Steven Yeun is in full swing, after being nominated for an Oscar in ‘Minari’ and his role in ‘Nope!’ will add a superhero movie to his career. According to Deadline, Yeun will join Marvel Studios’ ‘Thunderbolts’, in a role that would not only be important for this film, but could also prove key in future entries. from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
A Suicide Squad for the whole family
The actor joins a group that was announced during Disney’s D23 event last year that includes Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, Sebastian Stan as Winter Soldier, David Harbor as Red Guardian, Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, Wyatt Russell as US Agent, Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost, and Olga Kurylenko as Taskmaster. Ayo Edebiri also joined the ensemble in an undisclosed role. The film will be released on July 26, 2024.
Jake Schreier is established as director of the project while the screenwriter Ede ‘Black Widow’, Eric Pearson, is writing the script, with regular production by Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige. Not much is known about the movie’s plot, but in the comics it revolves around a group of villains who are sent on missions commissioned by the government, in what Seems like some kind of move by Marvel to have their own’Suicide Squad‘.
Since leaving ‘The Walking Dead,’ Yeun hasn’t been pigeonholed and has done a great job of diversifying his projects, from ‘Burning’ to A24’s ‘Minari,’ which earned him the best reviews of his career and his first nomination for the Oscar for best actor in a leading role. This year we will see him in the Netflix and A24 series ‘Beef’, where he co-stars with Ali Wong and will meet Bong Joon Hoafter working on ‘Okja’, at Warner Bros. in the sci-fi thriller ‘Mickey 17’.