Marvel Studios actually is advertising that director Jake Schreier’s MCU movie has a very different title. In fact, a huge Los Angeles billboard, as well as theater standees and social media promos are giving you the answer up front, instead of making you wait until the end of the picture.

It turns out that the asterisk in Thunderbolts* was a placeholder for the secret real title of the movie: The New Avengers. Read more at The Daily Beast.

This article contains major spoilers for "Thunderbolts*," now playing in theaters. Marvel Studios is waisting no time spoiling the ending of its new summer tentpole “Thunderbolts*.” A giant billboard in Los Angeles promoting the Marvel movie got a massive facelift during the end of the film’s opening weekend as the title changed from “Thunderbolts*”