A new report gives insight into how audiences may have reacted to Thunderbolts* test screenings.

With that in mind, more positive feedback to test screenings does not come as a complete surprise.

Still, it is exciting news for those looking forward to the movie’s release in May.

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For instance, in early March,Sneider said he heardthis summer’sSupermanmovie was"terrible."

Proving this point, a couple weeks later, Sneidershared that someone else told himthey"liked it."

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Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost, Olga Kurylenko as Taskmaster, Wyatt Russell as U.S. Agent, Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes, David Harbour as Red Guardian, and Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova standing in front of glass windows. The photo is a still from

So far, Marvel has been leaning toward more self-aware meta-commentary in advertisingThunderbolts*.

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Gillian Blum has been a writer at The Direct since 2022, reporting primarily from New York City.

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