Marvel Studios revealed the identity of the giant who bought Avengers Tower from Tony Stark
Recently, Marvel Studios released the first official trailer Thunderbolt* – the project will close the 5th phase of the MCU. Besides introducing a completely new team, whose members have all been villains/anti-heroes in the past, Thunderbolt* also answers a question that has existed in the Marvel cinematic universe for the past 7 years: Who bought the Avengers tower from Tony Stark?
Avengers Tower, the first official headquarters of the Avengers, in New York was sold in the blockbuster Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) – Photo: Internet.
Specifically, in the last segment of the trailer Thunderbolt* Yelena Belova, Buck Barnes, John Walker, Ava Starr and Alexei Shostakov went together to the Avengers’ old headquarters to meet the person behind this team’s reluctant cooperation. This is the person who is in charge of Stark’s state-of-the-art tower, and has also appeared in a number of previous Marvel Studios projects: Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine.
Valentina was the one who recruited John Walker in the ending of The Falcon & the Winter Soldier, and was also the one who “pulled the strings” when Yelena hunted down Clint Barton in Hawkeye. Next, blockbuster Black Panther: Wakanda Forever revealed that Valentina is currently taking on the role of Director of the CIA in the MCU. However, it is still unclear whether the acquisition of Avengers Tower is part of the CIA’s plan, or is Valentina’s personal plot.
In an interview with ComicBook Last July, president Kevin Feige affirmed that Marvel Studios had planned to reveal the identity of the new owner of Avengers Tower for a long time. Having gone through many adjustments in planning, with many projects being temporarily suspended, the ideas related to the Avengers’ first headquarters remain unchanged. And Thunderbolt* perhaps the most suitable movie for them to answer this long-standing problem, especially since the Avengers tower appeared in the latest trailer.
Valentina is the operator of Avengers Tower in New York City – Photo: Internet.
Avengers Tower is one of Tony Stark’s numerous properties, and was built as a model for clean energy buildings in New York City. After the battle with Loki in 2012, the Avengers were officially established, and this tower also became their first headquarters.
However, after the events of Civil War, Stark decided to sell Avengers Tower and assigned Happy Hogan to be in charge of the deal. The villain Vulture once had the ambition to steal state-of-the-art equipment during Stark’s “house cleaning” process, but was stopped by Peter Parker during the event. Spider-Man: Homecoming . Meanwhile, the Avengers have “moved home” to Avengers Compound – a large warehouse of Stark Industries and has been renovated.
The Avengers have been on hiatus since the event Avengers: Endgame (2023 in MCU). Besides exchanging information about notable incidents on Earth and in space, they do not undertake any missions, especially after the various deaths of several prominent members, including Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff and Clint Barton. The Captain America: Brave New World trailer revealed that new President Thunderbolt Ross wants Sam Wilson to restart the Avengers and work under government control.
Source: ScreenRant
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