A new teaser for Thunderbolts has sparked a debate over the fate of Taskmaster after fans spotted what looks like the removal of the character from a crucial scene. The Thunderbolts trailer from September 2024 shows Taskmaster standing between Ghost and U.S.
Agent in the Watchtower scene. The new teaser , however, shows the same scene but with Taskmaster omitted. This, combined with the fact that Taskmaster actress Olga Kurylenko was not among the cast members announced this week to be Avengers: Doomsday , but the other Thunderbolts characters were, has caused some MCU fans to predict that Taskmaster does not make it out of the movie alive.
But why have Taskmaster in the original trailer scene but not in this latest teaser? Why the change? Fans have suggested lots of theories, from Marvel trying to double-bluff fans to hedging its bets when it came to working out what it was doing with Avengers: Doomsday. Then there is the fact that both frames (the one from the original trailer and the one from this teaser) aren’t exactly the same. Apart from Taskmaster’s removal, the characters are positioned ever so slightly differently.
Could this suggest Sentry simply ‘deletes’ Taskmaster in this scene, as he’s shown to be able to do to people in other trailer shots, and the rest of the Thunderbolts have yet to notice? Could Sentry have already killed Taskmaster at this point? Or did Taskmaster turn heel? As it stands, MCU fans aren’t really sure what to think. "Marvel pretty.
