Thor: Ragnarok - Predicting Who Lives And Who Dies

9. The Grandmaster

Prediction: Lives

He might be a Marvel villain - and thus be walking around with a definite whiff of Dead Meat about him - but he's too protected and he's got important blood flowing through his veins.

Why?

The Grandmaster might be an antagonist, but he's not really the villain of the piece - no more than The Collector was the villain in Guardians Of The Galaxy. He's just consumed with a singular obsession to put on contests. He's an addict.

And if the film follows the comic book presentation of the Elders Of The Universe - of which both Grandmaster and The Collector are members - he's also going to be immortal (having tricked Death and been "punished" with never being allowed to die).

Also, there's a sneaking suspicion that the Elders will be important in Infinity War, so it's very unlikely Goldblum's character will bite the big one here.