The MCU’s own Suicide Squad assembles in the latest trailer for Thunderbolts

The villains take center stage in Marvel Studios’ first trailer Lightning*.

“Everyone here has done bad things,” Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova/Black Widow says while getting into a fistfight with several of Marvel’s anti-heroes, including John Walker/U.S. Agent (Wyatt Russell), Ava Starr/Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), Antonia Dreykov/Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko), and a mysterious character named Bob (Lewis Pullman), believed to be the Sentry. The five, along with Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian (David Harbour) and Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), are forced by the U.S. government to band together and work on a dangerous mission.

The mastermind behind this is CIA director Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus). “There are bad guys and there are worse guys. And there is nothing else,” de Fontaine says as the group gathers before her.

At its core comic book series By Kurt Busiek and Mark Bagley, Lightning* Directed by Jake Schreier and written by Eric Pearson, Lee Sung Jin, and Joanna Calo. Schreier, Lee, and Calo collaborated on the Emmy-winning Netflix series SteakMarvel Studios President Kevin Feige is the producer of the film. Lightning bolts*.

Lightning* It will be the first movie in the MCU Deadpool and WolverineThe film, which was released in July, broke records for an R-rated movie by grossing $211 million at the domestic box office.

Marvel Studios #Lightnings*only in theaters May 2025. picture.twitter.com/kLJ3Ttb9Z3

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Lightning* It is the first of four MCU films scheduled to be released in 2025. The first, Captain America: Brave New World, It will be released on February 14, 2025. The third film, Fantastic Four: First StepsIt will be released towards the end of the summer on July 25, 2025. Finally, KnifeMahershala Ali’s long-awaited solo film is set to hit theaters on November 7, 2025.

Lightning* It is scheduled to be released on May 2, 2025.