Given the return of Anthony and Joe Russo to Marvel Studios to direct Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars, fans have imagined that the films will have quite a bit in common with Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. In some instances, fans believe Chris Evans‘ role in the film will be directly tied to the actions of Steve Rogers in the epilogue of Endgame. In other instances, fans believe the structure of the films will imitate the structure of the directing duo’s last Marvel films.
Speculation around the latter has led to the idea that Avengers: Doomsday will open will open with an impressive display of the powers of Doctor Doom, played by Robert Downey Jr.. If that is indeed the case, nothing would hit harder than taking out the big bad of the Infinity Saga and in a brand new video, the actor behind the big bad has teased that may be the play.
In an interview with ET, Thanos actor Josh Brolin teased his potential return as Thanos, perhaps setting up the inclusion of an epic moment from Jonathan Hickman‘s Secret Wars #8.
If Joe Russo comes to me, which he may have, I don’t know, and has an idea, then I might acquiesce.
-Josh Brolin
Plenty of rumors have surfaced over the last year that Brolin’s Thanos may replace Jonathan Majors‘ Kang as Marvel Studios looked to replace the character after the actor’s legal issues.
After being introduced in a relatively minor role in James Gunn‘s Guardians of the Galaxy, Thanos became the central villain of what came to be known as the Infinity Saga. With Brolin on board to bring Thanos to life, Marvel Studios did the unthinkable by making a villain the protagonist of Avengers: Infinity War. As the Avengers learned in that film, there’s no more dangerous foe than Thanos, the Mad Titan. And though they had some measure of revenge against him and were able to defeat another Variant of the villain in Avengers: Endgame, Earth-616 was forever changed because of his machinations and was left without several of its mightiest heroes. Simply put, although the Avengers avenged, Thanos won.
Bringing Brolin back as Thanos would be more than a flippant cameo. Sepending on how it’s done, Thanos’ appearance in Doomsday wound instantly establish the new pecking order in the MCU, elevatimg the threat of Doom.
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