Steven Yeun Joins Marvel's "Thunderbolts"

South Korean-American actor Steven Yeun has recently joined the cast of Marvel Studios’ highly-anticipated movie "Thunderbolts", in a part that is not only significant to this movie but could also play a role going forward in future movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

He joins an ensemble that was announced during Disney’s D23 event last year that includes Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, Sebastian Stan as Winter Soldier, David Harbour 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 movie will bow on July 26, 2024. 

Jake Schreier is set as director of the new Marvel tentpole. Black Widow scribe Eric Pearson is penning the script, with Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige producing.

Not much is known about the plot of the film, but in the comics, the Thunderbolts are made up of villains, anti-heroes and reformed baddies — some of whom have already appeared within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Since leaving his hit TV show "The Walking Dead", Yeun has not boxed himself into any specific role and has done a strong job of building out a diversified slate of various kinds of projects. 

His starring role in A24’s "Minari" earned him not only the best reviews of his career but his first Oscar nomination for best actor in a leading role. He would follow that up with the Jordan Peele tentpole "Nope", which went on to become one of the big hits of the summer.

His future slate may be even bigger over the next year starting with the highly-anticipated Netflix and A24 series "Beef" where he co-stars with Ali Wong. The dark comedy limited series bows in April and is already drawing a ton of buzz following recent first images that were released in a role expected to be unlike anything Yeun has been in.

He is also set to reunite with Bong Joon Ho on the Warner Bros. sci-fi thriller Mickey 17. The two had previously worked together on the Netflix pic Okja.