On the time of this writing, Josh Brolin has three superhero film credit logged on his filmography. First he performed Jonah Hex for DC within the character’s same-named 2010 film, then he went on to painting Thanos within the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Cable in Deadpool 2. Now there are rumors that Brolin has a fourth gig on this style lined up, whether or not it’s in an upcoming superhero film or TV present, and within the midst of this, the actor shared some DCU fan artwork of himself as an iconic character.
You could recall that within the latter half of 2024, Brolin was stated to be in talks to play Hal Jordan in Lanterns, the Inexperienced Lantern-focused TV present set within the DC Universe franchise. Whereas that didn’t work out and Kyle Chandler will play the character as an alternative, allegedly Brolin is in talks for one more main position on this new shared continuity. As such, artist BossLogic determined to share his tackle Instagram of what Brolin would seem like as Darkseid, one among DC Comics’ best villains. The picture discovered its means in entrance of the Dune star’s eyes, and he shared it on his personal Instagram Tales:
This appears… acquainted. Sure, as BossLogic famous in his authentic submit, having Josh Brolin play Darkseid could be “the largest alternative to do the funniest factor” given how related he’s to Thanos. I’d be remiss if I didn’t level out that Thanos debuted three years Thanos, and that Marvel’s Mad Titan was particularly modeled after the tyrant from Apokolips. Nevertheless, Thanos is unquestionably the extra well-known among the many common public following his appearances in Avengers: Infinity Battle and Avengers: Endgame.
Whereas there’s been no phrase about Darkseid showing within the DC Universe, I would definitely welcome his inclusion. He’s beforehand been depicted in live-action in Smallville and Zack Snyder’s Justice League, with the latter teasing extra to come back from him had Snyder been capable of full his DC saga. Darkseid was additionally supposed to look in Ava DuVernay’s New Gods film earlier than it was cancelled in 2021. The purpose being, whereas I believe it’d be means too on the nostril for Josh Brolin to play the cosmic baddie, I do need Darkseid to be given a platform to shine on within the DCU sometime, particularly in an upcoming DC film.
In the meantime, Brolin stated final October that Lanterns simply “didn’t work out,” however he’s trying ahead to seeing Kyle Chandler play Hal Jordan as an alternative. He additionally appeared open to working over at DC once more, which is nice to listen to. Given how a lot of a essential and industrial disappointment Jonah Hex was, the person deserves to get some redemption on this nook of the comedian e book media house.
Creature Commandos, the primary DCU venture, wraps up its first season for Max subscription holders this Thursday, and Superman, the primary DCU film, opens in theaters on July 11. Josh Brolin can even be seen on the 2025 motion pictures schedule because of The Working Man and Wake Up Useless Man: A Knives Out Thriller, with the previous popping out on November 7.