THUNDERBOLTS* Theatre Standee Reveals A New Look At Marvel's Misfit Heroes

THUNDERBOLTS* Theatre Standee Reveals A New Look At Marvel's Misfit Heroes

A cereal box-style theatre standee for Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts* has been spotted in the wild, giving us a new look at the full team of misfit heroes...

By MarkCassidy - Feb 11, 2025 07:02 PM EST
Filed Under: Thunderbolts

Maybe they really can be the heroes on the Wheaties box!

Some photos of a theatre standee for Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts* have been shared online, and they feature a new look at the misfit antiheroes that make up the MCU's team of *Replacement Avengers.

The front of the cereal box-style standee is the same image as the poster that was released with Sunday's trailer, but the back shows Yelena, Bucky, US Agent, Red Guardian, Taskmaster and Ghost trying to find their way out of a maze while Val and Bob/Sentry wait at the top.

The Thunderbolts (if they do end up keeping that name) are expected to take centre stage in the MCU over the next few years, and are rumoured to form the basis for the next iteration of Earth's Mightiest Heroes that will assemble during Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars.

Check out the photos at the link below, along with another promotional shot of Florence Pugh as Yelena.

Marvel Studios also announced the exciting news that Son Lux will be scoring Thunderbolts*. The three-member, American experimental band was Oscar and BAFTA- nominated for their score for 2022’s best picture, Everything Everywhere All at Once. 

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?

Returning to their Marvel Cinematic Universe roles are Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Wyatt Russell, Olga Kurylenko, Hannah John-Kamen and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. The cast also includes newcomers to the MCU—Lewis Pullman, Geraldine Viswanathan, Chris Bauer and Wendell Edward Pierce.

Jake Schreier directs Thunderbolts* with Kevin Feige producing. Louis D’Esposito, Brian Chapek and Jason Tamez serve as executive producers.

Marvel Studios’ Thunderbolts* opens in U.S. theaters on May 2, 2025.

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Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 2/11/2025, 7:39 PM
Oh shit! Everyone get in here! It's that theatre standee thread you've all been waiting for! 🤪
This movie is gonna flop harder than my last relationshit.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 2/11/2025, 7:43 PM
@Feralwookiee - the cinematographer went a little heavy on the orange man filter
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 2/11/2025, 7:42 PM
I've been out of the loop - os the asterisk because the team will get a different name by the end?
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 2/11/2025, 7:49 PM
@Ryguy88 - The rumor has been that they're supposed to be revealed as the New Avengers at the end of the movie, but I think that's highly unlikely and this is a simple marketing bait and switch.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 2/12/2025, 1:47 PM
@Feralwookiee - and who doesnt like a good bait and switch ;)
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 2/12/2025, 2:21 PM
@Ryguy88 - True, but that's the government's job!
0bstreperous
0bstreperous - 2/11/2025, 7:44 PM
This movie looks good iykyk
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 2/11/2025, 7:55 PM
I dig that standee made to look like a cereal box…

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It fits the somewhat irrevent tone of the film.
cubrn
cubrn - 2/11/2025, 11:19 PM
@TheVisionary25 - I know people thinking Red Guardian bringing up the Wheaties box is just meaningless humor but it really does fit his character. All the glory Captain America got eluded him and it really eats him up.
Matchesz
Matchesz - 2/11/2025, 7:57 PM
It irks me that Sentry couldnt he blonde, they go all of the way out their way to make their weird decisions all of the time but cannot be bothered to be comic accurate with some hair dye or a good wig
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 2/11/2025, 8:10 PM
@Matchesz - He brown when he's Bob, Blonde when he's Sentry and Netflix when he's Void
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HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 2/11/2025, 7:58 PM
There's too much orange on Taskmaster's suit, makes her look like a damn clown.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 2/11/2025, 8:37 PM
@HashTagSwagg -

Thankfully it happened to a fake Taskmaster and not a real one.
incredibleTalk
incredibleTalk - 2/11/2025, 8:27 PM
...still the badest walk-off ever in the MCU...

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incredibleTalk
incredibleTalk - 2/11/2025, 8:28 PM
@incredibleTalk - ...still the scariest villain in the MCU also!

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RolandD
RolandD - 2/11/2025, 10:21 PM
@incredibleTalk - Don’t you know it’s not cool to say anything positive about Marvel now? Seriously, you’re absolutely right. I am so tired of the whiny complainers on here. Thanks for not being one of them. I am all for constructive criticism, but that certainly not what happens on this website for the most part.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 2/11/2025, 10:28 PM
@RolandD -

You complain all the time.

And Bucky is not the scariest MCU villain.

I like him though.
Floke
Floke - 2/12/2025, 12:39 AM
@MakeAmericaGrea - No the scariest one so far is Amy Pascal. She even made Kevin gulp.
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Spike101
Spike101 - 2/12/2025, 1:02 AM
@incredibleTalk - one of, if not the best shots in the MCU.
Spike101
Spike101 - 2/12/2025, 1:03 AM
@incredibleTalk - we need to see more of Bucky like this.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 2/11/2025, 8:33 PM
Thunderbolts* so White.

Like with Captain UnAmerican and Underwhelming Four, I'll be watching this for free on TV later.
ImNotaBot
ImNotaBot - 2/11/2025, 9:31 PM
I really enjoy Pugh as Yelena but it feels wrong Bucky not being the main lead of this movie. Sebastian Stan has proven that he is an amazing actor being nominated as best actor for two different movies and Bucky has one of the best MCU storylines, And it is crazy that he didn't get a solo movie or show. They keep making him a supporting character every single time.

Bucky story makes him a way better fit to lead the New Avengers than Sam. Don't get me wrong i don't want Bucky as Cap, i think it makes no sense, but he should lead the new team with Yelena supporting him like Natasha and Steve. Sam can still be Cap, but i don't think he has proven himself to lead a team. Like what Ross said, he can be Captain America but he's not Steve Rogers.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 2/11/2025, 10:29 PM
@ImNotaBot -

Sebastian Stan also did President Trump wrong.

He's getting review bombed.
StSteven
StSteven - 2/12/2025, 12:50 AM
@ImNotaBot - I totally agree with you but in the SB trailer it totally seems like basically what happens is that in that scene where he's chasing them on the road on his motorcycle and then blows up RG's limo, after that Bucky kidnaps them and basically recruits them to be his team (the whole scene we see in the trailer where he has them all bound up and says "What? Do you have something else to do?".

So it DOES seem like, at least in that moment, Bucky is calling the shots and is likely recruiting the rest of them to form a team to go against whatever Val is doing (likely the Sentry). So you may well get your wish. :)
YonnyLayna
YonnyLayna - 2/11/2025, 10:02 PM
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harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 2/11/2025, 10:13 PM
buck needs to buck someone in this movie.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 2/11/2025, 10:30 PM
@harryba11zack -

I want them all to breakdance.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 2/11/2025, 10:33 PM
Bucky stops here.

I like when they say things that are funny only not funny at all in the trailers.

OT:

What are some of your favorite comic book movies?

Batman (1966)

Superman (1978)

asherman93
asherman93 - 2/11/2025, 10:38 PM
I do hope they eventually pull a Shang-Chi with Taskmaster and reveal that Dreykov bought off the identity from Tony Masters... with him eventually coming into play to reclaim his title.
(Hell, bring him in for Deadpool 4.)
HulkisHoly
HulkisHoly - 2/11/2025, 10:54 PM
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MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 2/11/2025, 10:56 PM
@HulkisHoly -

Yep.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 2/11/2025, 11:01 PM
Easisly the most unique and creative MCU standee so far, it's neat.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 2/12/2025, 12:33 AM
@NinnesMBC -

So unique and creative parts of it rip off a Suicide Squad poster.
GirshwinDavies
GirshwinDavies - 2/11/2025, 11:27 PM
Bucky is one of my absolute favorites. The Winter Soldier and Iron man 1 are my top two favorites. That being said..tha [frick] is up with his hair?
McMurdo
McMurdo - 2/12/2025, 12:26 AM
@GirshwinDavies - two of the best to this day. In the entire genre.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 2/12/2025, 12:35 AM
@GirshwinDavies -

Probably some lefties wanted it like that.

Shorter hair may have made people think he was conservative.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 2/12/2025, 12:25 AM
Harloff essentially said Brave New World is mid
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 2/12/2025, 12:40 AM
@McMurdo -

I'm guessing this guy was mad on November 5th.

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At least he has some common sense.

This movie does look mid at best.

Not a new classic.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 2/12/2025, 12:41 AM
@MakeAmericaGrea - nah he's not a lefty. Don't you ever get tired dude?
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 2/12/2025, 12:51 AM
@McMurdo -

Do you ever get tired, duder?

I've read Comic Book Movie for I'm guessing close to 20 years.

I've seen you and many others talk a lot of politics here.
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