15 Upcoming Comic Book Movie Villains We Can’t Wait To See
5. Thanos
The Film: Avengers: Infinity War (and Avengers 4)
Played By: Josh Brolin
He might have already made a couple of appearances in other MCU movies, but Thanos has only ever been a mildly annoyed audience member watching events unfold from a distance while making vague threats. As of Thor: Ragnarok, the big guy has arrived on the stage for his big moment, and Infinity War is likely to see him pulling up trees and beating the Avengers with them. Metaphorically, anyway.
Brolin's giant purple Titan will be getting his hands on at least a couple of Infinity Stones in the first of the Avengers double-header (as revealed by the trailer) and while The Black Order will probably do lots of his dirty work, we know he's going to come face to face with at least a couple of Avengers. Given how highly billed his threat has been, that could well spell disaster for those heroes.
And fundamentally, seeing how the Russos deliver on something that's been foreshadowed for so long will be hugely intriguing.