Marvel Is Already Spoiling Thunderbolts* With Big Billboard Changes

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Summary

  • Marvel changes the Thunderbolts* billboard displayed on Sunset Plaza Drive in West Hollywood, California.
  • Marvel Studios replaced the Thunderbolts* billboard title with “*The New Avengers,” which many fans felt was a major spoiler.
  • *Thunderbolts* performed well at the box office during its opening weekend.

The movie “Thunderbolts” has been successful at the box office during its initial weekend. It appears that Marvel Studios is no longer concealing significant aspects of the film’s plot.

The highly-anticipated second Marvel movie of the year, titled Thunderbolts, has left audiences in awe. For weeks prior to its release, fans couldn’t stop discussing it, and now that it’s hitting theaters, it’s causing a storm on social media and online forums. However, Marvel Studios added fuel to the excitement by making a significant change to a billboard promoting the film. Those who noticed the modification believed it might have been a major plot reveal.

Marvel Studios recently shared an image of a billboard in West Hollywood, California showcasing the upcoming team known as the Thunderbolts. This team includes characters such as Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova, Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier, David Harbour’s Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian, Wyatt Russell’s John Walker/U.S. Agent, Lewis Pullman’s Bob/Sentry, Hannah John-Kamen’s Ava Starr/Ghost, and Olga Kurylenko’s Antonia Dreykov/Taskmaster. The billboard initially read “Thunderbolts,” but a statement in bold letters at the top read “*The New Avengers*.” This has sparked debate among fans as to whether Marvel is spoiling their upcoming movie or not, since the Thunderbolts series ended with the group declaring themselves as the “New Avengers.” Some fans felt that the studio should have waited a week before changing the billboard, given that the latest MCU film had just premiered and many viewers haven’t seen it yet. Others argued that it was misleading because it revealed a major plot point of the upcoming movie. The billboard has since been updated to read “*New Avengers*.

It’s not uncommon for Marvel fans to argue about potential spoilers. Last week, Robert Downey Jr., star of Iron Man, posted a series of photos on Instagram with several other Marvel stars: Simu Liu, Winston Duke, Paul Rudd, Channing Tatum, Chris Hemsworth, and Anthony Mackie. In these pictures, they appeared to have had dinner and a movie night together. One image included the Thunderbolts logo in the background, hinting that they may have watched the film. However, Downey Jr.’s caption caused some confusion because he referred to himself and his fellow stars as “Old Avengers,” implying there are “New Avengers.” Some viewers accused him of spoiling the Thunderbolts movie by using this term, but others defended him, stating they didn’t understand his meaning until fans who had seen the film explained it to them.

It appears that Marvel Studios’ recent rebranding of the Thunderbolts billboard as “The New Avengers” has overshadowed whatever Downey Jr. did last week. This latest move by the studio suggests a new team of Avengers in the MCU, now known as the Thunderbolts. The absence of the movie title and its replacement with the group’s new name on the billboard makes it easy to understand the message. While this may not come as a shock, given that Marvel has been promoting Thunderbolts as a major film following Avengers: Endgame, it is worth noting that many original Avengers, including Iron Man and Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), were lost in Endgame. This seems to indicate a new era for the Avengers team, with room for fresh faces to step up in the wake of the original team’s apparent disbandment, even though characters like Thor, Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), and Captain America (Chris Evans) are still alive.

Thunderbolts* is now showing.

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2025-05-05 19:38