THUNDERBOLTS* Trailer Reveals Sentry Twist And Potential Plans To Make Shocking Addition To Avengers Tower

THUNDERBOLTS* Trailer Reveals Sentry Twist And Potential Plans To Make Shocking Addition To Avengers Tower

The first trailer for Thunderbolts* was released yesterday and, upon closer inspection, it reveals a unique Sentry twist and potential plans to make a significant change to Avengers Towers' appearance...

By JoshWilding - Sep 24, 2024 12:09 PM EST
Filed Under: Thunderbolts

Marvel Studios stopped short of revealing The Sentry in yesterday's Thunderbolts* trailer but we did get to meet Lewis Pullman's "Bob." While the sneak peek failed to shed much light on his role in the movie, we've just unearthed a couple of very intriguing clues. 

When Yelena Belova enters the facility where she meets the other Thunderbolts and Bob, blueprints can be seen showing several different variations of The Sentry's logo and hairstyle. 

These pieces of paper seemingly have the OXE logo at the top of them, an organisation we first heard would be featured in this movie earlier this year. In the Ultimate comics, Valentina Allegra de Fountaine was the group's Chairman and, while little is revealed about OXE, they're described as the "largest holding company in the world."

Not only does this suggest she's working independently of the CIA, but it looks like Val set out to create the perfect superhero in The Sentry. This differs from his comic book origin - where he was a drug addict who accidentally ingested a super-powerful serum - and what's shown here points to Val polling the public to figure out what they'd respond best to. 

Alas, something tells us The Sentry won't be the ideal "hero" she's looking for, particularly if Bob suffers from the same mental health issues as his comic book counterpart (on the page, those take on a physical form as the monstrous Void). 

Also of note is the fact there are blueprints for "The Watchtower."

Placed atop Avengers Tower in the comics, that's the home and headquarters of the Sentry. A tall tower boasting a set of black crossing fins, it has a large golden sphere set at the top. The Watchtower was supervised by an artificial intelligence named CLOC, who maintained a watch over the world's communications and alerted the Sentry to major emergencies.

In the MCU, this may be what Val rebrands Avengers Tower as. There's always a chance these are Val's scrapped plans but with rumours swirling about the asterisk in Thunderbolts*' title standing for "New Avengers," we wouldn't bank on that.

Are you excited to see the MCU's take on The Sentry?

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Marvel Studios, and a crew of indie veterans, who definitely sold out, present Thunderbolts*, an irreverent team-up featuring depressed assassin Yelena Belova alongside the MCU’s least anticipated band of misfits.

Confirmed cast members for Thunderbolts* include 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, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine.

Geraldine Viswanathan replaced Ayo Edebiri in an undisclosed role now believed to be Songbird, while Lewis Pullman has taken over as The Sentry following Steve Yeun's unexpected departure from the movie. Both he and Edebiri are said to have left due to scheduling issues.

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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KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 9/24/2024, 12:08 PM
The Sentry could be da 💣. They should get Beau to write a mini series.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 9/24/2024, 12:15 PM
The trailer was meh, I couldn't help but think "what are we some kind of Thunderbolts?"
ProfessorWhy
ProfessorWhy - 9/24/2024, 12:18 PM
@bobevanz - I didn't see a clown with a baseball bat or a shark person tho....
McMurdo
McMurdo - 9/24/2024, 12:48 PM
@ProfessorWhy - which is disappointing. TSS was fun.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 9/24/2024, 12:19 PM
Wasn't crazy at first about Bob from Top Gun, but after the most recent trailer I can see him as Sentry now. The Void would make a great villain to establish this team being as legit Avenger replacements.
thedrudo
thedrudo - 9/24/2024, 1:44 PM
@ModHaterSLADE - Pullman rules. Can’t wait to see him in this.
LukeCage2155
LukeCage2155 - 9/24/2024, 12:21 PM
I can't wait to see how the MCU handles Sentry.
HermanM
HermanM - 9/24/2024, 12:29 PM
Will DC sue them for calling their base the Watchtower?
CaptainDC
CaptainDC - 9/24/2024, 12:42 PM
An incredibly original idea to create a genetically modified, super-powered soldier to serve the government or villain!!!
HulkisHoly
HulkisHoly - 9/24/2024, 12:59 PM
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Tufasrox
Tufasrox - 9/24/2024, 1:11 PM
That trailer was awful. Full stop.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 9/24/2024, 1:23 PM
Cool!!.

However, is it just me or I can’t see diddly squat on those blueprints?.

Anyway , I could see Val using OXE as a shell company in order to create her own superhero for the government (remember that rumor of a international superpower arms race in the MCU we got?) post The Blip hence The Sentry.

Bob or Robert Reynolds could be a test subject in this version (maybe even the only one that survived) but due to his mental health issues or The Void , he’s been kept imprisoned in this facility since he’s too powerful and priceless to be killed.

Fun fact: O.X.E was introduced in the main 616 continuity in the comics too last year with Bucky using its dissolved resources to form a new Thunderbolts team.

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The Sentry’s comic history is rather complicated and convoluted so I’m cool with them streamlining it this way.
JFerguson
JFerguson - 9/24/2024, 1:35 PM
eye of sauron type shit
dragon316
dragon316 - 9/24/2024, 1:58 PM
Marvel Disney chicken scared to do alcohol and drug abuse that’s in comics
JustBrootal
JustBrootal - 9/24/2024, 2:04 PM
We are not getting The Sentry we all want. It will be some Disney-fied version of Superman. He ain’t ripping no one in half or pulling power from some dark void. Tired of getting half assed comic book stories jumbled into one story.
MarvelZombie616
MarvelZombie616 - 9/24/2024, 2:22 PM
I hated the Sentry scam in the comics.
Marcel advertized it as a forgotten creation from Stan Lee, which was an outright lie that made me buy the 5 issue comic series.

The character didn't get better later, neither in Dark Reign nor in Siege.
CharlesLeeRay
CharlesLeeRay - 9/24/2024, 2:51 PM
So, a bunch of supersoldiers (at best) will take down The Sentry?
Franshu
Franshu - 9/24/2024, 3:41 PM
Eh, they're removing all of what made The Sentry interesting. Meh.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 9/24/2024, 4:52 PM
So what is Val's role again? She's so uninteresting that I keep forgetting what agency or group she's working with in the MCU.

Anyway, I hope Bob is a far more important character than the trailer makes it look and he's actually the owner of Stark Tower since 2017.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 9/24/2024, 5:24 PM
@bkmeijer1 - I enjoy her attitude personally but yeah ,she doesn’t really have much depth.

She’s the director of the CIA who seems to dabble in shadowy activities
CreateNowSlpL8r
CreateNowSlpL8r - 9/24/2024, 11:10 PM
@bkmeijer1 - They really have never made it clear. Shes kind of there to do whatever the plot needs her to.
PartyKiller
PartyKiller - 9/24/2024, 10:00 PM
Title reminded me of the song. So there's that.

Spike101
Spike101 - 9/24/2024, 10:38 PM
Just Marvels attempt at doing their own Suicide Squad.. why you’d want copy the competitions less fabulous effect I have no idea.
DemonTweeks
DemonTweeks - 9/25/2024, 3:00 AM
bunch of super soldiers up against The Sentry? so basically they will have a plan to beat him physically, that wont work and they will be close to death but they will then appeal to his humanity with some speech which will snap him out of trying to kill them. he will then fly off somewhere to get away and be alone in his regret etc etc.
soup3161
soup3161 - 9/25/2024, 9:48 AM
Anyone else feeling like they’re going to do a turd of a job with Taskmaster in this film? Her exclusion from the elevator scene makes me think that character doesn’t make it too far into the film. Also we never see Olga Kurylenko’s face, which again makes me think that that character will be disposed of quickly.

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