THUNDERBOLTS*: Hilarious "Please Silence Your Phones" PSA Revealed; Director Talks SUICIDE SQUAD Comparisons

THUNDERBOLTS*: Hilarious "Please Silence Your Phones" PSA Revealed; Director Talks SUICIDE SQUAD Comparisons

A "Please Silence Your Phones" PSA featuring new footage from Thunderbolts* is currently playing in theaters and filmmaker Jake Schreier has explained what makes his movie different from Suicide Squad.

By JoshWilding - Mar 16, 2025 05:03 AM EST
Filed Under: Thunderbolts

Captain America: Brave New World has been and gone, and all eyes are now on what Marvel Studios delivers with Thunderbolts* and The Fantastic Four: First Steps.

The former arrives in May and a new "Please Silence Your Phones" PSA is currently playing in theaters. Unlike the one used to promote Deadpool & Wolverine, this only features footage from the movie itself but it's almost all new and includes some small reveals. 

Chief among them is the fact that the limousine shown in trailers is what Red Guardian is using for his day job as a chauffeur. It also appears as if the team will be the subject of some sort of sonic attack when they arrive in the facility "Bob" (a.k.a. The Sentry) is contained in when the movie begins. 

During a recent interview with Empire, Thunderbolts* director Jake Schreier weighed in on the movie being compared to Suicide Squad. "I think people are expecting another version of Suicide Squad, but the story felt different," he explained. "There was a flip of what people expected it to be."

The filmmaker, best known for Beef, also revealed that he was among those in the running to direct Marvel Studios movies Guardians of the Galaxy and Spider-Man: Homecoming. It seems Schreier's MCU debut has been a long time coming.

In the same issue, Sebastian Stan explained why he's never wanted to have a fully CGI arm as Bucky Barnes. Instead, he's opted to wear a prosthetic sleeve that can be touched up during post-production. 

"I've never taken the green-sleeve option. It's like a house of cards, and when you see a little hole there that you can poke through, all the other believability goes out the window," the actor explained.

Check out this new Thunderbolts* PSA in the X post below. 

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?

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 currently set to be released in theaters on May 5, 2025.

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tylerzero
tylerzero - 3/16/2025, 6:02 AM
Please. Be. Good.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 3/16/2025, 7:50 AM
@tylerzero -

It

Won't

Be
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 3/16/2025, 6:12 AM
All the good shit has been poured out and we're left with the lumpy shit at the bottom.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 3/16/2025, 7:39 AM
@ObserverIO - This looks great, what you on about?
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 3/16/2025, 7:50 AM
@Urubrodi -

No it doesn't.

Barely any of the MCU looks great.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 3/16/2025, 8:07 AM
@Urubrodi - Great is not a word I would use to define this. Passable maybe. To me it looks more annoying than a caffeinated pop star.

You could maybe use the word great to describe an Avengers movie or some of the earlier MCU movies like Iron Man or the Captain America movies, etc. That was the good shit. Be honest would you prefer Red Guardian or Steve Rogers? Would you prefer The Avengers or the Thunderbolts? Oh hey we got a little bit of Bucy and Yelena that's at least something, right?

We're picking at leftovers right now.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 3/16/2025, 9:05 AM
@MakeAmericaGrea - We are all well aware that you don't like shit coming out of the MCU, which is why I was addressing him.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 3/16/2025, 9:10 AM
@ObserverIO - Just because I prefer Steve Rogers or the Avengers does not mean that everything underneath that is not good. That is an unfair threshold to meet for every single movie. Wasn't Guardians great and made up of complete unknowns? Based on the trailers we've got so far it does look really good imo. Of course the movie might not measure up, but time will tell. You gotta judge movies for what they are and not on the basis of "oh it's not Avengers, so it's crap".
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 3/16/2025, 9:21 AM
@Urubrodi - True Guardians was great, but that came out in the middle of movies featuring the classic characters. Now those movies are few and far between. A Doctor Strange here and a Wolverine there. And a Spider-Man whenever Sony allows it. I guess at least we have Fantastic Four following this.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 3/16/2025, 9:33 AM
@ObserverIO - We had Deadpool & Wolverine last year, we are currently having Daredevil, soon F4 like you said, followed next year by an Avengers movie and Spider-Man4 plus likely Black Panther or Dr Strange 3... I mean that's pretty decent in my opinion.

But besides that, the main point is that this movie (forget all the rest) on its own looks to be good. At least imo.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 3/16/2025, 9:45 AM
@Urubrodi - TV aside (DD is a very rare instance of a classic Marvel show) there are two movies featuring tertiary and legacy characters between D&W and TFF. Yes we do have Avengers movies and a Spider-Man movie bridging them (those others you mentioned have not been confirmed and will probably end up being Shang Chi 2 or the Blade reboot, although it could be the rumored Scarlet Witch movie).
McMurdo
McMurdo - 3/16/2025, 9:46 AM
@ObserverIO - I love it when you talk dirty on the forums.
Slotherin
Slotherin - 3/16/2025, 10:31 AM
@ObserverIO - I mean, we had to get around to other stuff at some point. I'm just glad the classics got done a fair level of justice and hope for a balance struck on use of new and old.
I like having some Steve Rogers and some Red Guardian. As much as I like Steve, I'm glad he got a cap on his Cap story in a relatively respectful manner.

Ultimately I think this is agreed to disagree territory and I'm just glad to be able to do so with fair respect and dignity.
I definitely understand an attachment to the OGs and wanting some more time with them.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 3/16/2025, 6:24 AM
Interesting , I wonder what this flip is?

My guess is that it isn’t necessarily Val that organizes this team as Waller does in both SS films but as we have seen , the characters themselves seem to do it by the end as they meet each other & go along their journey.

Anyway , curious to know what Schreier’s pitches for GOTG & Homecoming would have been honestly.
DiegoMD
DiegoMD - 3/16/2025, 6:37 AM
This looks great to me. I really hope it´s great. Tbh I´m way more interested in this than Russo´s new Avenger´s films with RDJ as Doom. Character based movie over CGI fest any day! But dude, please be good!
AllsNotGood
AllsNotGood - 3/16/2025, 7:16 AM
Red guardian is going to ruin it for me. He was good early on in black widow then turned retarded
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 3/16/2025, 7:49 AM
Hilarious?

Checks to see who wrote this article.

Yeah, definitely not hilarious.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 3/16/2025, 7:51 AM
Hilarious?

*Checks to see who wrote this article*

Yeah, this will definitely not be hilarious.
epc1122
epc1122 - 3/16/2025, 9:29 AM
@MakeAmericaGrea - what does make you laugh? By that I mean what comedy shows, movies, or standups if any do you like?
BabyLasagna
BabyLasagna - 3/16/2025, 9:40 AM
@epc1122 - I'm pretty sure he loved "InAPPropiate Comedy"
epc1122
epc1122 - 3/16/2025, 9:51 AM
@BabyLasagna - well that’s a lot of comedy. Even snl which I would say leans to the left could be considered inappropriate. Seinfeld by today’s standards would be inappropriate. Inappropriate doesn’t necessarily mean not funny and also isn’t automatically funny. I’m actually not trying to debate, just curious what he finds funny or if he’s just being oppositional for the sake of being oppositional. For all we know he could have enjoyed the clip but complains for the sake of complaining. 🤷‍♂️
Slotherin
Slotherin - 3/16/2025, 10:33 AM
@MakeAmericaGrea - how'd you comment the same thing twice and still have nothing to really add?
Jackraow21
Jackraow21 - 3/16/2025, 9:39 AM
Looks good to me too.
Slotherin
Slotherin - 3/16/2025, 10:36 AM
Suicide Squad comparisons are pretty fair.
I don't know how I'll feel about the movie on the whole; I prefer to reserve judgment.. But this follows up a few things I've wanted more of and I'm excited for that much.

I don't really care about Sentry but I'm glad to have Red Guardian back (he seems like he'll be the heart and was one of the more memorable aspects of Black Widow), Yelena has oddly been a win especially in Hawkeye, and I've been waiting to see more of Ghost since Ant-Man and the Wasp.
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 3/16/2025, 10:56 AM
It could be good and people will still bash it for not being amazing.
I’m looking forward to seeing what they do with these misfits.
narrow290
narrow290 - 3/16/2025, 11:35 AM
People are always saying they want original content then complain when we finally get it. This is going to be fantastic a sleeper I think

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