The cat is out of the bag, regardless that it was hardly within the bag at this level anyway. What cat, exactly? Properly, Marvel is placing collectively a workforce of dangerous guys making an attempt to do some good with subsequent 12 months’s “Thunderbolts*,” the movie that can formally conclude Section 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We will see loads of acquainted faces within the film, together with Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova and Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes, aka the Winter Soldier. In the meantime, MCU newcomer Lewis Pullman is becoming a member of the enjoyable as a personality who’s merely been known as “Bob” within the movie’s advertising and marketing up to now. Nevertheless, it seems Bob is definitely somebody fairly necessary … as many Marvel followers had been already effectively conscious.
David Harbour can also be returning as Pink Guardian following his debut in 2021’s “Black Widow.” Harbour not too long ago spoke at D23 Brazil (through ComicBookMovie.com), and talked a bit about Bob, who we have seen selection bits of within the “Thunderbolts*” trailers up up to now. The “Stranger Issues” actor then confirmed that Pullman is, certainly, enjoying the character Sentry from the pages of Marvel Comics. Here is what he needed to say about their relationship within the movie:
“Yeah, I do not assume he is aware of what to make of that. I imply, once more, we’ll need to see the way it unfolds with all of that […] I do not assume you guys know a lot about Bob/Sentry but, so you may need to see what that turns into on this film. I do not need to give an excessive amount of away.”
Thus, the worst-kept secret Marvel has going proper now could be out on the earth. Anybody who cares sufficient about this film to be studying this both A) already knew that Bob is definitely Sentry or B) does not take into account {that a} spoiler. Possibility C) is that informal moviegoers do not know who Sentry is anyway, so there are nonetheless loads of surprises in retailer, even when that identify is on the market in a extra official capability.
Sentry being in Thunderbolts* is hardly a spoiler at this level
Marvel is clearly in on the bit proper now. Calling a man one thing so simple as Bob and having him pal round with a bunch of not-so-good guys is likely to be just a little humorous and intriguing to the common viewer. But it surely’s additionally been extensively reported by respected publications for months that Marvel was casting Robert Reynolds, aka Sentry, for the movie. Steven Yeun (“Minari”) was initially set to star in “Thunderbolts*” as Sentry earlier than Pullman stepped in.
For many who might not be acquainted, Sentry is a really highly effective determine from the Marvel Comics universe with a wild historical past. Whereas there’s an excessive amount of to dive into right here, the gist of it’s that Sentry is a particularly harmful character whose energy stage is corresponding to Superman, solely he is far much less steady. He first appeared in a Marvel Knights miniseries in 2000 earlier than enjoying distinguished roles in books like “Darkish Avengers.” Robert Reynolds, his alter ego, has a character dysfunction, and a type of personalities is his archenemy The Void.
There’s loads happening there, and that would current some wild conditions for the titular workforce of misfits to cope with in “Thunderbolts*.” It additionally stays to be seen how Sentry goes to issue into the movie itself, together with his backstory, the place he is been within the MCU this complete time, and whether or not he’ll finally be an ally or a nemesis that must be handled. So yeah, to name this a spoiler can be overblown.
Jake Schreier (“Robotic & Frank,” “Paper Cities”) is directing “Thunderbolts*,” which additionally stars Hannah John-Kamen (Ghost), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine), Wyatt Russell (John Walker), and Olga Kurylenko (Taskmaster). The movie is ready to hit theaters on Could 2, 2025.