With Steven Yeun departing Marvel Studios’ Thunderbolts, actor Lewis Pullman is in early talks to replace The Walking Dead star, according to Deadline.
What’s Happening:
- Almost a year after he was initially reported to have joined the cast, Steven Yeun backed out of Marvel’s upcoming team-up film, Thunderbolts – although Marvel had never officially confirmed that Yeun was set to be in the film.
- Now, Yeun’s role in the film is reportedly going to Lewis Pullman (Lessons in Chemistry).
- If previous rumors are true, Pullman may be playing the troubled Marvel hero known as The Sentry.
- The Sentry is a very interesting and incredibly powerful character in Marvel Comics.
- He is said to have “the power of a million exploding suns” and has shown it by taking on some of the most powerful characters in the Marvel Universe.
- However, he is also incredibly unstable and the dark side of his powers becomes a being known as the Void, one of the most dangerous villains in the Marvel Universe.
- Sentry has been a member of the Avengers as well as Norman Osborn’s Dark Avengers, which could be a tie to this team of Thunderbolts.
- It is unclear at this time whether or not The Sentry will remain a part of the plan for Thunderbolts.
About Thunderbolts:
- Not much is known about the plot of the film, but in the comics, it revolves around a group of villains who are sent on missions commissioned by the government.
- The cast of Thunderbolts includes:
- Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova
- Sebastian Stan as the Winter Soldier
- David Harbour as Red Guardian
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine
- Harrison Ford as “Thunderbolt” Ross
- Wyatt Russell as US Agent
- Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost
- Olga Kurylenko as Taskmaster
- Lee Sung Jin, creator and showrunner of Netflix’s Beef, recently took over writing duties for the film.
- Thunderbolts is one of several Marvel films recently delayed and is currently slated to hit theaters on July 25th, 2025.