Marvel changes the title of Thunderbolts* for new Avengers

The casting of the new blockbuster of American studios, in theaters since April 30, confirmed its presence in the next Avengers : Doomsday et Avengers : Secret Wars, expected in 2026 and 2027.

The casting of the next Avengers : Doomsday et Avengers : Secret Wars widens. At the end of March, Marvel unveiled in a video featuring Robert Downey Jr., performer of Iron Man, the new superheroes on the poster of the next two films in the saga Avengers. Captain America, Thor, Shuri, Loki, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men or Doctor Doom had then been announced. From, Thunderbolts*the new franchise blockbuster was released in theaters on April 30. And behind his mysterious asterisk hides a nice surprise.

In a video published on May 5 on Marvel’s social networks, actors Florence Pugh, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and David Harbor, in the casting of the film, unveiled a new title by tearing a piece of the poster. It is no longer a question of Thunderbolts*but many New Avengers (or New Avengers). This acronym refers to one of the final scenes of the film in which anti-hero Bucky Barnes, Red Guardian, Yelena Belova and John Walker claim to train “New Avengers”. Reinforced hypothesis a few minutes later with a post-generic scene where the team is joined by the fantastic four.

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Another video on this subject goes around the internet. We see Sebastian Stan, performer of Bucky Barnes (Captain America, Avengers, Black Panther), replace a promotional poster hung on a shelter with a new one with the title The New Avengers. “It’s been a year since we added an asterisk to the title in anticipation of this moment, I hope that it has the impression that all of this was premeditated”rejoices Jack Schreier, director of Thunderbolts* Among our American colleagues at New York Times . The latter says he thought of this idea before his arrival on the project. Marvel immediately accepted it.

After the departure of Iron Man, Captain America by Chris Evans or Black Widow, the headliners of the first four films Avengers Between 2012 and 2019, the troop of superheroes must reinvent itself. The next two films of the saga, whose intrigue will be centered on the concept of the multiverse, are expected in 2026 and 2027. And despite the recent failures of the Marvel studios (Captain America : Brave New World, The Marvels, Kraven the hunter ), the arrival of anti-heroes of Thunderbolts* In the Avengers troop should delight a good part of the public. The blockbuster has, in fact, made a box for its first weekend of operating North American box office by recording $ 76 million in revenue. What give a new hope for the franchise, which is struggling to successfully launch new characters on the big screen.