THUNDERBOLTS* promises something different for the MCU

"THUNDERBOLTS*" has been in development for the MCU since 2022, and finally, after all these years the movie is premiering in theaters this May 2, 2025, by director Jake Schreier with a script by writers Lee Sung Jin ('BEEF') and Joanna Calo ('BEEF', 'The Bear', 'Hacks'), both writers for Emmy nominated TV shows teaming up with recurrent MCU writer Eric Pearson.

Ever since the project started pre-production Jake Schreier had the compromise to make something different for the MCU standards, that's why the team behind the film is full of professionals that have worked in critically acclaimed films, films with a lot of personality and visual identity.

Yesterday on an article for "EMPIRE" our lead actress Florence Pugh talked about the movie saying it had an "A24 feeling" to it, with a grim and emotional depth that other films from the MCU haven't tried before, or at least not since Chloe Zhao's 'ETERNALS', lauded for being something different and refreshing for the franchise.

Know the team working behind "THUNDERBOLTS*".

Today, Letterboxd released an exclusive teaser trailer via X (formerly Twitter) highlighting the team behind the film. Aparte from the writers and director of Netflix's 'BEEF', that absolutely swept its award season and became a fan favorite overnight, the film has Andrew Droz Palermo from 'The Green Knight' as cinematographer, and editor Harry Yoon from the Oscar nominated film 'Minari'.

Son Lux, the Oscar nominated composers behind the music of 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' is working on the score of the film as well, and sharing productiong designer with A24 cult classic 'Hereditary.

Everyone working on this has an unique vibe and vision to bring to the table, and it looks like the studio will lean into the uniqueness of this film in order to bring new fans to the theaters, specially after the criticisms received for the last 'Captain America' movie, with everyone calling it formulaic and basic, with nothing to add.

Let's hpe that 'THUNDERBOLTS*' delivers to the expectations the studio is setting, and can redeem the MCU and show us the potential for superhero adaptations, and that blockbusters can have a vision instead of reheating the same formula again and again.

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