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.

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.

A new Thunderbolts* poster features the cast on a Wheaties box, which is the first time Marvel has released this type of poster before.

Ever since the Thunderbolts* movie title was revealed, the mysterious asterisk at the end of the word has kept fans guessing. It makes sense that the asterisk has been an object of much curiosity.