Find out how the name change in the movie ‘Thunderbolts* impacts Marvel’s cinematic universe (MCU) and what it means
Did you know that the movie ‘Thunderbolts*’ changed its name? The plot, released in theaters on May 1, came up with the title that takes the nickname of Marvel’s anti-Hérois team accompanied by an asterisk-which moved the fan community, raising theories about what the star-shaped graphic signal could mean.
The answer, however, came first in the final minutes of the movie and then took shape outside it, as last Monday, 05, Marvel revealed a video that confirms that the asterisk visually indicated that this would not be the official name of the heroes, after all, they were renamed the name of another famous comic group: the new Avengers.
In the video, the cast starts the name Thunderbolts* of a poster from the movie, revealing the secret kept during all promotional activities before release, as below the name taken from the poster, there is the new title of the movie; look:
Who are the new Avengers?
In comics, the new Avengers appear in “New Avengers #1”, after the Scarlet Witch destroys the original team in sequence of the events seen in “Avengers: Disassebled”, making a new group born by Captain America from Bucky Barnes and Iron Man who gathered as members also Wolverine, Luke Cage, Spider-Man, in the need to protect the world during a jail in the known prison in prison. like the ferry.
But why did the movie ‘Thunderbolts*’ change its name after the release?
The change of name goes beyond a marketing strategy, as it also marks a change in Marvel’s film universe (MCU), after all, in addition to ending phase 5 of MCU, the film leaves an open way to the beginning of phase 6 by placing the group as successors of the team of heroes that turned the history of Marvel, but also as heirs of the legacy of new Avengers, who brought a special conflict in the comics due to the rupture of the moral code. of the heroes.
In this sense, the new Avengers are expected to be seen in “Avengers: Doomsday”, where the team should be seen in a clash with the Avengers led by Sam Wilson (the new Captain America) due to the way they act in the middle of the needs of protecting the world – which should be seen only on May 1, 2026, the date the plot is expected to play theaters.
In the comics, this battle among the Avengers also occurs after civil war. In the pages, this scenario was composed of the new Steve Rogers Avengers, who opted for actions against the law to keep the earth safe, and the powerful Avengers of Tony Stark, who followed the moral code of the government, and even though they lived fierce conflicts, eventually came together for the good of humanity, after all, they had to worry about the secret invasion of the skruls and The collapse caused by Norman Osborn and his dark Avengers.
More about Thunderbolts* New Avengers
Unlike the first team of the new Avengers in the comics, in the film, they are presented as members of the Yelena Belova Group, Bucky Barnes, John Walker and the Red Guardian, who end up arrested in a deadly trap organized by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, when they are forced to embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts, as their pasts, as their pasts explains the synopsis.
Directed from Jake Schreier (“Frank and the Robot”), in the cast are: Florence Pugh (“Midsommar – Evil does not wait for the night”) as Yelena Belova; David Harbor (“Stranger Things”) in the skin of the red guardian; Sebastian Stan (“Fresh”) as Bucky Barnes; Hannah-John Kamen (“Space Agents”) in the role of ghost; Wyatt Russel (“Monarch – Legacy of Monsters”) Interpreting American agent; Olga Kurylenko (“007 – Quantum of Solace”) as a coach, Lewis Pullman (“A Question of Chemistry”) as sentinel and Julia Louis-Dreyfus (“Veep”) Giving life to Valentina Allegra de Fontaine.
Source: Recreio
