A brand new teaser for Thunderbolts has sparked a debate over the destiny of Taskmaster after followers noticed what appears just like the elimination of the character from an important scene.
The Thunderbolts trailer from September 2024 reveals Taskmaster standing between Ghost and U.S. Agent within the Watchtower scene.
The new teaser, nonetheless, reveals the identical scene however with Taskmaster omitted.
This, mixed with the truth that Taskmaster actress Olga Kurylenko was not among the many solid members introduced this week to be Avengers: Doomsday, however the different Thunderbolts characters have been, has precipitated some MCU followers to foretell that Taskmaster doesn’t make it out of the film alive.
But why have Taskmaster within the authentic trailer scene however not on this newest teaser? Why the change? Fans have urged plenty of theories, from Marvel making an attempt to double-bluff followers to hedging its bets when it got here to figuring out what it was doing with Avengers: Doomsday.
Then there may be the truth that each frames (the one from the unique trailer and the one from this teaser) aren’t precisely the identical. Apart from Taskmaster’s elimination, the characters are positioned ever so barely in another way. Could this counsel Sentry merely ‘deletes’ Taskmaster on this scene, as he’s proven to have the ability to do to folks in different trailer photographs, and the remainder of the Thunderbolts have but to note? Could Sentry have already killed Taskmaster at this level? Or did Taskmaster flip heel? As it stands, MCU followers aren’t actually positive what to assume.
“Marvel just about simply sealed the destiny of this character within the film,” said redditor Matapple13. “Yesterday they introduced Sebastian Stan, Florence Pugh, Wyatt Russell, David Harbour, Hannah John-Kamen and Lewis Pullman within the Avengers: Doomsday solid, however Olga Kurylenko (Taskmaster’s actress) was blatantly absent, and now, Marvels posts this…”
“The quantity of individuals saying she’s dying and Marvel seemingly leaning into that by barely displaying her make me assume theres a reveal there along with her within the film and that she lives,” commented puckallday.
What we do know is Sentry is extremely highly effective, and certainly this new teaser begins with Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ character, Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, saying Sentry is “stronger than all the Avengers rolled into one.” Taskmaster may have been killed or deleted or despatched to the void or no matter is occurring right here with only a thought.
We’ve received loads extra on the most recent goings on within the MCU after what’s been an eventful week, together with our ideas on whether or not Marvels’ Avengers: Doomsday solid announcement simply spoiled Thunderbolts.
Marvel and Robert Downey Jr. have teased they’re not accomplished revealing the Avengers: Doomsday solid both, so maybe there’s hope but for poor Taskmaster.
We don’t have lengthy to seek out out. Thunderbolts* comes out in May 2025, TV present Ironheart is out in June, and Phase 6 kicks off with The Fantastic Four: First Steps in July. Avengers: Doomsday is presently set to reach in theaters on May 1, 2026, and Secret Wars arrives a few yr later in May 2027.
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