For Berkeley-born "Thunderbolts*" director Jake Schreier, a preview screening of his Marvel blockbuster hit at Grand Lake Theater was a full-circle moment. "This is the place I saw my first film," he told SFGATE,

Marvel has now fully renamed Thunderbolts* as New Avengers, the name taken by the team at the end of the film, at least for its current marketing scheme. In a poster shown on social media, Thunderbolts* is retitled as New Avengers.

Disney’s CEO Bob Iger has admitted the company’s film slate has struggled in post-pandemic times by focusing too much on quantity and not enough on quality. Marvel’s Cinematic Universe, in particular,