'I Cannot Tell You How Much That Thunderbolts Thing Affected Me' — Invincible Creator Robert Kirkman Is Done Spoiling Steven Yeun News | SDCC 2025

Cast your caput backmost to 2023. At the time, MCU fans didn’t cognize who precisely would spell connected to play The Sentry successful Thunderbolts*, but the rumor mill pointed to Invincible prima Steven Yeun. So erstwhile Invincible creator Robert Kirkman fto gaffe that Yeun would beryllium playing Robert Reynolds, aka The Sentry, successful Thunderbolts*, Marvel fans went wild.

Here’s that archetypal punctuation from Kirkman 2 years ago:

“Yeah, helium [Yeun] called me, helium went successful for a costume fitting. I anticipation I’m not... I don’t deliberation this is simply a spoiler oregon thing that volition get anybody successful trouble. I don’t know, maybe. We’ll see. I don’t care. I don’t enactment for Marvel. What are they going to bash to me?

“Yeah, helium called maine and helium said, 'I conscionable came backmost from a costume fitting for The Sentry. I conjecture I lone bash superheroes that are yellowish and blue.' He said helium was astatine the costume fitting and was like, 'Aww, crap. I forgot Invincible was yellowish and blue.'"

Fast guardant 2 years, with Thunderbolts* retired the door, and we cognize The Sentry yet went to Lewis Pullman aft Yeun himself dropped out. But astatine the time, Yeun arsenic The Sentry felt similar a definite thing. After all, Kirkman had confirmed it.

This, it seemed, caused Kirkman each sorts of trouble. In an interrogation with IGN astatine San Diego Comic-Con 2025 to beforehand warring crippled Invincible VS, we asked Kirkman who Yeun volition play successful the upcoming animated The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender movie, fixed however overmuch helium seemingly knows astir the actor's schedule.

“I don't privation to suffer immoderate much slumber spoiling Steven Yeun news!” Kirkman said. “I cannot archer you however overmuch that Thunderbolts happening affected me.” Then, Kirkman joked: “Why would you guys bring that up? I'm truthful angry.”

Kirkman wenton to uncover that helium really does cognize who Yeun plays successful The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender, but this clip stopped abbreviated of spilling the beans - possibly with his Thunderbolts / Marvel run-in successful mind.

“The champion portion is helium told maine who he's playing successful The Last Airbender and I was like, ‘I privation I didn't know. I privation I didn't know.’”

Kirkman continued the joke, saying Steven Yeun is acceptable to play Abraham Lincoln successful the unconfirmed deed TV amusement based connected Skinbreaker, his caller comic publication bid he’s moving connected with creator David Finch.

At Comic-Con this year, Kirkman announced Invincible Season 4's Dinosaurus dependable actor, revealed however galore seasons the amusement volition request to implicit the communicative of the comics, and joked Season 5 volition beryllium retired successful 2032.

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