Steven Yeun Comments on THUNDERBOLTS Departure, Notes ‘I Wanna Do a Marvel Movie’

The Thunderbolts have been a long-awaited MCU team. The quasi-villainous anti-hero/misfit gang is a staple of the Marvel Comics world, and many heroes have been a part of it at some time or another. As the MCU slowly gathered the right members, fans speculated harder and harder that the Thunderbolts were coming. And finally, in 2022, Marvel Studios made the big announcement—the MCU’s Thunderbolts movie was finally on the way.

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Although it was never confirmed, it was highly reported and corroborated by reliable sources, such as The Walking Dead‘s creator, that Steven Yeun had come aboard the MCU’s Thunderbolts movie. The actor appeared set to play the role of Marvel antihero Sentry. However, the latest reports, which we saw via The Hollywood Reporter, indicate that Yeun will no longer star in Thunderbolts. Of course, the movie was meant to release in the summer of 2024 and will now release in the summer of 2025, so it’s possible schedules simply no longer aligned. However, fans of Yeun will likely be disappointed that The Walking Dead actor will no longer appear in the MCU. Still, it feels like Yeun may yet appear in a Marvel movie, even if not as Sentry.

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Steven Yeun himself recently commented on leaving the MCU’s Thunderbolts behind, noting that he was sorry to have done so but hopeful about a Marvel future. He shared with Variety, “I think for me, time passing and things shifting kind of pulled me out of it… But Jake [Schreier], I know, is going to do an incredible job.” Yeun added, “I wanna do a Marvel movie,” He also noted, “It took a lot of drafts on email to make sure that I conveyed the sincerity of how sorry I was to have to back out.”

When asked which Marvel movie he’d want to be a part of, should another chance arise, Yeun wouldn’t say, offering, “I think it’s too early to say that. I probably pissed off too many people leaving, so I’m just gonna say, ‘Thank you for having me.'” But he also concluded, “I have some ideas… But I heard if you put it out there, you’ll never get it, so I’ll keep it close to my chest.” We guess we’ll have to wait and see if Yeun makes it into the MCU.

Here’s everything we know so far about Thunderbolts.

Title

For now, the movie about the Thunderbolts is simply called Thunderbolts.

Thunderbolts‘ PlotMarvel Studios

We don’t know anything about the plot of Thunderbolts. However, we know who will be part of the MCU Thunderbolts. The Thunderbolts will comprise of Contessa Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine, Ghost, Red Guardian, Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes (a.k.a Winter Soldier), US Agent, and Taskmaster.

Thunderbolts‘ Cast

Accordingly to the MCU Thunderbolts line-up, here is the projected main cast of the movie so far, pending any surprise recastings:

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus returns as Contessa Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine. Hannah John-Kamen will play Ghost. David Harbour remains as Red Guardian. Florence Pugh will reprise her role Yelena Belova. Sebastian Stan will again take on the role of Bucky Barnes (a.k.a Winter Soldier). Wyatt Russell will appear as US Agent. And Olga Kurylenko will appear as Taskmaster.

Reportedly joining them is The Bear star Ayo Edebiri in an unknown role.

Behind the Scenes

Eric Pearson will write Thunderbolt‘s script, and Jake Schreier will direct the movie. Beef‘s creator and showrunner Lee Sung Jin has also come aboard as a writer of the movie. Kevin Feige is, of course, producing this Marvel Studios’ production.

Thunderbolt‘s Release DateMarvel Studios

Thunderbolts is scheduled to release on July 25, 2025.

Originally published on January 27, 2023.

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