avengers”, perhaps even at the film’s conclusion… and the Dark Avengers are in fact a team represented in Marvel Comics as well. This is directed by Jake Schreier (STAR WARS: SKELETON CREW) and hits theaters in May of 2025. Check out the new “special look” D23 Brazil trailer below (which is more than just a “teaser”) and tell us your thoughts in the comments.
Born and raised in Dallas, Mark has been a movie critic since 1994, with reviews featured in print, radio and National TV. In 2001 he started the Entertainment section of the Herorealm website, where he contributed film reviews and celebrity interviews until 2004. After three years of service there, he started Bigfanboy.com, which has become one of the Dallas film community's leading information websites. Bigfanboy hosts several movie screenings in the Texas area, and works closely with film and TV studios and promotional partners to host exciting events and contests. The site also features a variety of rare celebrity and filmmaker interviews, and Bigfanboy.com regularly covers the film festival circuit as well. In addition to Hollywood reporting, Mark has worked for many years as an advertising and sci-fi/comic book artist. Clients have included Lucasfilm Ltd., Topps Trading Cards, The Dallas Mavericks and The Dallas Stars. From 2002 until 2015 he managed the Dallas Comic Con, Sci-Fi Expo and Fan Days events in the DFW area. He currently catalogs rare comic books and movie memorabilia for Heritage Auctions, and runs the Dallas Comic Show conventions, but remains an avid moviegoer and cinema buff. 
