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Steven Yeun will no longer star in Marvel’s Thunderbolts movie

ByLeila January 3, 2024January 3, 2024

The actor was to play the superhero Sentry as revealed by the creator of Invincible.

The much awaited and very late Thunderboltsthe next Marvel team-up film bringing together a band of anti-heroes united for better and for worse has just lost a member of its cast. The Hollywood Reporter announces that Steven Yeunwho gives his voice to the protagonist of the animated series Invincible, will not star in the film. A few weeks ago, the creator of the original comic Robert Kirkman had spilled the beans by revealing that the actor was doing costume tests to play the superhero Sentry in Thunderbolts.

There are currently no details on the reasons for this casting departure. Steven Yeun had a busy year between her starring role in the A24 miniseries Relentlesswhich earned him several nominations, followed by season 2 ofInvincible released recently on Amazon Prime Video.

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Apart from this change, the starting cast remains: Sebastian Stan, Florence Pugh, David Harbor, Wyatt Russell, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Olga Kurylenko And Hannah John-Kamen will reprise their roles already introduced in previous MCU films or series. Harrison Ford will make his Marvel debut as General Thaddeus Ross, aka the Red Hulk.

Thunderbolts will be carried out by Jake Schreier and written by Lee Sung-jinthe duo having already collaborated on Relentless. The film plans to hit theaters on July 23, 2025.

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