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 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.

However, it wasn’t enough for Marvel to introduce a New Avengers team through the back door of what appeared to be more of a B-plot film about some of the outcasts of the MCU; the company is also making this a marketing beat and spoiling the movie after one weekend.