What Thunderbolts* post-credit scenes reveal about the MCU’s future
- Marvel Studios released Thunderbolts on May 1, 2025, featuring a government-assembled team of antiheroes undertaking covert missions.
- The film arises from the MCU's expansion into darker, morally complex narratives centered on returning characters manipulated into forming a New Avengers team.
- Thunderbolts includes two post-credit scenes: a comedic moment with Red Guardian and a mid-credits scene showing Avengers Tower rebranded as Watchtower with the Fantastic Four's logo.
- These scenes introduce major developments by confirming the Fantastic Four's arrival in the main MCU timeline and highlighting a rift between the New Avengers and Sam Wilson's sanctioned Avengers.
- Thunderbolts sets crucial groundwork for Phase 6 by deepening multiversal conflicts and internal hero divisions, suggesting significant narrative tensions leading into upcoming MCU films.
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