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Disney/Marvel StudiosThunderbolts*, Marvel’s latest adventure starring Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan and David Harbour, is coming to digital streaming this week.
Directed by Jake Schreier, Thunderbolts*, aka The New Avengers, opened in theaters on May 2. The official summary for the film reads, “Marvel Studios assembles an unconventional team of antiheroes — Yelena Belova (Pugh), Bucky Barnes (Stan), Red Guardian (Harbour), Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko) and John Walker (Wyatt Russell).
“After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap set by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfuss), these disillusioned castoffs must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts. Will this dysfunctional group tear themselves apart, or find redemption and unite as something much more before it’s too late?”
Rated PG-13, Thunderbolts* also stars Lewis Pullman, Geraldine Viswanathan, Chris Bauer and Wendell Pierce.
Disney-Marvel announced in a YouTube trailer on June 18 that Thunderbolts* would be arriving on digital streaming via premium video on demand on Tuesday, July 1.
Thunderbolts* will be available to purchase for $29.99 on such digital platforms as Apple TV, Fandango at Home, Prime Video and YouTube. In addition, Thunderbolts* will be available to rent for $24.99 for a 48-hour period that begins once the viewer begins watching the film.
Jake Schreier Pitched His Ideas About ‘Thunderbolts’ While Working On Netflix Hit ‘Beef’
In an interview with The Wrap published on Thunderbolts* opening day in theaters on May 2, director Jake Schreier told the trade publication that he began pitching his ideas for the Marvel antihero film while directing episodes for acclaimed 2022 Netflix dark comedy series Beef, starring Steven Yeun and Ali Wong.
During the long process of laying out his game plan for Thunderbolts* for Marvel Studios, Schreier told The Wrap that he even brought Beef creator Lee Sung Jin to work on some drafts of the script.
“It was about bringing a lot of that tone that we explored in Beef and feeling like that could work on an even larger scale,” Schreier told The Wrap. “He really believed in this idea that you could explore darker, internal issues and that these ideas are not niche anymore, that those are really universal things that everyone experienced.”
Thunderbolts* to date has earned $187,6 million domestically and $191.8 million internationally for a worldwide box office gross of $381.5 million against a $180 million production budget before prints and advertising, according to The Numbers.
In addition, the film earned an 88% “fresh” rating from Rotten Tomatoes critics based on 350 reviews and a 93% “fresh” Popcornmeter score based on 10,000-plus verified user ratings.
Rated PG-13, Thunderbolts* will be released on digital streaming on July 1.
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