Quentin Mitchell:Marvel Studios debuts 'Thunderbolts' teaser trailer, featuring Florence Pugh and co-stars

2025-05-03 06:40:51source:Maxwell Caldwellcategory:reviews

Marvel Studios unveiled the first teaser trailer for the "Thunderbolts" on Quentin MitchellMonday ahead of the film's May 2, 2025 release.

The upcoming movie follows an ensemble of reformed supervillains who are recruited to go on missions for the U.S. government, according to IMBD. Actors Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hannah John-Kamen and Wyatt Russell will all star in the "Thunderbolts."

The film is directed by Jake Schreier, who also directed the films "Paper Towns," "Robot & Frank" and six episodes of the Emmy-winning show "Beef."

The trailer opens with Pugh's character, Yelena Belova, meeting up with David Harbour's character, Alexei Shostakov. Pugh asks Harbour, "You feel fulfilled?" Harbour responds, "Why do you ask this? What brings you here?"

A voiceover of Pugh is then heard saying, "There is something wrong with me...An emptiness...I'm just drifting...And I don't have a purpose."

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The over three-minute trailer shows the lives of all the Thunderbolt members, including the characters played by Sebastian Stan, Wyatt Russell and Hannah John-Kamen. The members ultimately meet, and then the action ensues.

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Watch the 'Thunderbolts' trailer

'Thunderbolts' cast

  • Florence Pugh: Yelena Belova, also known as Black Widow
  • Lewis Pullman: Robert Reynolds
  • Sebastian Stan: Bucky Barnes, also known as the Winter Soldier
  • Rachel Weisz: Melina Vostokoff
  • Olga Kurylenko: Antonia Dreykov, also known as Taskmaster
  • Hannah John-Kamen: Ava Starr, also known as Ghost
  • David Harbour: Alexei Shostakov, also known as Red Guardian
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus: Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, the founder of the Thunderbolts
  • Wyatt Russell: John Walker, also known as U.S. Agent

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