Lee Sung Jin, creator and showrunner of Netflix’s Beef, has taken over writing duties on Marvel’s upcoming Thunderbolts film, according to Variety.
What’s Happening:
- Lee is taking over for Eric Pearson (Black Widow) who was the first announced writer on the project.
- This new gig will actually reunite Lee with Beef director Jake Schreier, who is directing the Marvel movie, as well as co-star Steven Yeun, a member of the film’s sprawling ensemble cast.
- Yeun joined a cast that recently added Ayo Edibiri and already included:
- 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
- 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.
- Marvel’s Thunderbolts is currently slated to open in theaters on July 26th, 2024.
What They’re Saying:
- Lee Sung Jin said: “I’m rewriting it. It’s the whole squad again. Jake asked me if I would come on board. I probably should have taken a break, but there’s a lot of themes and exciting things about the movie that I couldn’t help but sign on.”
- “It’s truly an honor to be part of a Marvel thing, but it is very different. One, it’s not my project, it’s Jake’s. It’s such a large scope and scale that the type of writing is very different. At the same time, the process feels the same, I’m still talking to Jake every day. I think once you find the squad of people you love and trust and are so talented, you do everything you can to keep working with them.”