THE AVENGERS Concept Art Reveals A Closer Look At Marvel Studios' Original Design For The Mad Titan

Thanos made his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut back in 2012's The Avengers, but he was played by Damion Poitier instead. Now, concept art reveals just how different his Mad Titan would have looked...

By JoshWilding - Nov 17, 2019 01:11 PM EST

Filed Under: Avengers

When Thanos made his first appearance in the MCU way back in 2012's The Avengers, he was played by Damion Poitier and brought to life with practical effects rather than VFX. By the time he returned in 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel Studios had cast Josh Brolin as the iconic comic book villain and the rest, as they say, is history!

Now, thanks to Ironhead Studios' Jose Fernandez, we have some concept art revealing some original designs for the Mad Titan, and they're definitely very different to Brolin's version.

The fan-favourite bad guy certainly looks pretty formidable here but, as you can see in the banner image above, that didn't translate to real-life particularly well. However, had a CGI version of this Thanos made it to the big screen, it's hard to imagine too many comic book fans would have complained.

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36 Comments

Havenless - 11/17/2019, 1:13 PM

Even though I though thanos looked very realistic in IW, that extra touch of the multi-tone skin in his wrinkles would have knocked it out of the park

KWilly - 11/17/2019, 1:13 PM

Less Josh Brolin-like and more evil gorilla-like.

rebellion - 11/17/2019, 1:17 PM

Am i crazy or are these like 6 years old?

Kevwebsz - 11/17/2019, 1:41 PM

@rebellion - it's concept art for Avengers so probably older

CyberBishop - 11/17/2019, 5:01 PM

@rebellion - Not crazy, look at the author of the story..

Himura - 11/17/2019, 1:24 PM

Everyone should check out Jose's instagram if you're interested in movie props and costumes. Him and his studio have done it all from the original Tim Burton Batsuit to Black Manta's in Aquaman.
They've done an amazing job with these sci-fi / comicbook properties.

Mark45 - 11/18/2019, 12:31 AM

@Himura - who's Joe?

GhostDog - 11/17/2019, 1:56 PM

I really love this look. What we got is dope too. So detailed.

bkmeijer2 - 11/17/2019, 2:18 PM

Looks like the GotG Thanos with the skintone of IW/EG Thanos. And Thanos with a human size build looks really weird

Reeds2Much - 11/17/2019, 2:34 PM

@MalseMarcel - Looks like one of those Funko Pop figures.

rexlincoln - 11/17/2019, 3:27 PM

These were released years back.

4thMaster - 11/17/2019, 3:28 PM

I really love the glowing blue eyes, I wish the Russo's had kept that detail.

Fogs - 11/17/2019, 4:01 PM

Old stuff

dragon316 - 11/17/2019, 4:04 PM

As people are saying about Snyder cut justice league movie let it go this stuff should have been posted before end game movie was hitting theaters let it go end game movie is on dvd and avengers hero’s and villains still making news

benjithegreat - 11/17/2019, 10:19 PM

This site cracks me up. This stuff is ABSOLUTELY not new. This stuff's been around for years!

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