Expected to be the 36th installment in the films from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Florence Pugh’s upcoming Thunderbolts* is giving quite a few promising updates. Moreover, these updates are good enough to have fans believe in this superhero universe once again, especially after the latest projects from the franchise, some of which have even performed worse than ever before.
This comes after Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who will be reprising her role as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine in the 2025 scheduled MCU movie, revealed that the studios are reportedly making sure to use CGI and intense VFX as minimally as possible in their project. In fact, she even claimed that they are “trying to sort of go back to their roots,” which sounds like a good option after the latest failures.
Marvel is Reportedly Going Back to its Roots with Thunderbolts*
Thunderbolts* is one of the upcoming movies from the MCU that will be led by Florence Pugh‘s Yelena Belova and is anticipated to pick up the story from where the post-credits scene of Black Widow was left. But there’s more to the story than just this, especially when it comes to what fans are expecting from it.
Recently, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who played the Director of the CIA, Valentina Allegra de Fontaine in Black Widow and will be reprising her role in this movie, sat in an interview with The New York Times to discuss what it felt like to work on Pugh’s first solo superhero movie.
It was during this interview that she also let out how keenly Marvel Studios is developing this project, seeming to have eagerly learned at least something from their mistakes from their past projects.
Explaining how it felt to be working on this movie, she told The New York Times:
It’s very well organized. Very methodical. And I don’t mean that in a negative way.
That’s not all; the Seinfeld actress also revealed how she feels the MCU is trying to go back to its roots with this project. She said:
Particularly on this film, they’re very much focused on, frankly, the human story, believe it or not. They’re trying to sort of go back to their roots, as it were. And so there’s a lot of focus on that.
Clearly, trying to focus more on the human story of the character and going back to how it all began before they transformed into a massive cinematic universe, is a very good sign about where the multi-billionaire superhero franchise is headed. The studio is also notably trying to stick more to the natural approach than all the visual effects.
Marvel is Reportedly “Trying to stay away” From CGI
During the same interview, Dreyfus also expressed how trying to go back to their roots also means that the MCU is trying its best to stay as far away from all those visual effects and CGI as possible.
This is, needless to say, a very good sign about where the saga is headed, especially after all the epic fails fans had to witness in previous projects.
The You Hurt My Feelings actress said:
They’re trying to stay away from as much C.G.I. or whatever as possible, so that the stunts are, like, everywhere. And in fact, I had to do a couple.
Staying away from CGI to the point where actors have to perform at least some of their stunts? That sounds promising.
As for what stunts she performed, Dreyfus said:
Well, I’m making this out to sound like I’m flying through the air like Captain America or whatever, but I’m not. It’s just a very, very, very, very brief stunt.
Well, be it brief or major, what’s good news is that Marvel Studios are seemingly trying their best to not make the same mistakes as their latest films post Avengers: Endgame have made. That said, the film just might end up being a lot better than expected.
Thunderbolts* is currently set for a release date of the 2nd of May, 2025.
