Following THUNDERBOLTS*'s Release, Marvel Studios Has Revealed The First Posters For *THE NEW AVENGERS

Following THUNDERBOLTS*'s Release, Marvel Studios Has Revealed The First Posters For *THE NEW AVENGERS

Marvel Studios is no longer keeping Thunderbolts*'s big asterisk secret under wraps, as the studio has officially released a series of posters with The New Avengers name front and centre. Check it out...

By JoshWilding - May 05, 2025 01:05 PM EST
Filed Under: Avengers

The secret is officially out as Marvel Studios has shared a series of social media posts with posters for The New Avengers, the movie formerly(?) known as Thunderbolts*

This might seem premature so soon after opening weekend, but a video featuring the cast revealing the title change—clearly taken during the premiere—confirms this has been the plan for a while now. 

However, you've got to feel for Taskmaster actor Olga Kurylenko being included in the group shot, all things considered

So, is this an official title change? It's hard to say, but what else are we supposed to think after seeing these posts? Had Thunderbolts* been a critical and commercial flop, we doubt Marvel Studios would have tarnished the Avengers brand by highlighting the post-credits scene reveal. 

However, with Thunderbolts* receiving widespread acclaim and fans falling in love with these characters, why not make The New Avengers part of the Multiverse Saga ahead of Avengers: Doomsday's release next year? 

The exhibitor-exclusive posters for Dolby, 4DX, RealD 3D, IMAX, ScreenX, and Fandango have also been rebranded with The New Avengers, suggesting this should be considered Thunderbolts*'s new title.

When you search for "The New Avengers" on Letterboxd, for example, Thunderbolts* is displayed, so spreading the word about this name change looks to have been a deliberate effort by Disney and Marvel Studios.

Will you be heading to theaters to watch Thunderbolts* The New Avengers again this weekend?

Even Sebastian Stan is getting in on the action...

In Thunderbolts*, Marvel Studios assembles an unconventional team of antiheroes - Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes, Red Guardian, Ghost, Taskmaster and John Walker. After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap set by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, these disillusioned castoffs must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts.

Will this dysfunctional group tear themselves apart, or find redemption and unite as something much more before it’s too late?

"Thunderbolts* redefines superhero storytelling to deliver a moving and powerful story that does for the 'Multiverse Saga' what The Avengers did for the 'Infinity Saga' in 2012," we said in our review. "These heroes have earned their place on a Wheaties box."

The cast of Thunderbolts* will be led by Florence Pugh as Yelena Boleva, Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes, David Harbour as Red Guardian, Wyatt Russell as U.S. Agent, Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost, Olga Kurylenko as Taskmaster, Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, and Lewis Pullman as "Bob."

Written by Eric Pearson, Lee Sung Jin, and Joanna Calo, and directed by Jake Schreier, Thunderbolts* is now playing in theaters.

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JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 5/5/2025, 1:21 PM
Before the crying starts, Marvel Studios has shared this title change to countless millions on social media and is literally putting up New Avengers billboards in cities across the globe.
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 5/5/2025, 1:29 PM
@JoshWilding - that doesn’t matter, Josh. I’m still going to complain. It’s the only way to be around here now. We should rebrand to crybabymovie.com or something else actually clever
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 5/5/2025, 1:34 PM
@MyCoolYoung - Honestly, this should be the new default profile photo.

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MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 5/5/2025, 1:51 PM
@JoshWilding - I like it. Lets us know what we’re getting into
TheTyrantVirus
TheTyrantVirus - 5/5/2025, 2:30 PM
@JoshWilding - I don't log in or post very often, but I had to just to give this a thumbs up.
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 5/5/2025, 2:31 PM
@JoshWilding - It would have been a nice gesture if you headlined it as "Marvel Studios Has Revealed What The Asterisk Means In Thunderbolts* Title" and saved some people from being spoiled. I had no idea about this until I came here, so if I saw that headline, I would have been more cautious when visiting other sites. But it is what it is so, ✌️
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 5/5/2025, 1:27 PM
I think the rebrand is a little too soon but I like how excited they all seem. Maybe the studio asked them to exaggerate a little but it seems genuine
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 5/5/2025, 1:28 PM
@MyCoolYoung - I do agree with it perhaps being a bit too soon but from a business standpoint , it could increase box office collections now that people know it’s associated with the Avengers brand
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 5/5/2025, 1:30 PM
@TheVisionary25 - does that change expectations for those who haven’t seen it I wonder? They do fight an Avengers level threat but they got whooped pretty easy lol
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 5/5/2025, 1:31 PM
@MyCoolYoung - good point

Not sure exactly haha.
Gabimaru
Gabimaru - 5/5/2025, 1:55 PM
@MyCoolYoung - I think it's the best marketing strategy. GA will now be intrigue what the hell those even mean.
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 5/5/2025, 3:41 PM
@Gabimaru - I'm not mad at the strategy, but I don't think it changes expectations for the film. There's no Avengers film without huge spectacle. They all feel like event movies, and as good as this one was, it doesn't feel like that. So I wonder if people will be disappointed because of that and the lack of familiar faces. Of course, I'm a chronic overthinker, so there's that.
Gabimaru
Gabimaru - 5/5/2025, 1:28 PM
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SATW42
SATW42 - 5/5/2025, 1:32 PM
Fandango already changed the images to *The New Avengers, but still have it listed as Thunderbolts.

I have no problem with the New Avengers name, but feel like they might confuse normies.
FrankenDad
FrankenDad - 5/5/2025, 1:36 PM
@SATW42 - that’s where I’m at. Sure, change it. I don’t care and I can explain it to my kids and wife easily. But Joe and Jane Moviegoer may not get it.
FrankenDad
FrankenDad - 5/5/2025, 1:35 PM
Poor Olga off to the left! 😂 No Avenging for you!
Gabimaru
Gabimaru - 5/5/2025, 1:50 PM
@FrankenDad - They did her dirty
marvel72
marvel72 - 5/5/2025, 1:36 PM
Might watch when it hits Disney Plus,not interested enough to see at cinema.
Comicmoviejunki
Comicmoviejunki - 5/5/2025, 2:13 PM
@marvel72 - your loss
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 5/5/2025, 1:39 PM
Olga there like…

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Anyway , I don’t mind them revealing the official “New Avengers” title already since it just means it could potentially drum up more interest from people who were perhaps gonna wait to see it or not at all.

Also the main cast is hella small looking at them now which is probably why they could spend time with the characters in the film to varying degrees.
SpiderParker
SpiderParker - 5/5/2025, 1:40 PM
They can pretty much make a sequel to this called The Thunderbolts (à la, The Suicide Squad) but they are full on villains. Quite meta while also subverting expectations for the GA. Works with Dark Avengers too unless they wish to hit the similar note with name change.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 5/5/2025, 2:15 PM
@SpiderParker - perhaps though if we get another Thunderbolts with a new cast of characters ten I would rather it be this…

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SpiderParker
SpiderParker - 5/5/2025, 3:23 PM
@TheVisionary25 - Anti-heroes have been done to death. But they could have a couple of anti-heroes and villains on the team, making it a movie about betrayal. The audience wouldn't know which baddie among the baddies is the real baddie.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 5/5/2025, 3:36 PM
@SpiderParker - true but that was kinda done in TSS I feel
SpiderParker
SpiderParker - 5/5/2025, 4:24 PM
@TheVisionary25 - They were just villains turned anti-heroes not real villain of the movie itself.
dragon316
dragon316 - 5/5/2025, 1:41 PM
She really like show her tongue in pictures she’s in
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 5/5/2025, 1:42 PM
The name change reveal was the best thing about the movie.
TheRedLeader
TheRedLeader - 5/5/2025, 1:46 PM
@Nomis929 - movie was great, don’t be like that. You’re better than this.
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 5/5/2025, 1:53 PM
@TheRedLeader - I'm not trying to be anything, I honestly didn't think it was all that great.

A mid-tier movie at best. I don't get the "hype" and I don't think it be remember all that fondly in a few months from now.

But I did think the "New Avengers" reveal was clever.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 5/5/2025, 1:54 PM
@TheRedLeader - he's allowed to have an opinion bro. It was good. It was by no means great.
TheRedLeader
TheRedLeader - 5/5/2025, 2:24 PM
@McMurdo - believe in yourself. You’re also better than this.
JurassicClunge
JurassicClunge - 5/5/2025, 2:33 PM
@Nomis929 - i agree sir. it was good, I liked some of the issues they tackled but it was nothing special 😮‍💨 i doubt I'd watch it again any time soon 😬
TheRedLeader
TheRedLeader - 5/5/2025, 1:45 PM
Now that’s clever marketing!
spr0cks
spr0cks - 5/5/2025, 1:45 PM
I'm surprised they have Olga Kurylenko along for that press do.

They've pretty much confirmed she or rather her character was a sacrifice bunt for the movie, so why continue the pretense that she's part of the team?
She was a story device.

That's it.

A Narrative vehicle to push the plot along, and not even a great one at that ("great" as in not well used, but not in the sense of the actress herself or her character).

They would have been better off just writing her out of the story altogether during the rewrites, than giving the toxic fanbase what the wanted by giving her a pointless yet brutal death.
TheRedLeader
TheRedLeader - 5/5/2025, 1:46 PM
@spr0cks - she got paid. That’s her job.
FrankenDad
FrankenDad - 5/5/2025, 1:50 PM
@spr0cks - at least she got a paycheck and an on-screen send off? Girl’s gotta eat.

Plus, I feel like if they killed her offscreen everyone would be moaning about them chicken-shitting the situation and not showing her death, proper. Not YOU, kind you, but Marvel fans can be a bit insane about stuff.
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 5/5/2025, 1:54 PM
Wow, they gave people 3 measly days to see it before dropping all the spoilers. They also do the same thing with their Disney+ shows, releasing spoiler images and posters an hour after an episode airs. Such douchebag marketing.
Scarilian
Scarilian - 5/5/2025, 1:59 PM
@THEDARKKNIGHT1939 -
It's out of desperation. They were likely intending this reveal later on, but because the domestic opening is so low and the tracking is behind Captain America 4, they had to reveal it now to drum up interest.
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 5/5/2025, 2:07 PM
@Scarilian - My thoughts exactly.
Itwasme
Itwasme - 5/5/2025, 2:35 PM
@Scarilian - it's a very large, globally coordinated marketing plan, so they made this decision months ago.
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