U.S. Agent Actor Wyatt Russell Says THUNDERBOLT Director Will Bring Depth To The MCU Film

U.S. Agent Actor Wyatt Russell Says THUNDERBOLT Director Will Bring Depth To The MCU Film

U.S. Agent actor Wyatt Russell previously worked with Thunderbolts director Jake Schreier on AMC's comedy-drama television series, Lodge 49.

By MarkJulian - Dec 21, 2023 10:12 AM EST
Filed Under: Thunderbolts
Source: THR

U.S. Agent aka John Walker actor Wyatt Russell is confident that director Jake Schreier will be able to elevate Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts above and beyond the typical comic book movie film.

Russell and Schreier have experience working together at earlier points in their careers, on the 2018 AMC comedy-drama, Lodge 49. Schreier was an episode director on the series, which ran for two seasons.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter about Monarch: Legacy of Monster, Russell also touched on Thunderbolts, confirming that he expects cameras to start rolling on the MCU Phase 5 film in March/April 2024.

Said Russell, "... Jake Schreier is the [Thunderbolts] director, and we worked together on six episodes of [Lodge 49]. So it just feels like we’re going for something that has depth and something interesting to theorize about beyond just flying around and doing superhero stuff."

"That’s awesome and cool, and it’ll be in there, too, obviously, but I’m hoping to do what we’ve done with [Monarch: Legacy of Monsters]. There’s a human element to this and those characters. They’re hard stories to write and do, but if you work hard enough and you really put your heart and soul into it, you can always make them great."

"So I’m really looking forward to working hard and having a blast. They’re so fun when you let them be fun, and I could not be more excited."

Rusell's comments also track with previous statements from Red Guardian actor David Harbour, who also hinted that the film will be more character-driven.

If Disney doesn't shuffle release dates any further, Thunderbolts will premiere in theaters on July 25, 2025, in-between Fantastic Four (May 2, 2025) and Blade (November 7, 2025). Avengers: The Kang Dynasty (May 1, 2026) and Avengers: Secret Wars (May 7, 2027) mark the conclusion of Phase 6 of the Multiverse Saga.

Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), U.S. Agent (Wyatt Russell), Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), Red Guardian (David Harbour), and Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko) are confirmed Thunderbolts members. Steven Yeun has also been identified as playing The Sentry in the film thanks to leaks.

Ayo Edebiri has an unspecified role, and Harrison Ford's Thunderbolt Ross is set to appear.

The project reunites the creative team behind Netflix's Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated drama Beef, with Schreier directing from a script co-written by the series' creator, Sung "Sonny" Jin Lee. Sonny revised a script previously written by Black Widow screenwriter Eric Pearson.

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VamP5659
VamP5659 - 12/21/2023, 10:11 AM
Wyatt, blink twice if Kevin is holding you at gunpoint to say that. You can get out, YOU HAVE FREE WILL, LEAVE WHILE YOU STILL CAN.
The1st
The1st - 12/21/2023, 1:39 PM
@VamP5659 - lol if it was really a concern you'd think Kurt would warn him
VamP5659
VamP5659 - 12/21/2023, 1:45 PM
@The1st - He's off playing Jor-El in Superman: Legacy. He got out a long time ago.
The1st
The1st - 12/21/2023, 1:48 PM
@VamP5659 - yes
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 12/21/2023, 10:15 AM
That Wanda movie which guest stared Doctor Strange proved that Disney Marvel's director's don't have enough control to actually save these films.
marvel72
marvel72 - 12/21/2023, 10:18 AM
@HashTagSwagg - I liked Doctor Strange And The MultiVerse Of Madness, not an excellent movie but than most of phase 4 and 5.
marvel72
marvel72 - 12/21/2023, 10:18 AM
@marvel72 - Better than most
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 12/21/2023, 10:24 AM
@marvel72 - I didn't hate the film like other phase films but that's an incredibly low bar to set.
VamP5659
VamP5659 - 12/21/2023, 10:24 AM
@marvel72 - Rami's direction, Olsen's acting, and that whole Illuminati Massacre scene made it great for me.
marvel72
marvel72 - 12/21/2023, 10:44 AM
@VamP5659 - Yeah there was some cool shit that I liked in the movie,for me I would say the best movies of phases 4 and 5 are.

1.Spider-Man:No Way Home
2.Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 3
3.Doctor Strange And The MultiVerse Of Madness

The rest I don't think much of or I haven't seen
marvel72
marvel72 - 12/21/2023, 10:45 AM
@HashTagSwagg -

VamP5659
VamP5659 - 12/21/2023, 10:48 AM
@marvel72 - I wholeheartedly agree with that list.
Vigor
Vigor - 12/21/2023, 11:19 AM
@marvel72 - these are undisputedly the top movies of the past two phases for sure
J0HNS0N
J0HNS0N - 12/21/2023, 11:39 AM
@marvel72 - Not a movie exactly, but Werewolf by Night has been my favorite thing of these phases.
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 12/21/2023, 12:26 PM
@HashTagSwagg - I think thats Disney in general. Indiana Jones 5 had James Mangold and it was a piece of shit with the script and pandering agenda it had.
The1st
The1st - 12/21/2023, 1:41 PM
@VamP5659 - The cutscenes were hastily done. Really the only thing I found jarring. A few moments/weeks later would have solved it. It felt like he came to bargain again for no reason without
GhostDog
GhostDog - 12/21/2023, 10:17 AM
VamP5659
VamP5659 - 12/21/2023, 10:18 AM
@GhostDog - Carl Walker in DOWN Goes the Shield.
The1st
The1st - 12/21/2023, 1:42 PM
@VamP5659 - walker thunderbolt ranger
Vigor
Vigor - 12/21/2023, 10:24 AM
If you've seen the show BEEF on netflix, you know what he's talking about. Same director and lead actor as thunderbolts. That show had such a simple concept and yet they layered the characters so well
VamP5659
VamP5659 - 12/21/2023, 10:25 AM
@Vigor - But this is the MCU we're talking about, my guy. Each character will be as fleshed out as a Disney Channel Original Movie.
Vigor
Vigor - 12/21/2023, 10:30 AM
@VamP5659 - that's widely false. I mean the whole reason MCU movies made a splash in a sea of foxmen, Sony, and warner brothers comic book films is BECAUSE of the characterizations and depth to their characters. Are we really going to act like Steve, Tony, tchala, rocket, and heck even queen Ramonda aren't full of depth and well fleshed out?
VamP5659
VamP5659 - 12/21/2023, 10:37 AM
@Vigor - Not denying those characters didn't work and I love them to death but really, how are you gonna make a team of people with the same damn power set and same damn stoic personalities work?
Vigor
Vigor - 12/21/2023, 10:49 AM
@VamP5659 - power set is similar. I hope for a thunderbolts sequel that more mirrors the original team from the comics, if this takes off. But their personalities are different'ish. That's the part that excites me the most about thunderbolts movie. Because as I mentioned, mcu does a good ipb with characterizations my opinion. I guess we will see!

Us agent is unhinged and trying to live up to the responsibility
Bucky is haunted by his past
Red guardian is a damn goofball trying to regain former glory
Ghost has no personality. So she's a blank slate
Yelena is the only normal one despite being a trained assassin
VamP5659
VamP5659 - 12/21/2023, 10:50 AM
@Vigor - What about Taskmaster?
Vigor
Vigor - 12/21/2023, 11:14 AM
@VamP5659 - whoops. I mean taskmaster has no personality. Got her swapped with Ghost

The writer here can do a lot with Ghost. It's been a while since antman 2. Five or six in-universe years in fact. She can either be in worst shape or found a way to better control her powers.
Taskmaster might be a whole new person here too! Black widow movie took place between civil war and infinity war right?? That was like seven years ago in-universe

RedFury
RedFury - 12/21/2023, 11:23 AM
@VamP5659 - to be fair, almost all war/spec op films have characters that are very similar to eachother. They're usually all farm boys, with guns. But it's the personality, and drama that creates interest within those similar characters.

I get that worry that they're all too similar. But it isn't a death sentence creatively based on the success of many war/spec op films.
The1st
The1st - 12/21/2023, 11:05 AM
...uhuh
Matchesz
Matchesz - 12/21/2023, 11:15 AM
I love it when Marvel have scenes like when John Walker is building his own shield, you would think he would turn out to be an epic dark cap character.. just for it to be destroyed 2 seconds in the fight, whats the point of using these characters?

Also they tease Bucky and the dad of the guy he killed having a moment at the end, then when it finally comes they cut to the next scene. that shit was literally the only scene I was waiting for too
JonC
JonC - 12/21/2023, 6:54 PM
@Matchesz - breaking the shield is an eye opening moment for him... which is not the same as breaking him.
AvalonX
AvalonX - 12/21/2023, 12:11 PM
Shut up Wyatt Russell. STFU!

Seriously, other than this board. No one knows or cares about this movie.
Scarilian
Scarilian - 12/21/2023, 1:16 PM
Please Wyatt Russell, get the hell out of Disney. You can do so much better. They are going to destroy your character, they don't realize that they actually made you likable before.

These actors should leave this train wreck and do other things.

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