The Thunderbolts* trailers have given Marvel fans plenty to chew on, but one of the biggest talking points revolves around Taskmaster. Ever since the first teaser Thunderbolts* dr

But timed to the recent Super Bowl trailer came a tweet from Marvel Studios Japan featuring an international Thunderbolts* poster which seems to give away the meaning of the asterisk: “*The Avengers are not available” it reads.

The title of the most audacious Marvel movie of 2025, is technically not Thunderbolts, it's actually Thunderbolts*. That little asterisk is an odd detail, and in theory, is just an inside joke that the movie is having with itself.