Breakout Star Ayo Edebiri Joins Marvel Studios ‘Thunderbolts’ In Secret Role

News January 27, 2023 10:54 am Caleb Williams

Today, Variety announced that actress Ayo Edebiri has joined the cast of Marvel Studios Thunderbolts in a mystery role. She is best known for her breakout performance on FX’s The Bear in 2022. The anti-hero team-up movie currently stars Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, David Harbour as Red Guardian, Olga Kurylenko as Taskmaster, Wyatt Russell as John Walker, Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost, and Sebastian Stan returning as Bucky Barnes. Harrison Ford and Julia Louis-Dreyfus will also appear as Thunderbolt Ross and Contessa Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine.

Jake Schreier will helm the project from a screenplay by Eric Pearson. The team is expected to go up against the powerful Marvel Comics character Sentry. We at Knight Edge Media revealed several actors Marvel was looking at in the role, including Alexander Skarsgård. Production begins this June in Atlanta after Captain America: New World Order completes production.

Thunderbolts is scheduled to hit theaters on July 26th, 2024

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Caleb Williams

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Caleb began his film and television news reporting career during high school in 2008 by creating Superhero Movie News and part-time writing on ComicBookMovie.com. Eventually, he started Omega Underground with Christopher Marc in 2015. Breaking some major news stories throughout the industry and gaining recognition as a respectable film reporter on social media.

Caleb eventually sold Omega Underground and all its assets to Geeks World Wide, LLC in 2018 and became a staff writer for them for about a year. Finally, Caleb left GWW to begin Knight Edge Media from scratch in November 2019 while finishing his Bachelor’s degree. Knight Edge Media has become a premier website destination for nerdy film and television casting, trailers, reviews, and production updates from the project’s announcement to its final worldwide release. Knight Edge Media has also been known for breaking several exclusive news stories throughout the website’s history.

Throughout his film reporting career, Caleb Williams has been given full press credentials for many nerdy movie and TV conventions, including San Diego Comic-Con, Las Vegas CinemaCon, and Phoenix Fan Fusion. He also has early press access to many upcoming streaming projects for review on Knight Edge Media.