“Everyone here has done bad things” and someone wants them all gone. The upcoming Marvel offering Thunderbolts*, set to release on May 2, 2025, dropped its first trailer on Monday, thereby taking social media by storm. It follows an ensemble of reformed supervillains, a gang of Marvel misfits, including people who’ve been accused of contact killings, robbing government labs, being shadow ops, and more; put in a team to go on a deadly mission.
The trailer begins with Florence Pugh’s Black Widow Yelena meeting her father Alexei Shostakov (David Harbour) to express her discontent over living a sad life. “There is something wrong with me. An emptiness.
I’m just drifting. And I don’t have a purpose. I thought throwing myself into work was the answer,” she says before the action ensues in the three-minute trailer.
We see the return of the Winter Soldier Bucky (Sebastian Stan) involved in a high-octane stunt sequence, and Yelena isn’t behind. If you think there are good guys and bad guys in the world, this Marvel lot is the worst of them all. Hence, it’s no surprise that it didn’t take long for the trailer to generate a flurry of reactions online.
#Thunderbolts is a kind of Suicide squad but marvel version, Winter soldier is the leader of this group Not Yelena belova according to @DanielRPK And replace taskmaster female version to male version https://t.co/nk0W2zQS9A — yanshio Main Account (@VazquezpYan1995) September 24, 2024 IM SO READY FOR FLORENCE PUGH AND SEBASTIAN STAN TOGETHER ON THE BIG SCREEN, ITS GONNA BE AMAZINGGGGGG!!!!!!!! #Thunderbolts * pic.twitter.
com/rXoWj9ORHT — aisha 💫 (@evanslarsons) September 23, 2024 How fast the night changes 😭 #Thunderbolts #MarvelStudios pic.twitter.com/7PEEJ14SQZ — Anakin Skywalker (@Satwikrs) September 23, 2024 A user on X, who loved the action sequences in the trailer, wrote on the platform, “Just rewatched Thunderbolts* trailer again and loved it! The action looks so good and this short glimpse of the Yelena hallway fight sequence looks so great.
” Just rewatched the #Thunderbolts trailer again and loved it! The action looks so good & this short glimpse at this Yelena hallway fight sequence looks so great 👀 🔥 pic.twitter.com/GjpEfS56Ee — Bart (Halloween Era 👻 🔪) (@Bart2389) September 24, 2024 I absolutely hated almost every part of Deadpool and Wolverine and feared my Marvel days may be done, but the #Thunderbolts * trailer has me optimistic pic.
twitter.com/8gcwVWR2IT — Ry (@ravenryan_) September 24, 2024 Glad to have another addition to my favorite comic book movie sub-genre of "put together team of outcasts loser anti-heroes that noone cares about or hates, and make me care about them through the course of an action packed emotional story." #Thunderbolts * pic.
twitter.com/HRvWgZtEnb — Xavier (@Xavier69909854) September 24, 2024 Too excited about #Thunderbolts I cannot hide my excitement on a physical level. It’s sure gonna be the only topic I’ll talk about in a next few weeks pic.
twitter.com/vWOHKTb1Le — Khazalag | Huggy (@khagalazik) September 24, 2024 #Thunderbolts looks GOOD. I don't get why Marvel is still hiding the subtitle (it's Dark Avengers) but otherwise this is a strong 1st impression of the film.
It has a solid narrative hook (not the SS knockoff that I feared) & visually it looks impressive. https://t.co/1OfwnOgRQb — Edwin Kim (@MantaBluRay) September 24, 2024 THIS YELENA LOOK.
#Thunderbolts pic.twitter.com/8MnnCh6DQa — Florence Pugh Daily (@bestofpugh) September 23, 2024 I was reluctant to assume it's Avengers Tower immediately - but it is.
That skyline is the south east view from the MetLife, with the UN building on the left and Gotham Point on the right. The MetLife is where Avengers Tower is in the MCU. #Thunderbolts https://t.
co/kjSmSK8Iwp pic.twitter.com/pxCho9mr8b — BEJT (@bejt_t) September 23, 2024 The fight sequences are gonna be so awesome I can already tell 👌🏽🔥 #Thunderbolts pic.
twitter.com/EZIVT2GSmk — Giselle✖️✖️//💥⏳🥀🐉 TROP S2 ERA💍🧝♀️ (@giselleb1234) September 23, 2024 I’ve NOT been on board with #Thunderbolts , however..
. This trailer sold me a bit. Awesome hand to hand combat, action set pieces look enjoyable and I’m more interested in the story.
2 things: • WHY is Bucky in this? • Still not a Valentina fan pic.twitter.com/p7mQk7LgUt — Reel James (@itsreeljames) September 23, 2024 DRACO MALFOY LOOKS DIFFERENT HERE #Thunderbolts * pic.
twitter.com/uKRwN0gH6d — steph🪩 (@hum5ug) September 23, 2024 If that wasn’t enough, Marvel fans are already cooking up crazy death theories involving Taskmaster aka Antonia Dreykov (Olga Kurlenko). A fan hypothesized, “I am not seeing a lot of Taskmaster in this trailer.
It makes me think that they’re hiding something with her, do we think she dies? I could definitely be wrong, but the group shot in Avengers tower seems to me to be near the end of the movie and she isn’t there.” I am NOT seeing a lot of Taskmaster in this trailer..
.it makes me think that they’re hiding something with her, do we think she dies? I could definitely be wrong, but the group shot in Avengers tower seems to me to be near the end of the movie and she isn’t there 🤷♂️ #Thunderbolts https://t.co/w7OsNpqqmf — Random Nerd Brain (@RandomBSTheory) September 24, 2024 A section on the internet appears to be obsessed with the action sequences of Sebastian Stan.
A user wrote, “Bucky pulling his arm out of the dishwasher is sending me so excited for Thunderbolts*.” Another agreed, “Bucky is so back, blowing up cars.” Bucky is so back, blowing up cars.
#buckybarnes #MarvelStudios #Thunderbolts pic.twitter.com/zsGJi75XBT — Anakin Skywalker (@Satwikrs) September 24, 2024 Bucky Barnes using a dishwasher to wash his metal arm sends me so hard😭🤣 #Thunderbolts pic.
twitter.com/1MgIblmGtZ — Giselle✖️✖️//💥⏳🥀🐉 TROP S2 ERA💍🧝♀️ (@giselleb1234) September 23, 2024 OBSESSED WITH THIS SEQUENCE OF BUCKY ON A MOTORCYCLE #Thunderbolts pic.twitter.
com/PimHeDDNvf — sabrina 🦇 (@nightwaynes) September 23, 2024 the flashbacks i just got??? literal chills omg...
#Thunderbolts #MarvelStudios pic.twitter.com/djsxoy89Qu — CAMMY 🔮 🧹 (@cammyh4rkness) September 23, 2024 Bucky pulling his arm out of the dishwasher is sending me.
So so excited for #thunderbolts pic.twitter.com/PzWXRZhTLA — Kitty (@plutoplutoniumx) September 24, 2024 This is what peak super solder performance feels like.
#Thunderbolts #TheGeekyCast #CouncilOfGeeks pic.twitter.com/HC9Qnl7KIf — Comicnerdgamer91 (@NerdGamer91) September 23, 2024 THE WINTER SOLDIER IS BACK #Thunderbolts pic.
twitter.com/C3uzqjTGNL — ES 🌙 (@dinmurdock) September 23, 2024 Can't wait for this movie! #Thunderbolts pic.twitter.
com/KxgUoKyBuF — M Mo (@The_Notorious_4) September 24, 2024 Things are going to be messy for this gang of misfits and they need to be careful who they assemble. ALSO READ| ‘Agatha All Along’ premiere review: Kathryn Hahn’s MCU return is bewitching in this WandaVision spinoff.
