Marvel Changes ‘Thunderbolts*’ Posters to Replace Movie Title With ‘The New Avengers’ — but It’s a Spoiler for the Movie’s Big Reveal

Spoiler Alert: This article contains major spoilers for “Thunderbolts*,” now playing in theaters.
Marvel Studios is wasting no time spoiling the ending of its new summer tentpole “Thunderbolts*.” A giant billboard in Los Angeles promoting the Marvel movie got a massive facelift during the end of the film’s opening weekend as the title changed from “Thunderbolts*” to “*The New Avengers.” The studio then posted a video of the film’s cast ripping the “Thunderbolts*” title off the poster to reveal “The New Avengers.” The poster on ticketing websites like Fandango has also changed to read “The New Avengers.”
Marvel fans had long been wondering why the official “Thunderbolts*” title included an asterisk. The answer is revealed in the third act of the movie, when Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) announces the group’s name is the New Avengers. The team includes Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan...
Marvel Studios is wasting no time spoiling the ending of its new summer tentpole “Thunderbolts*.” A giant billboard in Los Angeles promoting the Marvel movie got a massive facelift during the end of the film’s opening weekend as the title changed from “Thunderbolts*” to “*The New Avengers.” The studio then posted a video of the film’s cast ripping the “Thunderbolts*” title off the poster to reveal “The New Avengers.” The poster on ticketing websites like Fandango has also changed to read “The New Avengers.”
Marvel fans had long been wondering why the official “Thunderbolts*” title included an asterisk. The answer is revealed in the third act of the movie, when Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) announces the group’s name is the New Avengers. The team includes Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan...
- 5/5/2025
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety - Film News
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