‘Thunderbolts’ Director Was Inspired by His Own Work With Kendrick Lamar and Baby Keem

Thunderbolts* Director Jake Schreier on emotion, stunts and throwing Florence Pugh off a building

Thunderbolts*, sorry, The New Avengers, helmed by Emmy winner Jake Schreier, is a bona fide hit both critically and financially. With a cast of characters who don’t exactly scream “Avengers material”: Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes, Red Guardian, Ghost, Taskmaster, and John Walker, have become lovable losers who have endeared themselves to audiences. In a new Q&A with Marvel, Schreier dug into what drew him to the MCU, how the film fits into the ev…

The director of Thunderbolts* has come back to the death of a character in the Marvel blockbuster, and explains why they made this choice. Thunderbolts* may be one of the best welcomed Marvels since beautiful lurette, especially after the sweet disaster of Captain America 4, but it doesn't make it a commercial success. [...]

‘Thunderbolts’ Director Was Inspired by His Own Work With Kendrick Lamar and Baby Keem

Thunderbolts director Jake Schreier recently explained how his early work with Kendrick Lamar and Baby Keem inspired his approach to making the Marvel blockbuster. IMAX shared a clip of Schreier describing what inspired him to want to work in IMAX and he reflected on going to see Christopher Nolan’s Tenet while working on Kendrick and Keem’s music videos.“Something that happened during the pandemic,” he explained. “I was shooting these music vid…