Thunderbolts* came out on May 2, 2025, and met with mostly positive critical response. It is the 36th entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and it's written by Eric Pearson and Joanna Calo. The film revolves around a bunch of supervillains who have to come together for a mission.
Recently, Sebastian Stan, who reprised his role as Bucky Barnes in the film, appeared in a video where he reveals a poster of The New Avengers. It is also the title of Thunderbolts*. Fans took to the comments to share their excitement. One user wrote that Stan looks like a secret agent while revealing the new poster.
Thunderbolts* star Sebastian Stan reveals The New Avengers poster
Recently, Marvel Studios revealed a short video on YouTube titled The New Avengers. It features Sebastian Stan, dressed in an all black outfit with black shades, showing up holding several folded pieces of paper. The actor is walking past a Thunderbolts* poster and stops to look at it. Stan then proceeds to cover its poster with a poster that says The New Avengers. It features him, as Bucky, looking away at something.
Fans wrote several comments under the video to share their excitement.

Fans hilariously reacted,
Amazing. The New Avengers with Bucky!, said one fan
Another one added, Bucky said, “this is my movie now” and made it canon
he really said "and I'll do it myself" commented another fan
It is interesting to note that The New Avengers is an alternate title to Thunderbolts*. The film has been noted for its portrayal of mental health issues, which is the first for the MCU franchise. The cast members of the film include,
- Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova
- Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes
- Wyatt Russell as John Walker aka U.S. Agent
- Lewis Pullman as Bob Reynolds, Sentry, Void
- Olga Kurylenko as Antonia Dreykov aka Taskmaster
- David Harbour as Alexei Shostakov aka Red Guardian
- Chris Bauer as Holt
- Geraldine Viswanathan as Mel
In a THR interview, the film's co-writer Eric Pearson spoke about it being re-branded as The New Avengers.
“That was a Kevin [Feige] thing. I pitched that Valentina is forced to introduce the Thunderbolts [to the public], and Kevin said, ‘I think that she should call them the Avengers.’ And I was like, ‘Whoa, okay!’ and then there were many, many discussions: ‘Capital N? Lowercase n? Are they Avengers that are new? Are they the New Avengers?’ But that was Kevin’s idea, and it’s part of some four-dimensional chess plan that I don’t totally know yet.”
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