Thunderbolts* ending explained: what does the asterisk mean, is there a post-credits scene, and your biggest Marvel questions answered
- Marvel Studios released Thunderbolts* on May 2, 2025, introducing a team led by Yelena Belova in a story set in the MCU.
- The film follows a mismatched group of villain-adjacent characters forced to cooperate under manipulative Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, amid a public confusion over their identity.
- The cast includes Florence Pugh as Yelena, Sebastian Stan as Bucky, and others like U.S. Agent and Ghost, with the team eventually called The New Avengers after a press reveal.
- The film's ending credits reveal the transition from Thunderbolts* to The New Avengers with a montage then ripped away, and Yelena telling Valentina, "We own you now."
- Thunderbolts* concludes Phase Five, sets the stage for Phase Six, and establishes a new hero team operating from the Watchtower to tackle threats unnoticed by others.
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The Meaning Behind the Thunderbolts* Name—And That Asterisk—Is Finally Revealed
Warning: This post contains spoilers for Thunderbolts* The asterisk in the Thunderbolts* title became a major part of the Marvel Studios marketing campaign for the new movie. Why was it there? What did it mean? The studio remained mum. Now that the movie has premiered we finally know why the team of B-list superheroes (briefly) adopted the name of Thunderbolts and what was going on with the punctuation. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Thunderb…
What Does the ‘Thunderbolts’ Asterisk Mean? Ending Spoilers Revealed! | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip
The Marvel Studios movie Thunderbolts* is now playing in theaters and we finally know the meaning of the asterisk in the title. There is a very simple explanation for the asterisk and it all happens in the end credits for the movie. If you don’t want to know anything, stop reading right now, but if you’re okay with being spoiled, feel free to continue reading! Keep reading to find out more… In Thunderbolts*, an unconventional team of antiheroes …
‘Thunderbolts*:’ What Does the Asterisk Mean?
The “Thunderbolts” are here. Marvel Studios’ ragtag team of mismatched villains (at the very least, they’re villain-adjacent) – led by Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) and including Bucky (Sebastian Stan), U.S. Agent (Wyatt Russell), Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko), Red Guardian (David Harbour) and Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen) – are making their debut on this big screen this week. But the only question bigger than which of the characters makes it out aliv…
What does the asterisk mean in Thunderbolts*? Mysterious title explained
*WARNING: Contains spoilers for Thunderbolts**If you're a Marvel fan, there have probably been a few pretty pressing questions on your mind in recent times.Can the MCU return to its glory days after a number of recent duds? Will the Fantastic Four finally be brought to the big screen successfully at the third time of asking? And, perhaps most pressing of all, what on earth does that asterisk mean at the end of Thunderbolts*?Well, the newly relea…
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