The cast of “Thunderbolts,” one of Marvel’s next major teams, is taking shape. Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige announced an A-list team of familiar cast members for the upcoming team-up film during Marvel’s D23 Expo panel on Saturday.
The Thunderbolts will include Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes aka the Winter Soldier, David Harbour as Red Guardian, Julia Louis-Dreyfus as La Contessa Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine, Wyatt Russell as John Walker aka U.S. Agent, Olga Kurylenko as Taskmaster and Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost.
Louis-Dreyfus’ scheming villain recruited U.S. Agent at the end of “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” and sent Yelena on a mission to kill Jeremy Renner’s Hawkeye in the post-credits scene of “Black Widow.”
The film was officially announced in July during Marvel’s Studio H panel at San Diego Comic-Con, along with its 2024 release date. Previously, it was revealed that Jake Schreier signed onto the project to direct, with Eric Pearson attached to write the screenplay.
Pearson has prior history with the MCU, co-writing the screenplay for “Thor: Ragnorok” and writing “Black Widow,” which was Pugh’s MCU debut. Schreier is most known for directing “Paper Towns” in 2015, but also has extensive experience shooting music videos for artists like Haim, Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar.
“Thunderbolts” is set for release on July 26, 2024.
