{"id":72336,"date":"2025-05-01T09:47:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T13:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=72336"},"modified":"2025-05-27T09:48:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T13:48:56","slug":"thunderbolts-what-does-the-asterisk-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/thunderbolts-what-does-the-asterisk-mean\/72336\/","title":{"rendered":"THUNDERBOLTS: What Does the Asterisk Mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"158\" data-end=\"464\">Marvel fans have finally cracked the mystery behind the title of the upcoming movie <strong data-start=\"242\" data-end=\"258\">THUNDERBOLTS<\/strong>*\u2014and it\u2019s causing a lot of excitement! Before the film\u2019s official release, special fan screenings in the U.S. revealed some big secrets, including the meaning behind the puzzling asterisk (*) in the title.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"466\" data-end=\"765\">At these exclusive showings, fans got to watch the entire movie along with the post-credit scenes, which are famous for teasing what\u2019s next in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Spoilers quickly spread online, explaining the meaning of that little asterisk that\u2019s had everyone guessing for months.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"767\" data-end=\"1146\">For a long time, fans have been wondering if the asterisk hinted at a connection to the \u201cNew Avengers,\u201d a fresh team lineup from the comics. Now, thanks to these sneak peeks, it\u2019s confirmed\u2014the asterisk actually stands for <strong data-start=\"990\" data-end=\"1006\">New Avengers<\/strong>. The movie\u2019s final title card makes it clear: this group of misfit heroes will be coming back as the New Avengers in future Marvel stories.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1148\" data-end=\"1407\">One character, Bob\u2014played by Lewis Pullman\u2014was also confirmed to return in upcoming MCU movies. This helps link the film to a famous Marvel Comics storyline called \u201cAvengers Disassembled\u201d by Brian Michael Bendis, which reshaped the Avengers team in a big way.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1409\" data-end=\"1749\">Directed by Jake Schreier, <strong data-start=\"1436\" data-end=\"1452\">THUNDERBOLTS<\/strong>* takes a darker, more complicated approach. Instead of classic heroes, the story focuses on a group of morally grey characters\u2014meaning they\u2019re neither purely good nor bad. The cast includes well-known actors like Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Wyatt Russell, and Hannah John-Kamen.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1751\" data-end=\"2011\">In the movie, these characters are sent on a secret mission by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, a mysterious figure in the MCU. As they carry out their orders, they have to confront their troubled pasts and navigate a dangerous trap that could change everything.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2013\" data-end=\"2204\">Rather than setting up a straightforward sequel, the film uses the New Avengers reveal to show that Marvel is shaking up its superhero teams and preparing for bigger changes ahead in the MCU.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2206\" data-end=\"2278\"><strong data-start=\"2206\" data-end=\"2222\">THUNDERBOLTS<\/strong>* will be released worldwide in theaters on May 2, 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marvel fans have finally cracked the mystery behind the title of the upcoming movie THUNDERBOLTS*\u2014and it\u2019s causing a lot of\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":72337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[9452],"class_list":["post-72336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film","tag-thunderbolts"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}