The asterisk hullabaloo had everything to do with setting up The New Avengers ahead of Avengers: Doomsday ’s release next summer. While I wasn’t exactly surprised about the reveal when the movie reached its end (especially considering we already know the Thunderbolts* cast are part of the Avengers;

Everything that happens at the end of Thunderbolts, the latest Marvel movie, as we answer if the team are the MCU’s new Avengers.

The Thunderbolts want to be the new Avengers, but they're not. Meanwhile we begin with Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively having another simple favor that starts with a simple question.