The Avengers have assembled to support Thunderbolts*, the latest installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Amid filming for Avengers: Doomsday, the cast of the upcoming superhero movie took a break to watch the new Marvel film.

Robert Downey Jr., Paul Rudd, Anthony Mackie and more stars from "Avengers: Doomsday" saluted the cast of "Thunderbolts" as the "New Avengers." Downey, who played Tony Stark up through 2019's "Avengers: Endgame,

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;

Thunderbolts” is both a return to form for Marvel and something a little different for the superhero factory, writes Associated Press Film Writer Jake Coyle in his review.

To quote Al Pacino in The Godfather III, "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in." Only in this case, instead of talking about the Italian mob, I'm referring to the powers that be over at Disney's Marvel Cinematic Universe.