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  • Marvel has released one final trailer for its Thunderbolts* movie
  • The new teaser puts the focus squarely on Lewis Pullman's Sentry
  • It reconfirms the superhero's dark alter-ego will be the film's Big Bad

Well, Marvel isn't hiding it anymore. As it ramps up its marketing campaign for Thunderbolts*, the comic book titan is no longer being coy about the movie's Big Bad.

Admittedly, it wasn't anyway. Anyone who's kept tabs on the final Marvel Phase 5 film's development since January 2024 will know who its main villain was likely to be. With each new round of footage, it's become more and more obvious who it'll be, too.

While Thunderbolts' official trailer heavily implied that its primary antagonist would be someone you expected to be a good guy, though, its latest teaser, which you can view below, just comes out and says it.

Who is the villain in Marvel's Thunderbolts movie?

The film's latest trailer confirms the titular band of misfits and disgraced heroes will face off against The Void, aka the nefarious alter-ego of Lewis Pullman's Bob Reynolds/Sentry. Heck, Pullman's mentally unstable superpowered being even says "I am The Void" in the teaser, which is as good a confirmation as any.

It sounds like Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes, and company have got their work cut out, too. Pullman's Reynolds informs them "there's no use fighting" him, before CIA director Valentina Allegra de Fontaine calls him "invincible, all-powerful [and] stronger than all of the Avengers rolled into one."

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If planet Earth had a supremely powerful human at its disposal, it begs the question: why wasn't he called upon to help the Avengers to try and stop Thanos from wiping out half of all life in the universe in Infinity War?

Based on how terrifying The Void appears to be, it wouldn't have been worth the risk. That's made clear when he menacingly says: "You have no idea what I'm capable of... maybe I should show you." Anyone else get shivers down their spine?

Bob Reynolds holding his hands up in Marvel's Thunderbolts movie

This seemingly timid guy – Bob Reynolds – is a potentially world-ending threat (Image credit: Marvel Studios)

Anyway, Reynolds/Sentry/The Void will be sticking around in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) for longer than many Marvel villains. Indeed, he was announced as part of the initial 27-strong cast that was announced for Avengers: Doomsday in late March. So, while we don't know how the eponymous ragtag group will actually 'defeat' Sentry/The Void, he will make it out of this film alive and play an active role in that Marvel Phase 6 flick.

Do you want to spoil anything else before Thunderbolts crashes into theaters on May 1 (UK) and May 2 (everywhere else), Marvel? I hope not. While we wait for the Disney subsidiary's next big-screen project to arrive, get the latest on it via my dedicated hub on Marvel's Thunderbolts movie.

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Source: New Marvel trailer for Thunderbolts* shines a spotlight on its main villain, and he looks and sounds even worse than Thanos

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                            <p>The official trailer for <a data-analytics-id="inline-link" href="https://www.techradar.com/streaming/entertainment/mission-impossible-the-final-reckonings-first-trailer-teases-one-epic-last-hurrah-for-tom-cruise-as-iconic-spy-ethan-hunt-and-a-may-2025-release-date"><em>Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning</em></a><em> </em>has dropped, and it's packed full of action – as well as featuring Mr Milchick from <em>Severance</em>.</p><p>Will Ethan Hunt choose 'Defiant Jazz' in this final <em>Mission: Impossible</em> movie like we saw in one of the <a data-analytics-id="inline-link" href="https://www.techradar.com/best/best-apple-tv-shows">best Apple TV+ shows</a>? As much as I'd love to see Tramell Tillman reprise his Choreography and Merriment spectacle from <a data-analytics-id="inline-link" href="https://www.techradar.com/streaming/apple-tv-plus/severance-season-2-episode-10-ending-explained"><em>Severance season 2 [spoilers]</em></a>, he's here as a more serious character while Tom Cruise runs here, there and everywhere doing what he so loves to do: putting himself in mortal danger by swinging from a 1930s biplane, jumping off a fighter jet, and getting into deep trouble in deep water.</p><p>The trailer, which was first shown during <a data-analytics-id="inline-link" href="https://www.techradar.com/streaming/live/cinemacon-2025-live-all-the-latest-new-movie-announcements-from-2-spider-man-movies-to-zelda-the-beatles-and-more-coming">CinemaCon 2025</a>, looks like an absolute hoot and you don't have long to wait to see the movie: it hits theaters in May.</p>

What can we expect from The Final Reckoning?

We left the last Mission: Impossible movie with an unresolved mission: stopping 'The Entity', a powerful AI, from unleashing havoc on the entire world. And it's not certain that this second instalment – the eighth and apparently final film in the Mission: Impossible franchise – is going to have a happy ending.

Could this be the end of Ethan Hunt's run in life, as well as the end of the line for the movie franchise? It certainly looks that way, with the trailer strongly suggesting that Hunt's luck is about to run out. But given the billions that the Mission: Impossible movies have made, somehow I doubt the studio will want this mission to end without at least the possibility of a future resurrection.

According to director Christopher McQuarrie, the stunts in this movie "will melt your brain" – and one stunt in particular will be more anxiety-inducing than anything you've seen in the series before. "I truly want to puke thinking about the stress," McQuarrie told Empire magazine. "It was intense."

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning will be in theaters from May 23, 2025, before eventually becoming one of the best Paramount+ movies to stream.

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