Josh Brolin will play Thanos in "Guardians of the Galaxy"

In the mid-credits scene of 2012's The Avengers , we got our first look at the overarching villain mastermind of the Marvel Cinematic Universe : Thanos ! We all thought that Thanos and the Infinity Gauntlet storyline would be the premise of the Avengers sequel--until it was announced that it would be called The Avengers: Age of Ultron , ending those assumptions. With the general thought being that Thanos would be the villain of the third Avengers movie, we learned that he would appear in the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy film, which makes sense since it takes place almost entirely in space where Thanos lives. The main villain of the film, Ronan the Accuser , is the son of Thanos. And also, Gamora ( Zoe Saldana ) is raised by Thanos. In the mid-credits scene, Thanos was mo-caped by Damion Poitier however it was assumed that he would not be the official Thanos. The big question was who would play the character in Guardians of the Galaxy and the third Avengers film... and