It looks like we have met the Mad Titan. Latino Review broke the news that Josh Brolin has been cast as Thanos and will be featured in Marvel Studios upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy. Variety later confirmed the scoop but there has been no official word yet from Marvel.
Brolin will provide the voice of the big purple villain (who made that brief cameo in the bonus scene in The Avengers) and join the cast of actors who will help bring CGI characters to life from behind the mic, including Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon and Vin Diesel as Groot.
“We’re definitely connected to Avengers 3,” GOTG director James Gunn told Entertainment Weekly and described Thanos as “the head of the snake.”
It is expected that Thanos will also appear in some capacity in next summer’s Avengers: Age of Ultron to build up steam for the main event showdown in Avengers 3.
He is typically associated with the Infinity Gauntlet, which bestows god-like powers to its possessor. A running subplot throughout cinematic Marvel Universe has involved collecting elements that have been speculated will be among the six Infinity Elements that empower the magical glove.
The Tesseract was featured in both Captain America: The First Avenger and The Avengers. The Aether was the evil power source in Thor: The Dark World and used as a story bridge to Guardians of the Galaxy in the bonus scene featuring Benicio Del Toro teaser cameo as The Collector. The Gauntlet also made a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it appearance in Thor, seen in Odin’s Vault.
Guardians of the Galaxy hits theaters on August. 1 and stars Chris Pratt (Star-Lord), Zoe Saldana (Gamora), Dave Bautista (Drax), Lee Pace (Ronan the Accuser), Karen Gillan (Nebula), Glenn Close (Nova Prime), Benicio Del Toro (The Collector), Michael Rooker (Yondu), John C. Reilly (Rhomann Dey), Djimon Hounsou (Korath the Persuer), plus the voices of Bradley Cooper (Rocket Raccoon) and Vin Diesel (Groot).
SOURCES: Latino Review, Variety, Entertainment Weekly
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