With production delayed due to the current strikes, Thunderbolts director Jake Schreier comments on what attracted him to the project in the first place. Speaking with Collider recently Schrier was asked what had been the main hook to directing this movie for Marvel?
“I think what jumped out was, I mean, first of all, the cast is just incredible and I think any movie with that cast, how could you not be excited about getting to work with that group of people? And then also Jon Watts was my roommate from college and we’re good friends and so knowing what a great experience he had making those films. And I even did second unit on the LA portion of one of the Spider-Man movies, so having a little bit more kind of connection or insight into that world.”
As alluded to here, Schreier is no stranger to working with Marvel Studios. At the same time, this is still by a long way the biggest budget movie he has ever helmed. But why Thunderbolts?
“It was just a really different approach and a new kind of story to tell amidst that, which I know they’ve made so many things, but it’s not a sequel. Yes, these characters have appeared before, but it is a new story being told and a story, I think, with a very different perspective than maybe people aren’t expecting, and I think that that felt exciting and felt like a real challenge worth taking on.”
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What we know officially about Thunderbolts is that the team are put together by Val (Louis-Dreyfus). The members of the team we know of are Red Guardian, Yelena Belova, Ghost, John Walker, Taskmaster and Bucky. However, we also know Ayo Edibiri is part of the cast. Rumors say she will play Songbird. See above related link. Another is that the main antagonist of the movie could be Steven Yeun, who rumors say is playing The Sentry.
For now though, until the movie starts filming, the only official information is the cast announced initially.
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