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6/17/2025, 1:30:05 AM
>The original pitch tied to Captain America: Brave New World and featured the Thunderbolts sent to steal Adamantium from Celestial Island, but this was scrapped in favor of a standalone film.
>The first draft of the script was inspired by Die Hard and set entirely in the vault, with the Thunderbolts attempting to escape from death traps and mercenaries sent by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine.
>John Walker was originally the villain, manipulated by Val into believing his supersoldier serum was wearing off and taking an unstable version that caused him to turn into a Hulk-like creature until the Thunderbolts manage to stop him. Writer Eric Pearson decided this wasn’t working and suggested using the Sentry. He initially wanted to use Red Hulk, but he was unavailable due to Captain America: Brave New World.
>Bucky was originally a lobbyist before Kevin Feige suggested making him a Congressman.
>There were talks about having Baron Zemo orchestrate the team’s formation. Val would have a male assistant who reveals himself as Zemo in a holomask, having switched places with one of his servants who was in prison in his place. Pearson couldn’t make the twist work and scrapped it.
>There were talks about the Thunderbolts recruiting Ghost’s surrogate father Bill Foster for help. He would have terminal cancer, suit up as the Goliath one last time, and sacrifice himself to help the team. Pearson felt he took focus away from the Thunderbolts and cut him out.
>The original opening featured Yelena Belova confronting Val about manipulating her to attempt to kill Hawkeye, but Pearson decided that too much time had passed for them to reference Disney+’s Hawkeye series.
>After escaping from the vault, the Thunderbolts originally hid out with a hungover teenager who had just trashed his parents’ house partying with his friends the night before. Bucky would confront them there, further trashing the house while fighting the Thunderbolts. The sequence was cut for pacing.
>The first draft of the script was inspired by Die Hard and set entirely in the vault, with the Thunderbolts attempting to escape from death traps and mercenaries sent by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine.
>John Walker was originally the villain, manipulated by Val into believing his supersoldier serum was wearing off and taking an unstable version that caused him to turn into a Hulk-like creature until the Thunderbolts manage to stop him. Writer Eric Pearson decided this wasn’t working and suggested using the Sentry. He initially wanted to use Red Hulk, but he was unavailable due to Captain America: Brave New World.
>Bucky was originally a lobbyist before Kevin Feige suggested making him a Congressman.
>There were talks about having Baron Zemo orchestrate the team’s formation. Val would have a male assistant who reveals himself as Zemo in a holomask, having switched places with one of his servants who was in prison in his place. Pearson couldn’t make the twist work and scrapped it.
>There were talks about the Thunderbolts recruiting Ghost’s surrogate father Bill Foster for help. He would have terminal cancer, suit up as the Goliath one last time, and sacrifice himself to help the team. Pearson felt he took focus away from the Thunderbolts and cut him out.
>The original opening featured Yelena Belova confronting Val about manipulating her to attempt to kill Hawkeye, but Pearson decided that too much time had passed for them to reference Disney+’s Hawkeye series.
>After escaping from the vault, the Thunderbolts originally hid out with a hungover teenager who had just trashed his parents’ house partying with his friends the night before. Bucky would confront them there, further trashing the house while fighting the Thunderbolts. The sequence was cut for pacing.
6/16/2025, 1:30:16 AM
>The original pitch tied to Captain America: Brave New World and featured the Thunderbolts sent to steal Adamantium from Celestial Island, but this was scrapped in favor of a standalone film.
>The first draft of the script was inspired by Die Hard and set entirely in the vault, with the Thunderbolts attempting to escape from death traps and mercenaries sent by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine.
>John Walker was originally the villain, manipulated by Val into believing his supersoldier serum was wearing off and taking an unstable version that caused him to turn into a Hulk-like creature until the Thunderbolts manage to stop him. Writer Eric Pearson decided this wasn’t working and suggested using the Sentry. He initially wanted to use Red Hulk, but he was unavailable due to Captain America: Brave New World.
>Bucky was originally a lobbyist before Kevin Feige suggested making him a Congressman.
>There were talks about having Baron Zemo orchestrate the team’s formation. Val would have a male assistant who reveals himself as Zemo in a holomask, having switched places with one of his servants who was in prison in his place. Pearson couldn’t make the twist work and scrapped it.
>There were talks about the Thunderbolts recruiting Ghost’s surrogate father Bill Foster for help. He would have terminal cancer, suit up as the Goliath one last time, and sacrifice himself to help the team. Pearson felt he took focus away from the Thunderbolts and cut him out.
>The original opening featured Yelena Belova confronting Val about manipulating her to attempt to kill Hawkeye, but Pearson decided that too much time had passed for them to reference Disney+’s Hawkeye series.
>After escaping from the vault, the Thunderbolts originally hid out with a hungover teenager who had just trashed his parents’ house partying with his friends the night before. Bucky would confront them there, further trashing the house while fighting the Thunderbolts. The sequence was cut for pacing.
>The first draft of the script was inspired by Die Hard and set entirely in the vault, with the Thunderbolts attempting to escape from death traps and mercenaries sent by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine.
>John Walker was originally the villain, manipulated by Val into believing his supersoldier serum was wearing off and taking an unstable version that caused him to turn into a Hulk-like creature until the Thunderbolts manage to stop him. Writer Eric Pearson decided this wasn’t working and suggested using the Sentry. He initially wanted to use Red Hulk, but he was unavailable due to Captain America: Brave New World.
>Bucky was originally a lobbyist before Kevin Feige suggested making him a Congressman.
>There were talks about having Baron Zemo orchestrate the team’s formation. Val would have a male assistant who reveals himself as Zemo in a holomask, having switched places with one of his servants who was in prison in his place. Pearson couldn’t make the twist work and scrapped it.
>There were talks about the Thunderbolts recruiting Ghost’s surrogate father Bill Foster for help. He would have terminal cancer, suit up as the Goliath one last time, and sacrifice himself to help the team. Pearson felt he took focus away from the Thunderbolts and cut him out.
>The original opening featured Yelena Belova confronting Val about manipulating her to attempt to kill Hawkeye, but Pearson decided that too much time had passed for them to reference Disney+’s Hawkeye series.
>After escaping from the vault, the Thunderbolts originally hid out with a hungover teenager who had just trashed his parents’ house partying with his friends the night before. Bucky would confront them there, further trashing the house while fighting the Thunderbolts. The sequence was cut for pacing.
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