THUNDERBOLTS Live-Action Movie Officially in the Works at Marvel Studios with Jake Schreier Directing
Marvel Studios’ villains are getting a jolt, with the super villain team the Thunderbolts getting their own film.Filmmaker Jake Schreier, who has directed films such as
Robot & Frank and episodes of TV series such as Jim Carrey’s
Kidding,
Dave and
Minx, has landed the job to direct
Thunderbolts, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Marvel veteran Eric Pearson is penning the script, after working with the studio on
Black Widow and
Thor: Ragnarok.
Deadline first reported the news.
In the comics, the Thunderbolts are a team of supervillains who debuted in
The Incredible Hulk No. 449, and created by writer Mark Bagley and artist Kurt Busiek. They are akin to DC’s Suicide Squad as that in some versions the team works under government supervision.
Speculation that Marvel could set up the Thunderbolts dates back to 2019, when studio boss Kevin Feige announced at San Diego Comic-Con that Daniel Bruhl would return as the villain Zemo for Disney+’s
Falcon and the Winter Soldier. In the comics, Zemo was the founding member of the team, which has led by figures such as Hawkeye as well.
Marvel has introduced a number of other villains who could make up the roster, though no stars are said to be attached to
Thunderbolts. Villains who feel like a fit for the big screen Thunderbolts include Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko), U.S. Agent (Wyatt Russell), Yelena Bolova (Florence Pugh) and Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), who in both
Falcon and the Winter Soldier and
Black Widow pulls the strings behind the scenes in a way suggesting she could oversee a team of villains.
Marvel is preparing to debut
Thor: Love and Thunder in theaters and just launched
Ms. Marvel on Disney+. The studio has a full slate over the next few years, and will debut more at D23 in September, Disney confirmed Thursday.
Schreier recently filmed the Netflix and A24 series
Beef, which stars Ali Wong and Steven Yeun. Pearson’s credits also include
Godzilla vs. Kong and TV’s
Agent Carter.
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