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Doctor Strange is the one Marvel movie I’ve been really excited about seeing brought to life! He’s one of my favorite characters in the Marvel universe. Marvel Studios has hired Sinister director Scott Derrickson to helm the project. It was rumored back in March that the director was in the running.

THR reports that the director has officially signed onto the project. As much as I would have loved to see Guillermo del Toro take on the film, I’m happy that Derrickson landed the gig. He has also directed The Exorcism of Emily Rose and The Day the Earth Stood Still. I really liked what he did with Sinister though, of course horror flicks are kind of my thing. He most recently directed the upcoming psychological thriller with Eric Bana, Deliver Us From Evil.

I know the director isn’t perfect and that fans are going to be torn on this choice, but I personally think he’s got what it takes to bring the Sorcerer Supreme to life on the big screen. He has experience with th dark tone that the movie should have. Marvel obviously thinks the same thing, which is why they hired him.

Marvel is also looking at hiring Kung-Fu Panda scribes Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger to write the film. Their names have been attached to the project for a couple months now. I can’t wait to see how this production comes together, and who they end up casting as the main character.

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Last week, it was revealed that actor Josh Brolin had been cast in the role of Thanos in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. Since the character’s debut at the end of Marvel’s The Avengers in 2012, we’ve known the mad titan would be a presence in the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe and that he would appear in some capacity in this summer’s “Guardians,” but to what extent remained a mystery. Now, Vulture reports they have learned how we’ll be seeing the big man in the film, so we’re going to issue a spoiler warning for the time being.

Vulture claims that Thanos will appear in the first act of Guardians of the Galaxy, albeit as a hologram and not in person. He’ll continue to appear this way for much of the film and is reportedly referenced by other characters throughout, though he does have one scene where he appears in the flesh, sharing the screen with Lee Pace’s Ronan the Accuser and Karen Gillan’s Nebula. So it seems that once again Thanos will be the puppeteer, waiting in the shadows for his big debut, which presumably will come during The Avengers 3.

Written and directed by James Gunn, the film also stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Djimon Hounsou, Benicio del Toro, John C. Reilly, Glenn Close, Gregg Henry, Bradley Cooper, Michael Rooker and Vin Diesel.? Guardians of the Galaxy will hit theaters on August 1.

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Although we saw Thanos at the end of Marvel’s The Avengers, we haven’t seen him since and he hasn’t been featured in the two full trailers for James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy. Gunn has previously revealed that the August 1 release is connected to Thanos, however.

Now, Latino-Review is reporting that the villain will be voiced by Josh Brolin in Guardians of the Galaxy. They say:

“An article on James Gunn’s post-production process reported a scene with Thanos on a rocket throne in Act 3, which suggests an appearance long enough that someone is going to have to voice the Mad Titan, someone that could take the part into Avengers 3 as a major villain.

That meant Marvel was looking for an actor of some caliber, someone that could give a performance to a very complex, but very purple-skinned alien villain.

Our sources tell us that person is JOSH BROLIN!!

He’ll be providing the voice of Thanos in Guardians of the Galaxy and with a name and reputation like that, it’s likely he’ll join James Spader and Tom Hiddleston as actors who have tried to kill The Avengers.”

Joss Whedon has hinted before that we wouldn’t be seeing Thanos take on The Avengers until Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe:

“Well, Thanos is more powerful. He is so powerful; he is not someone you can just trot out and punch him. Like he did in the comics, you want him threading through the universe and to save the big finale for the big finale. He is definitely a part of what I have got going on. The thing about The Avengers is that they are very powerful but not very stable. So, there will definitely be some people that will shake them up in the next installment.

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The internet community was collectively shocked this past Friday when it was revealed that director Edgar Wright had parted ways with Marvel Studios and would no longer be directing the big screen adaptation of Ant-Man, a film he had been attached to since 2006. In a joint statement, the pair said the split was due to “differences in their vision of the film.”

The next day Latino-Review brought word that the reason for Wright’s departure was the script for the film. Marvel Studios reportedly had some notes about the script and tasked the rewrite to someone other than Wright and his co-writer Joe Cornish which resulted in a script very unlike Wright’s vision for the film. Now, The Hollywood Reporter is echoing this story in a new piece but also elaborates on a few other behind-the-scenes problems, including the heads of the departments for the film leaving the project a few weeks ago when it became clear there would be delays in the start of production.

The search for a new director is currently ongoing and will likely be announced in the coming weeks as Marvel Studios have already confirmed that this delay in production will not impact the previously-set July 17, 2015 release date. Check back here for further updates on Ant-Man as we learn them.

Set to star Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Patrick Wilson and Corey Stoll, Ant-Man follows a biochemist Dr. Hank Pym using his latest discovery, a group of subatomic particles, to create a size-altering formula. Though his first self-test goes awry, he develops an instrument that helps him communicate with and control insects. Paul Rudd will play Scott Lang/Ant-Man and Michael Douglas stars as Hank Pym.

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Josh Brolin has been tapped to play the villainous Thanos in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, sources confirm.

Thanos, who first appeared in the post-credits scene in The Avengers, is a major villain in the Marvel universe and is also expected to appear in The Avengers sequel Age of Ultron in 2015.

Directed by James Gunn, Guardians of the Galaxy opens Aug. 1 and co-stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana and Bradley Cooper.

Latino Review first broke the news.

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In a stunning turn of events, Variety is reporting that Edgar Wright is no longer directing Marvel’s Ant-Man. The studio has already replaced him, but has declined to say with whom. The split was “due to differences in their vision of the film,” Marvel and the director said in a statement. Marvel would like to assure you that the change in directors will not affect the film’s release date, set for July, 17, 2015.

What are your thoughts on this?

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