THUNDERBOLTS To Begin Shooting This June; Julia Louis-Dreyfus Wants "To Fight" As Val

THUNDERBOLTS To Begin Shooting This June; Julia Louis-Dreyfus Wants "To Fight" As Val

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who plays the villainous(?) Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine in the MCU, has confirmed that Thunderbolts is scheduled to begin shooting this summer...

By MarkCassidy - Jan 17, 2023 01:01 PM EST
Filed Under: Thunderbolts

Previous reports have indicated that Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts movie was gearing up to shoot this summer, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus has now confirmed that production is scheduled to get underway in June.

The Seinfeld star wasn't willing to divulge much more about the project during an interview with Variety, but she did reveal that she's looking forward to an expanded role for her character, Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, and wants to get in on the action this time.

“I actually pitched it,” she tells the trade. “I told them I really, really want to fight. We’ll see if that happens. I haven’t seen the script yet.”

The duplicitous "Val" was introduced in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier before going on to appear in Black Widow and the more recent Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. We've only seen her use manipulation to achieve her goals thus far, but assume she's more than capable of throwing down in a scrap should the need arise.

Louis-Dreyfus also addressed the Contessa's unique look, which it sounds like she may have had some say in.

“In the original comic she has sort of a white streak in her hair, but I thought purple would make it a little more of this world today,” she said of the purple streak her character sports. “And I didn’t want o her to look too much like Cruella, or anything like that.”

Plot wise, all we really know about the movie is that it will see Val form a team consisting of Red Guardian (David Harbour), Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan), John Walker/U.S. Agent (Wyatt Russell), and Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko).

Harrison Ford will replace the late William Hurt as Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, who may wind up transforming into the Red Hulk.

Jake Schreier (Robot and Frank, Dave) is set to direct, with Black Widow scribe Eric Pearson penning the script.

Thunderbolts is currently slated to open on July 26, 2024.

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Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 1/17/2023, 1:37 PM
Man, i just want to skip to Phase 6 honestly...
Blastaar
Blastaar - 1/17/2023, 1:37 PM
Did they change the roster? Still too many similar characters.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 1/17/2023, 5:41 PM
@Blastaar - maybe that's the point? An Abomination or White Vision wouldn't be really stealthy
Blastaar
Blastaar - 1/18/2023, 9:23 AM
@bkmeijer1 - I know people want Abomination, but I'm more inclined to thinking Dr.Druid or Baron Mordo, or any other mystical occult type of character.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 1/18/2023, 9:39 AM
@Blastaar - that could be interesting as well. I quite like the line-up though.

Having it be more covert makes me hope we're getting another movie in the style of CATWS.
Blastaar
Blastaar - 1/18/2023, 10:23 AM
@bkmeijer1 - CATWS is my favorite MCU movie, if having another movie similar to it but with a dark supernatural element, that could be cool too.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 1/18/2023, 10:30 AM
@Blastaar - that could make things a bit more intriguing, but for me it wouldn't be necessary. Unless CANWO is also a spy/military thriller. Don't need two of those right after each other. One of them can have a supernatural element
Blastaar
Blastaar - 1/18/2023, 11:51 AM
@bkmeijer1 - No, just one character who has that element to them is enough. I would definitely introduce Dr.Druid due to the fact that hasn't been introduced yet.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 1/18/2023, 11:55 AM
@Blastaar - Dr Druid could definitely be an interesting addition if the don't wanna go with Mordo.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 1/17/2023, 1:38 PM
Val got one last chance to be interesting
MCUKnight11
MCUKnight11 - 1/17/2023, 1:40 PM
As much skepticism as there is about the lineup, I hope for the best. Here's hoping Jake Schreier has a cool idea for this movie. The skepticism should not be about him since he directed the music video for We cry together.
MCUKnight11
MCUKnight11 - 1/17/2023, 1:42 PM
I can't figure out what it is about the lineup that doesn't click with me. Aside from Taskmaster, I generally like all these characters.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 1/17/2023, 1:47 PM
@MCUKnight11 - For me it's that they are almost all just super soldiers. There's not a lot of variety in the team. And it's missing actual characters that are usually associated with the Thunderbolts like Zemo, or actual villains.

Much like the current comics it really feels like they are missing the whole point of what the Thunderbolts are.
MCUKnight11
MCUKnight11 - 1/17/2023, 1:49 PM
@CorndogBurglar -
Blastaar
Blastaar - 1/17/2023, 1:50 PM
@CorndogBurglar - Yeah, they could've introduced Dr.Druid or Baron Mordo or some other mystical person. Or even Man-Thing, being that they just introduced him in Werewolf By Night.
Vigor
Vigor - 1/17/2023, 1:54 PM
@MCUKnight11 @corndogburglar - I don't really care about their powers. Mcu has trained me not to care. They trained me to care about how these characters interact with each other (that's what made avengers1 work) and so that's what interests me most about thunderbolts

I LOVED yelena
Love bucky
Enjoy seeing US Agents unhinged self
Enjoy comics version taskmaster (I believe she's gonna have more of a personality this go around)


I mean there's just so many possibilities here thar is fun to imagine. Yes it'd be fun if they had varied abilities but that's actually the least interesting thing to me. If I were one to care about abilities, blue beetle movie coming out would be my most interested because he's effing cool as he'll. But in MCU, it's the interactions for sure
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 1/17/2023, 2:15 PM
@Vigor @MCUKnight11

I can understand that. But it just feels like a big missed opportunity to bring in some actual villains.

And while I don't know what the story is yet, I can already tell what it isn't.

And I think the best way to go about a Thunderbolts film would have been to have a bunch of new Superheroes come on to the scene trying to fill the absence of The Avengers. And they should have advertised it as a whole new team of heroes. But then at the end show them unmask and have them be several villains. Zemo, Ghost, Taskmaster, US Agent, and whoever else.

That could have been really cool. But instead it's just a team of a couple villains and some super soldiers. And while I look forward to those interactions, they could have gone about it in a different way.
Vigor
Vigor - 1/17/2023, 2:47 PM
@CorndogBurglar - I hearthat. That's what I assumed the movie would be about. This is a different direction entirely
Honestly the MCU needs more villains period. The villains need to stick around and be a persistent element to this world
bobevanz
bobevanz - 1/17/2023, 1:45 PM
Only if she fights like this
Spawnnn
Spawnnn - 1/17/2023, 1:45 PM
This and Cap4 are probably the least exciting upcoming MCU projects.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 1/17/2023, 2:17 PM
@Spawnnn - I don't think we know enough about Cap4 for me to judge yet, but this team alone feels like a weak Thunderbolts team.
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