To say fans were excited and lost their mind about the appearance of Thanos in Marvel’s The Avengers would be quite an understatement. Even since that scene fans have wondered when we would see the character again. It was recently confirmed that the mad titan would be appearing again in James Gunn’s Guardians Of The Galaxy and Feige reveals that there are plans that have been set in stone for the character in the future. MTV recently chatted with the man Marvel Studios Kevin Fiege, and discussed the future of The Avengers big mid-credits surprise.Feige stated:
“There’s a great track record now about lobbing something in at the last moment to get the audience buzzing. Particularly when it came to Thanos, [we knew] that most people in that audience had no idea who that purple guy was — but they could clearly tell he was important, and knew if they asked the two or three people sitting next to them, somebody would know who he was.
Clearly, there’s a purpose to us putting him in the end of that movie. We do have plans for him. I wouldn’t say we ever feel the need to rush anything one way or the other. We succeeded in Phase One because we stuck to our guns and stuck to the plan. That plan took place over many, many years and it ultimately paid off. I see Phase Two unfolding in the same way of us taking our time, us doing what’s right for each individual movie, while folding in elements that will not only build up to the culmination of Phase Two, but even Phase Three.”
Actor Damion Poiter was the man behind Thanos first outing on the big screen but we can most likely expect another actor to play the mad titan in the future. Fiege commented on that briefly:
“I think we feel pretty free to recast. That was cast for literally that one shot. Depending on what the role requires from future movies, we’ll go from there.”
“Suddenly, you have a million people who had never heard of an Infinity Gauntlet or a Mad Titan learning those terms. I love that. I love when the experience goes beyond the movie theater and encourages people to look deeper into our universe. I was equally excited by the notion that people went out and tried shawarma for the first time.”
Pretty sure we all tried shawarma after. Actually, I now even have a place that I go get shawarma. Are you guys ready for Phase Two? And who would you guys like to see play Thanos in the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe?