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Jake Schreier onboard to direct Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts

Jake Schreier onboard to direct Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts

Thunderbolts, a film based on a team of supervillains in the Marvel comics, is in early development at Marvel Studios.

According to Deadline, Paper Towns helmer Jake Schreier is attached to direct the movie.


Black Widow writer Eric Pearson will pen the film, with Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige attached as producer.

Plot and cast details are currently under wraps.

In the Marvel comics, the Thunderbolts is a team of villains, anti-heroes, and reformed baddies.

Some of the characters who could be appearing in the film include Baron Zemo, Yelena Belova, Ghost, Taskmaster, The Abomination, US Agent, the Winter Soldier, and General Thaddeus Thunderbolt Ross who assembles the first team.

Schreier recently finished shooting for the A24 and Netflix series Beef.

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Highlights:

  • Forum brings UK and Chinese film professionals together to explore collaborations.
  • Emerging British-Asian talent gain mentorship and international exposure.
  • Small-scale dramas, kids’ shows, and adapting popular formats were the projects everyone was talking about.
  • Telling stories that feel real to their culture, yet can connect with anyone, is what makes them work worldwide.
  • Meeting three times a year keeps the UK and China talking, creating opportunities that last beyond one event.

The theatre was packed for the Third Shanghai–London Screen Industry Forum. Between panels and workshops, filmmakers, producers and executives discussed ideas and business cards and it felt more than just a summit. British-Asian filmmakers were meeting and greeting the Chinese industry in an attempt to explore genuine possibilities of working in China’s film market.

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