Thanos

Dune: Part Two star Josh Brolin’s resume is peppered with mega-blockbusters (see: his run as Thanos in the Avengers movies), but he hasn’t lost his quirkiness. Things like his Dune poetry and his mastery of the Dune “space guitar” have roots in his love of sci-fi, which he’s carried since childhood.Prepping the Sandworm Scenes in Dune: Part TwoIn a new interview with GQ, Brolin points to Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles and other genre works as helping him cope with his home life as a kid. “I was like, So I don’t…

In "Thanos" #3, the titular villain comes face-to-face with a terrified Roberta and attempts to convince her she's really Death. Despite the Illuminati's efforts to stop Thanos, he kills Roberta in a car crash as she tries to flee, causing her true form to be revealed. The story flashes back to the Realm of Death, the home of the cosmic entity. It's there that Christine Collins, the mother of the original Roberta, who passed away despite her young age, reaches out with the help of Life, Death's sister,…

Marvel Snap's next update kicks off on February 6, and for anyone wielding a Thanos deck, it's going to be a great month to enhance your collection with the new cards being introduced. February is all about Thanos' support squad, the Black Order, a gang of ruthless enforcers who are all devoted to the Titan's plan to gather the Infinity Stones and introduce a 50% discount to universal life.Players can expect five new cards to roll out over the course of the month alongside two new zones, and several…

Josh Brolin’s been hearing rumors that suggest Thanos will return to the MCU in a future project. Mads Mikkelsen says a new season of Hannibal has “got to happen.” Plus we’ve got trailers for another film based on a Disney character entering the the public domain, one about the Loveland Frog, and a lot more. It’s spoilerin’ time! Spoilers of the Week: August 5thPhoto: Marvel StudiosAvengers: Secret WarsDuring a recent interview with Comic Book, Josh Brolin stated he’s heard rumors “through the grapevine” Marvel intends…

The Minecraft movie cast continues to grow weirder and weirder. Get a look at the stars of Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender in new posters. Halo teases the fight for Reach in a new trailer. Plus, James Gunn talks Superman: Legacy’s addition of The Authority. Spoilers get!How The Last Airbender Inspired Lisette OliveraMinecraftDeadline reports Kate McKinnon and Jemaine Clement are the latest to join the cast of the Minecraft movie in undisclosed roles.Superman: LegacyIn response to a fan on Threads, James Gunn denied…

"What If...?" Season 2 also has two honorable mentions for Thanos' death count. "What If... Iron Man Crashed Into the Grandmaster?" ends with Gamora (Cynthia McWilliams) attacking her father figure, but the story ends before we see if the Melt Stick works. "What If... Hela Found the Ten Rings?" shows Hela (Cate Blanchett) and Wenwu (Feodor Chin) making their way toward the genocidal maniac, where they would presumably kill him to bring about peace. With so many powerful deities shown through the Marvel…

Terraxia stands by Thanos' side as Marvel's assembled heroes arrive to take his Infinity Gauntlet, intending to use it to restore reality to its proper state. She quickly proves to be a worthy creation of the Mad Titan — even if her romantic overtures to him are consistently rebuffed. In "Infinity Gauntlet" #4, Thanos toys with Earth's greatest heroes and their allies as they try to take the Infinity Gauntlet from him. But when Iron Man hits the villain with a powerful blast of energy, Terraxia quickly…

The MCU is in desperate need of a new big bad after Marvel was forced to cut ties with Jonathan Majors following his domestic violence conviction, and in a surprising move, the studio has already subtly revealed the next villain to cause a fuss. And the fandom’s Spider-Verse senses may be tingling. While exactly who will take over from Majors’ Kang as the central antagonist of the Multiverse Saga remains unknown, we can say for certain that another big bad is in the process of rising up to become an overarching threat of…

Telegram, the popular messaging platform, has rolled out a new update that brings improvements to the calling feature, adds a new animation for deleting messages, and includes a massive update to its bot platform that adds reactions and more. The new update follows the Christmas update to the app, that brought new customisations to channel appearance and the ability to share posts in stories. The latest update has already rolled out on both Android and iOS platforms.The Telegram 10.5.0 update, which released December 31,…

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