After seeing Marvel's first trailer thunderbolts*I am very sure that the upcoming movie will be more than “MCU's Suicide Squad”. Warner Bros. and the DCEU, coming from 2016 and 2021 Suicide Squad the films feature collections of incarcerated criminals who come together to complete missions for the US government. while thunderbolts* it seems to have some shared DNA of the general DC Comics premise, I have a feeling that the upcoming MCU movie will be a bigger deal.
Director Jake Schreier hails from Marvel Studios thunderbolts* It is set to debut a new cast of characters in the MCU, most of whom have appeared in past films. This new list mainly includes Sebastian Stan's The Winter Soldier, Florence Pugh's Elena Belova, Wyatt Russell's US Agent, David Harbour's Red Guard, Hannah John-Kamen's Nightmare, and Olga Kurylenko's Taskmaster. Each member has a dark past, and some were even considered villains at one point in the MCU. so that It's not hard to see where the Suicide Squad comparisons come from, though I do thunderbolts* It's going to be a bigger deal for the MCU.
Marvel's Thunderbolts* Have Similarities With DC's Suicide Squad
A gathering of morally compromised characters for the greater good
In the DCEU, Director Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) creates Task Force X, a program that plants bombs on the heads of imprisoned villains and dangerous metahumans.. They would then be sent on missions to protect the interests of the US government. So it was with David Ayer Suicide Squad Where these expendable criminals are sent to save the world from a magical wizard, as well as James Gunn Suicide Squad It saw a rebooted roster come together to protect state secrets before defying orders and taking out the galactic psychic starfish known as Starro.
Notable members of both teams include Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn, Will Smith's Deadshot, Idris Elba's Bloodsport, Joel Kinnaman's Rick Flagg, and Peacemaker John Cena, who has since received his own spin-off series. an animated spin-off series called Creature commandos Set to air in late 2024, Davis' Amanda Waller, Sean Gunn Weasel, and Frank Grillo will star as Rick Flagg Sr. in the new DC Universe. will feature in the role and more.
MCU's Red Guardian actor David Harbor will also be present
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Considering all this, Comparisons between DCs Suicide Squad movies and the upcoming MCU thunderbolts* making a movie is easy. Based on the new trailer, CIA Director Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) assembles a team of morally dubious characters to protect the interests of the US government. While they may not be criminals with bombs in their heads, the members of this new team are nowhere near fitting the typical superhero mold. They are mercenaries, ex-assassins and contract killers, although many have tried to live better than they did in the past.
There are a few quips The Lightning* Is A Bigger Story And Team
He Will Have A Much Greater Impact On His Universe
Despite all comparisons, I believe thunderbolts* plans to tell a bigger story that will have bigger ramifications for the MCU as a whole. While watching the DCEU and Suicide Squad movies, the movies don't really have any substantial impact on the overall stories that play out, or make any significant connection to the rest of the world they're set in. On the contrary, I think thunderbolts* It's going to make a huge splash that changes the status quo of the MCU, and there are already a few teases about why.
Originally planned by Marvel Studios thunderbolts* having established some of his main characters like Val in previous MCU projects for several years. Val's relationships with other main characters, such as Yelena Belova and US Agent John Walker, have already been shown. Likewise, thunderbolts* mainly uses established characters that MCU fans are invested in, such as Elena and especially Bucky Barnes' Winter Soldier, who as a previously brainwashed assassin now seeking redemption and redemption has been talked about in the MCU since 2011.
However, thunderbolts* also set to make his debut as Lewis Pullman The Watchman. Real name Bob Reynolds, Sentry is one of Marvel Comics' most powerful characters of all time. So it's highly unlikely that a character with this much power wouldn't have a bigger impact on the MCU. Along with the one time Avengers Tower was shown in the trailer and the asterisk in the title at the end of the film teasing the team's ultimate secret or evolution, all signs point to some very big changes for the MCU Thunders*.
I'm sure Marvel's Thunder* will be bigger than Suicide Squad
(It will surprise people)
It seems obvious to me thunderbolts* 2025 will result in a major shakeup for the MCU. Similarly, iIt's more likely that this new team will have more to do with the overall story of the MCU than with DC. Suicide Squad movies and its characters have ever been for the DCEU. Anyway (and regardless of the comparisons being made), Marvel's thunderbolts* looks like it's going to be a very exciting time with a very impressive cast.