Josh Brolin (Oldboy, No Country for Old Men) will play Thanos in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy and Avengers 3 according to Latino Review and Variety.
The Mad God of Titan is a major Marvel Comics super villain who appeared in the post-credits sequence of The Avengers as the mastermind behind the Chitauri and Loki’s invasion of Earth.
Two major characters in Guardians (Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Karen Gillan as Nebula) are the daughters of Thanos who it was almost assured the Mad God would appear in the film. It’s like Thanos will be a behind the scenes mastermind ultimately pulling the strings of the main bad guys Ronan (Lee Pace) and Nebula.
There have been some hints in previous Thor movies that Avengers 3 could be based on The Infinity Gauntlet – the classic Jim Starling epic in which Thanos assembled 5 power gems on a gauntlet giving him ultimate power.
We’ll know a lot more about the direction of future Marvel films after Guardians of the Galaxy hits August 1st.
There’s no official word from Marvel on the casting or involvement by Thanos. Stay tuned. If it turns out to be true- what do you think of Brolin as Marvel’s greatest cosmic bad guy?
By Editor