Like most Marvel offerings, Thunderbolts* requires so much background knowledge that fine print seems appropriate, which may explain the asterisk at the end of the official name of the film.

Thunderbolts*” director Jake Schrier is being eyed to direct Marvel’s next “X-Men” adventure. Sources stress the deal is in early talks and hasn’t been finalized, but Schrier catapulted to the top of Disney and Marvel Studios’ wish-list after after “Thunderbolts*” became one of the MCU’s best reviewed movie in years.