I Can’t Believe Just How Great The New Thunderbolts* Trailer Is

Marvel has released a new trailer for Thunderbolts*, and it has proven that the upcoming Phase 5 movie will be an incredible debut for the Thunderbolts team in the MCU. Thunderbolts* was first confirmed to be in development by Marvel boss Kevin Feige back in 2022, bringing back several reformed villains and antiheroes from the MCU’s past to form a brand-new team. In recent months, details concerning Thunderbolts*’ storylines and character developments have become clearer, and the movie’s newest trailer has made its upcoming release even more exciting.

It would be easy to ᴀssume the formation of the Thunderbolts team could be similar to that of the Avengers back in the MCU’s Phase 1. However, while Thunderbolts*’ first trailer, released in September 2024, presented a grounded story for the crossover movie, more recent trailers have put the fun, joy, drama and entertaining team dynamic front-and-center. This makes us very interested to see where Thunderbolts* will take the MCU, and even more so after Marvel decided to focus on the impressive creative team behind May 2025’s Thunderbolts*.

Marvel’s New Thunderbolts Trailer Is Completely Unlike Any Other

Thunderbolts* Will Be The MCU’s First Indie Movie

Combined with Florence Pugh’s recent comments that Thunderbolts* is in a similar vein to the indie movies produced by A24, Marvel Studios’ most recent Thunderbolts* trailer has mᴀssively raised anticipation for the upcoming movie. The trailer gives away very little information about the actual narrative of Thunderbolts*, but it does shine a light on the fun and intensity of the story, and it did something no other Marvel movie trailer has before. The trailer not only headlines Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan and Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ previous indie movies, but also highlights Thunderbolts*’ larger creative team.

Set to the tune of “Opr” by French DJ, Gesaffelstein, Thunderbolts*’ trailer notes that the movie comes from the writers and director of Beef, the cinematographer of The Green Knight, the production designer of Hereditary, the editor of Minari and the composers of Everything Everywhere All at Once, all of which were produced by A24. This means Thunderbolts* could be the MCU’s first indie-style movie, which could be game-changing for the franchise, and would be a mᴀssive diversion from anything Marvel Studios has developed before.

The New Thunderbolts* Trailer Focuses More On Character Than Story Or Action

Thunderbolts* Is The Grounded Movie MCU Audiences Want


Yelena Belova looking at herself in Thunderbolts*

The newest trailer for Thunderbolts* has highlighted some of the movie’s action, and since the cast of Thunderbolts* includes a number of super soldiers and former ᴀssᴀssins, there’s likely going to be a lot more. However, the new trailer doesn’t linger on these action sequences for too long, instead putting the importance of character and the team’s interpersonal relationships in the spotlight, much more than the movie’s previous trailers. This also marks a major diversion for Marvel Studios, as the MCU has often been known to sell its movies on action over anything else.

Thunderbolts Member

Actor

Debut Project

Year

Bucky Barnes’ Winter Soldier

Sebastian Stan

Captain America: The First Avenger

2011

Ava Starr’s Ghost

Hannah John-Kamen

Ant-Man and the Wasp

2018

John Walker’s US Agent

Wyatt Russell

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

2021

Yelena Belova

Florence Pugh

Black Widow

2021

Alexei Shostakov’s Red Guardian

David Harbour

Black Widow

2021

Antonia Dreykov’s Taskmaster

Olga Kurylenko

Black Widow

2021

There’s no doubt Thunderbolts* will be an action-packed debut for the new superpowered team. However, it will be much more interesting to see the relationship between Alexei Shostakov and Yelena Belova develop, and to see Bucky Barnes step out of Captain America’s shadow, and to allow John Walker and Ava Starr to get a significant amount more development than they ever have before. Thunderbolts* being an indie-style character study is a fantastically unusual and incredibly exciting prospect for the MCU’s Phase 5, perhaps establishing a new status quo for the franchise.

I Hope Thunderbolts* Lives Up To This Fantastic Trailer

Thunderbolts* Better Not Let Us Down


Thunderbolts on the street in Thunderbolts* trailer

There have been many enticing and original trailers in the MCU’s history that haven’t been a strong representation of what the movie is actually like. It’s very possible that Marvel Studios could be selling Thunderbolts* as an A24-style character study movie in order to get bums on seats and audiences in theaters, while Thunderbolts* could be a let-down. However, less pessimistically, it would be wonderful to see Thunderbolts* actually live up to its attention-grabbing trailer, as this could make Thunderbolts* one of the MCU’s most popular projects yet.

Director Jake Schreier, the aforementioned director and executive producer of Beef, has seemingly created an MCU movie unlike any other in the franchise’s history. All the trailers for Thunderbolts* have given only nuggets of information, raising anticipation and intrigue about the upcoming Phase 5 movie. It’s incredible that we’ve gone so long and still don’t have a completely clear idea of what the movie is about, and the newest Thunderbolts* trailer has only made the movie even more exciting, so hopefully it lives up to its high expectations.

Upcoming MCU Movies




  • Thunderbolts (2025) Official Poster

    Thunderbolts*

    Release Date

    May 2, 2025








  • 01593277_poster_w780.jpg

    The Fantastic Four: First Steps

    Release Date

    July 25, 2025








  • Avengers 5 Concept Poster

    Avengers: Doomsday (2026)









  • Spider-Man Homecoming Mondo Poster

    Spider-Man Homecoming 4

    Release Date

    July 24, 2026








  • Avengers: Secret Wars

    Release Date

    May 7, 2027





Related Posts

James Cameron’s Bn Franchise Future Is Exciting, But I Still Need A Real Sequel To His Sci-Fi Masterpiece

James Cameron’s $5Bn Franchise Future Is Exciting, But I Still Need A Real Sequel To His Sci-Fi Masterpiece

James Cameron is one of the most prolific sci-fi directors of all time. His films are unique in that they are both formative works in the sci-fi…

Jurᴀssic World Rebirth’s Rotten Tomatoes Score Highlights A Harsh Reality For The Bn Franchise

Jurᴀssic World Rebirth’s Rotten Tomatoes Score Highlights A Harsh Reality For The $6Bn Franchise

Jurᴀssic World Rebirth is another attempt at reviving the dinosaur franchise, but it comes with mixed results – especially where its reviews and Rotten Tomatoes score are…

Spider-Man: Far From Home’s Nick Fury Plot Twist Was Almost So Much Better Thanks To 1 Missed Peter Parker Story Change

Spider-Man: Far From Home’s Nick Fury Plot Twist Was Almost So Much Better Thanks To 1 Missed Peter Parker Story Change

Spider-Man: Far From Home offered a thrilling twist in its post-credits scene, but it could have been more much more impactful if Marvel hadn’t changed the original…

Mortal Kombat 2 Has Set Up One Dream Johnny Cage Fight After Divisive Changes To A Classic Character

Mortal Kombat 2 Has Set Up One Dream Johnny Cage Fight After Divisive Changes To A Classic Character

Now that he is finally making his debut in Mortal Kombat 2, Johnny Cage can fight a character who will return from the ᴅᴇᴀᴅ in the sequel….

Darth Maul’s New Show Could Connect 3 Star Wars Series In An Epic Way

Darth Maul’s New Show Could Connect 3 Star Wars Series In An Epic Way

Maul: Shadow Lord is on its way, but there’s one thing I desperately want to see in the show that’ll connect it to three different Star Wars…

Star Trek Deserved An Oscar 45 Years Ago, But Lost To A Much Better Sci-Fi Movie

Star Trek Deserved An Oscar 45 Years Ago, But Lost To A Much Better Sci-Fi Movie

The first Star Trek movie seemed poised to snag an Oscar in 1980, but it lost out to a far superior science fiction film. The Star Trek…