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Ol’ Bob Reynolds went on quite a journey in the movie Thunderbolts*. When we first met Bob, played by Lewis Pullman, he was a gangly regular guy stuck in the middle of a firefight between Black Widow, U.S. Agent, and other heroes. Midway through the movie, Bob reveals himself as both the Superman-like Sentry and the evil villain the Void. In Thunderbolts* post-credit scene, he’s hanging out with the New Avengers, but he can’t become the Sentry again without releasing the Void.
That post-credit scene comes directly from the upcoming movie Avengers: Doomsday, which means that Bob will be around in that film and, probably, its sequel, Avengers: Secret Wars. But what about beyond Secret Wars? Pullman doesn’t have a strong answer, but he does have optimism.
“If we’re talking hope, I have great hope,” Pullman told Men’s Journal about his character’s future. “Like any good tool and team member, finding your place in the team and finding how you best serve the company within the toolbox is kind of up to the team and up to the team member. And so I have high hopes that [Marvel] can figure that dynamic out. Fingers crossed!”
Pullman’s desire to return as Bob makes a lot of sense. Bob’s story of a regular guy struggling with guilt and depression helped ground the fantastic world of the Thunderbolts in real emotion. Furthermore, his ability to become the Sentry adds a real powerhouse to the current MCU. Even if using his powers runs the risk of unleashing the Void, the heroes of Earth-616 will need all the help they can get to deal with Doctor Doom’s multiversal machinations.
However, those machinations may very well change the MCU forever, raising questions about the status of every hero, not just the Sentry. The 2015 comic book series Secret Wars by Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribić saw Doctor Doom remake the universe in his own image after saving reality from incursions, incidents in which multiple Earths collide with one another. Given the role Doom plays in Doomsday and the prevalence of incursions, already mentioned in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Captain America: Brave New World, it seems likely that Avengers: Secret Wars will follow that story.
Hickman and Ribić’s Secret Wars ended with a soft reboot of the Marvel Universe, as Reed Richards and the Fantastic Four had to restore reality after Doom’s recreation. Marvel used this plot to smooth out some continuity issues, but made no major changes. Sure, Sam Wilson leveled up to Captain America and Victor Von Doom briefly became Iron Man, but Steve Rogers and Tony Stark were still around and soon took on their familiar mantles once again.
The same may not be true of the MCU Secret Wars. As actors grow unavailable for their roles, Marvel needs a reason to give the world a new version of not just Captain America and Iron Man, but a new Steve Rogers and Tony Stark, getting new performers to take the place of Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr.
If Secret Wars is a drastic reboot that takes the MCU back down to ground zero, then we may not see Bob Reynolds again, at least not played by Lewis Pullman. But the Sentry is strong enough to withstand major threats, including the birth of a new universe, so maybe he will be in the refreshed MCU. At least, that’s what Pullman hopes.
Avengers: Doomsday hits theaters on December 18, 2026.
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