Slightly grungy yet epic/heartwarming music, check. A barrage of black, baggy clothing and hoodies, check. Many, many guns and explosions? Check and check. Well, it must be the Thunderbolts*. The MCU’s latest super-ish team of almost-heroes (almost-villains) is back in a brand new trailer for the aptly named Thunderbolts* movie, which played during the Super Bowl. We feel like none of these fellows would put much stock in the big game. But they sure did take center stage during it.
You can check out the latest trailer for Marvel Studios’ Thunderbolts* below.
Honestly, even though I personally swore I would never get taken in by Bucky Barnes again… I’m kind of glad to see him. Incredibly, Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes is one of the most OG, OGs left. And who would have ever thought Bucky would have that honor? Will Bucky Barnes fans finally get their Black Widow/Winter Soldier romance after all this time? It would definitely have that perfect hint of Thunderbolts* irony to it if it did. But this Thunderbolts* trailer isn’t telling.
What it is giving, though, is action galore. We see the whole Thunderbolts* team really going for it during this Super Bowl trailer. As a reminder, that team consists of Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), Red Guardian (David Harbour), John Walker (Wyatt Russell), Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko), Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen) and Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus)
What’s Sentry up to? What does the asterisk mean in Thunderbolts*? And how is David Harbour in every single movie trailer we see? We’ll have to sit with these questions in our hearts. Although we can mull over this Thunderbolts* synopsis as we do:
In “Thunderbolts*,” Marvel Studios assembles an unconventional team of antiheroes — Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes, Red Guardian, Ghost, Taskmaster and John Walker. After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap set by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, these disillusioned castoffs must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts. Will this dysfunctional group tear themselves apart, or find redemption and unite as something much more before it’s too late?
What we do know is that the Thunderbolts* trailer pulls us in. We’ll surely be seated (in our best grunge and black eyeliner) when Thunderbolts* releases on May 2, 2025. This team may not be able to fly and can only punch things, but we sure do love them.