Infinity War to Bring Back Benicio Del Toro as the Collector?

Avengers: Age of Ultronmay have been a big success financially, but most fans would agree that it didn’t quite live up to the originalAvengers. So, there is quite a bit of pressure onAvengers: Infinity War, which will be unleashing Thanos on the Marvel Cinematic Universe next year. The movie is currently filming in Atlanta and the cast is absolutely massive.Josh Brolin, as it turns out, may have just accidentally revealed a previously unannounced cast member for the movie in the form ofBenicio Del Toroas The Collector.

According toMCU Exchange,Josh Brolinrecently did an Instagram live stream discussing the upcoming scenes that he is filming forAvengers: Infinity War. Though the video has since been deleted, he said that he would be shooting some scenes withChris Prattas Star-Lord,Zoe Saldanaas Gamora andBenicio Del Toro, who playedThe CollectorinGuardians of the Galaxy. Prior to this, The Collector had not been mentioned in any of the casting reports, so this may come as a welcomed surprise to many fans.

ThoughJosh Brolin, who is playingThanosinAvengers: Infinity Warand presumably in the untitledAvengers 4, was seemingly forced to delete his Instagram video, MCU Exchange was able to dig up a piece of evidence that further seems to confirmBenicio Del Torowill be reprising his role as The Collector. A recent post was made by the Record Store Day Instagram account that showedBenicio Del Torohanging out at a record store in Atlanta, which is where the movie is currently filming. We haven’t seen The Collector since his small role inGuardians of the Galaxyand he first appeared in a post credit scene inThor: The Dark World. It seemed like he would show up again at some point andAvengers: Infinity Warseems like a logical place for him to show up.

Marvel Studios has still yet to release an official synopsis forAvengers: Infinity War, so exactly how The Collector would fit in remains to be seen. But since he has knowledge of the Infinity Stones and he as the Tesseract, which contains one of theInfinity Stones, it seems like Thanos would need to be paying him a little visit. Also, it was recently said that Thanos will be the main character inAvengers: Infinity War, so it seems like the first of these next twoAvengersmovies could largely focus on Thanos' quest to gather all of the Infinity Stones and complete the Infinity Gauntlet.

The next twoAvengersmovies are being directed byJoe RussoandAnthony Russo, who directed bothCaptain America: The Winter SoldierandCaptain America: Civil War. The cast includesJosh Brolin,Chris Hemsworth,Sebastian Stan,Scarlett Johansson,Jeremy Renner,Chris Evans,Elizabeth Olsen,Samuel L. Jackson,Paul Rudd,Paul Bettany,Chadwick Boseman,Mark Ruffalo,Tom Holland,Benedict Cumberbatch,Chris Pratt,Zoe Saldana,Dave Bautista,Karen Gillan,Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper},Benedict Wong,Brie LarsonandRobert Downey Jr.And ifJosh Brolinis to be believed,Benicio Del Torowill be back as well.Infinity Waris scheduled to hit theaters on July 21, 2025, withAvengers 4set to come out a year later on August 23, 2025.