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With a week to go before the release of Marvel's Thunderbolts*, the mystery behind the asterisk in the film's title is finally coming to light. The cast has remained tight lipped on the topic, while hinting that it has a deeper meaning to the story. Prior to it's theater debut, the studio held early fan-screenings for fans of the franchise and like most Marvel projects, early spoilers have made their way to the internet with the big revelation on Thunderbolts* asterisk finally stealing the spotlight.
This article contains spoilers for Thunderbolts*
The infamous subreddit on Reddit, MarvelStudiosSpoilers flooded with posts from fans who took deep dives into everything that the Thunderbolts* movie holds. One such post took quite a long run and laid down a detailed summary of the film, getting the accuracy badge from the moderators, and revealed what the asterisk in the film's title means.
In alignment with a lot of fan theories, the asterisk is a reference to the Thunderbolts* becoming the New Avengers in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. There is reportedly a scene where Valentina Allegra de Fontaine introduces the team, who call themselves Thunderbolts* at this point, to the public as the New Avengers. This settles the asterisk's significance to the title as it means that the punctuation mark was a reference to the team's name being temporary and only existing within the movie. For all the future Marvel projects, the Thunderbolts* will be the New Avengers.
According to theories, he film also ends with a note that the New Avengers and Bob (Lewis Pullman's alter ego for Sentry) will return. Additionally, it has been confirmed that Thunderbolts* will have two post-credits scenes, so make sure to hang around for a little long after the credits roll!
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Early reviews for the film are pretty good, as many are commenting on Marvel's grand return with the team of antiheroes and how it fits the whole narrative perfectly. Critics are flooding social media with praise for the project and how it's one of Marvel's best efforts lately. Bringing together a team of misfits, Thunderbolts* is setting the tone for the upcoming Marvel films, particularly the two Avengers movies that will be a part of the sixth phase.
The cast is already tapped in for Avengers: Doomsday along with the X-Men and the Fantastic Four, and it will certainly be interesting to witness what this new ensemble brings to the battlegrounds against Robert Downey Jr's Doctor Doom.
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The film stars Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, Lewis Pullman as Sentry, Wyatt Russell as John Walker, Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost, Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes, David Harbour as Red Gaurdian and Olga Kurylenko as Taskmaster.
Thunderbolts* will be available in theaters on 1st May, 2025.
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