How the 'Thunderbolts*' post-credits scenes set up the MCU's next phase

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This communicative contains spoilers for “Thunderbolts*” and is meant to beryllium work aft seeing the film.

Marvel’s “Thunderbolts*” has been released into the world, which means it’s yet clip for that different longstanding MCU contented — discussing its post-credits scenes.

Directed by Jake Schreier, “Thunderbolts*” follows a radical of villains-turned-antiheroes from disparate corners of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, led by Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) and Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), arsenic they reluctantly articulation forces to assistance prevention the world.

The movie is simply a instrumentality to acquainted signifier for the ever-expanding superhero franchise. It’s a classical Marvel team-up featuring not-so-classic characters including John Walker (Wyatt Russell) from “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” Ava Starr a.k.a. Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen) from “Ant-Man and the Wasp,” Alexei Shostakov (David Harbour) from “Black Widow,” Antonia Dreykov a.k.a. Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko) from “Black Widow” and caller quality Bob (Lewis Pullman).

In different instrumentality to form, “Thunderbolts*” features 2 extremity credits scenes. The first, a mid-credits scene, offers a glimpse of however beingness has changed for the recently minted superhero squad present that they aren’t disgraced erstwhile heroes oregon mercenaries operating successful the shadows. Alexei, besides known arsenic Red Guardian, stops a lawsuit successful the cereal aisle of a market store successful bid to telephone attraction to a container featuring the New Avengers. Alexei’s American imagination of being connected a container of Wheaties has yet travel true. Whether the squad has been accepted by the world, though, is different question.

The 2nd scene, which is shown aft the afloat credits decorativeness rolling, is the much important of the 2 arsenic it teases what’s to travel for the superhero squad arsenic good arsenic the MCU.

Set 14 months aft the events of the main story, the squad formerly informally known arsenic the Thunderbolts* has deed a spot of a roadblock with its branding. While they had been dubbed the New Avengers by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) by the extremity of the movie, Sam Wilson, the new Captain America, is not astatine each pleased that they person claimed the Avengers’ name.

A antheral successful a jumpsuit stands by a doorway portion 4 others beryllium tied-up connected benches successful "Thunderbolts*."

In “Captain America: Brave New World,” Sam had been fixed the go-ahead to assemble his ain caller squad of Avengers. According to Yelena, Sam is threatening ineligible enactment to support her squad from utilizing the name. This perchance sets up a hostility betwixt the 2 Avengers squads that could travel into play whenever audiences yet spot them transverse paths, apt successful the upcoming “Avengers: Doomsday.” The cast of the movie, slated for 2026, includes Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Anthony Mackie (Captain America), Paul Rudd (Ant-Man), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Simu Liu (Shang-Chi), Danny Ramirez (Joaquín Torres), Letitia Wright (Black Panther) and Tenoch Huerta (Namor). But it has not yet been revealed which of these characters are officially members of the Avengers.

This 2nd “Thunderbolts*” post-credits country concludes with the quality of a mysterious extradimensional spaceship with the fig “4” displayed connected its hull. The logo connected the vessel is that of the Fantastic Four, who are acceptable to beryllium introduced successful July’s “The Fantastic Four: First Steps.”

The upcoming “Fantastic Four” film, which volition footwear disconnected Phase 6 of the MCU, stars Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach arsenic Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm, respectively. Also known arsenic Marvel’s First Family, the squad successful the comics gained superpowers portion connected a ngo successful space. “First Steps,” which volition beryllium acceptable connected an alternate 1960s-inspired retrofuturistic earth, volition spot the Fantastic Four instrumentality connected a elephantine planet-eating cosmic entity called Galactus and his herald, the Silver Surfer (Julia Garner). The movie volition besides presumably amusement conscionable however and wherefore the Fantastic Four extremity up successful the Avengers’ country of the multiverse.

The Fantastic Four are besides acceptable to look successful “Doomsday,” which volition people erstwhile “Iron Man” histrion Robert Downey Jr.’s return to the MCU arsenic Doctor Doom. While “Thunderbolts*” is the past movie of the MCU’s existent phase, Phase 5, which started with 2023’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” volition officially wrapper with the upcoming “Ironheart” series, premiering connected Disney+ successful June.

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