One of the more exciting Marvel projects coming up that I’m looking forward to seeing is Thunderbolts, which is an ensemble story from director Jake Schreier (The Beef). The film has had several strike-related delays this year, but it’s now headed in the right direction, and one of its stars, Wyatt Russell, who made his Marvel debut as U.S. Agent/John Walker in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, is talking about the project and its promising cast.
In a recent interview with Josh Horowitz on the Happy Sad Confused podcast (via SuperHeroHype) alongside his father, Kurt, Wyatt said:
“We have not started shooting [Thunderbolts]. We’ve almost started shooting that about 14 times, but not yet.”
While noting that he hasn’t yet read a finalized script for the movie, Russell said he “has confidence the movie is going to be good.” He continued:
“I know everybody is sort of on this Marvel train right now of things not going so well. The team that they have with us, right now — you have Florence Pugh, who is arguably one of my favorite actresses going. She’s f—king unbelievable. She can, as they say, read the phone book and I’ll sit through all of it.”
Complimenting the rest of the cast, Russell added, “Sebastian Stan, who has become a great friend, is incredible. David Harbour is amazing.” He also spoke on Schreier’s directing, saying:
“I know Jake so well, and I know how smart Jake is and how much he cares about making something interesting and different and utilizing everyone’s talents to the best of their ability. The story that I think they’ve come up with is really interesting — I know parts of the story and how the story works, but I can’t talk about it. It’s not a straightforward Marvel movie as you’ve seen in the past.”
Russell concluded:
“I think it’s going to be a lot of fun. I think it will be something hopefully Marvel fans look at and go, ‘This is something a little different.’ As far as we are approaching it, it’s time to go to work a little bit. It’s time to make a good Marvel movie.”
I’m pretty excited to see what this movie has in store, but it’s still probably going to be a bit before we hear much more of anything new. Thunderbolts is scheduled to release on July 25, 2025.
