Thunderbolts must be a wild experience, and is actually the MCU’s tackle the Suicide Squad. The film will see a number of morally ambiguous characters workforce up, with the gang comprised of Bucky Barnes, Ghost, U.S. Agent, Yelena Belova, Pink Guardian and Taskmaster, all beneath the steerage of Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ Valentina Allegra de Fontaine and with Harrison Ford’s President Thaddeus Ross overseeing every thing.

Filming was purported to be going down in Utah proper now, although the continuing Hollywood strikes have slammed the brakes on, and the film has slipped to December 2024. But when director Jake Schreier is feeling the strain he isn’t exhibiting it. Chatting with ScreenRant, he was quizzed as as to whether he had a favourite member of the workforce:

“I’m gonna plead the fifth on that. I gotta go make this film. I can’t play favorites at this level. I believe, look, clearly one of many first issues that struck me about it was simply what an unimaginable solid had been assembled. And I imply, who wouldn’t need to work with that solid in any type? So I believe I’m simply actually enthusiastic about every of them. Getting to indicate that work related to those characters and actually convey that form of deeper understanding of who these characters are.”

He additionally stated to anticipate the surprising and that this will likely be distinct from different MCU tasks:

“One thing that was thrilling about Thunderbolts is [that] it’s not a sequel. It’s a brand new story, and it’s a set of characters that possibly we’ve met just a little bit within the MCU earlier than, however it is a very new tackle who they’re and what brings them collectively. Most likely not what persons are anticipating from it, however I suppose I can’t actually say greater than that.”

Schreier sounds upbeat, however having a film like Thunderbolts on hiatus have to be anxious. Scheduling a shoot with a big solid of stars have to be a nightmare, though no less than each different Hollywood manufacturing is in the identical boat.

If Thunderbolts goes to hit its new December 2024 launch date, it must go earlier than the cameras by the top of 2023 on the newest to permit time for post-production and VFX work. It’s very doable these strikes may stretch on into 2024, at which level we’re going to be taking a look at substantial delays for each main manufacturing.

If that occurs, possibly the studio heads will lastly come to the desk with to barter in good religion. However, at this level, we’re not holding our breath.

Thunderbolts is about to launch on December 20, 2024.