Wyatt Russell says Marvel’s THUNDERBOLTS is ‘a little different’ from what we’ve seen, and praises his co-stars

One of the most exciting upcoming Marvel projects that I can’t wait to see is Lightningwhich is an overall story of the director Jake Schreier (Beef). This year the film has suffered several delays related to strikes, but now it is heading in the right direction and one of its protagonists, Wyatt Russellwho made his Marvel debut as U.S. Agent/John Walker in The Falcon and the Winter Soldiertalks about the project and its promising cast.

In a recent interview with Josh Horowitz on the Happy Sad Confused podcast (via SuperHeroHype) alongside his father, Kurt, Wyatt said:

“We haven’t started shooting [Thunderbolts]. We’ve almost started shooting it about 14 times, but not yet.

While noting that he has not yet read the film’s final script, Russell said he “has faith that the film will be good.” He continued:

“I know everyone is on this Marvel train right now because things aren’t going so well. The team they have with us, right now – there’s Florence Pugh, who is definitely one of my favorite actresses. She’s fucking amazing. You can, as they say, read the telephone book and I will take care of reading it all.

Complimenting the rest of the cast, Russell added: “Sebastiano Stanwho has become a great friend, it’s incredible. Davide Porto it’s incredible.” He also spoke about Schreier’s direction, saying:

“I know Jake so well, and I know how smart he is and how much he cares about creating something interesting and different and using everyone’s talents to the best of their ability. The story I think they came up with is really interesting – I know some parts of the story and how it works, but I can’t talk about it. It’s not just a Marvel movie like what you’ve seen in the past.”

Russell concluded:

“I think it’s going to be a lot of fun. I think it’s going to be something that hopefully Marvel fans will look at and say, “This is something a little different.” As close as we are getting, it’s time to get to work a little. It’s time to make a good Marvel movie.”

I’m pretty excited to see what this movie has in store, but it’ll probably be a while before we hear much more of anything new. Lightning the release is scheduled for July 25, 2025.