Marvel’s Found Their THANOS KILLER, Dave Batista Cast As DRAX


Looks like it’s time for me to eat my words.

If you’ll remember back to a few weeks ago, I called out the scoopmeisters at Latino-Review for posting less than stellar “leaks” from their super secret Marvel contacts. The site’s provided a handful of quality scoops in the past, but their most recent reveals from the House of Ideas had a 50/50 record (with Black Panther and Planet Hulk disproven), so I thought it was reasonable to discount them. Well… I was wrong.

El Mayimbe and the crew at LR were the first to reveal WWE star Dave Batista was in contention for the role of Drax the Destroyer in Marvel’s GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY. As you can probably guess, I never gave this leak any credence, but fate has decided to give me a ego check to the balls, because the Hollywood Reporter has officially confirmed that the wrestling titan is, in fact, our new Thanos killer (if you don’t understand the reference, read the comics… or at least wikipedia!).

So, I suppose I owe a bit of a “you were right I was wrong” type of thing.

Mea culpa. Words eaten. I’m an asshole.

And now that the obligatory statement’s out of the way, what do you think of Batista as Drax? He certainly looks the part, but I’m always a bit wary of wrestlers who transform into actors. Although, he could probably stand in the corner of the room, stare menacingly at the camera, and he’d still steal the show.

Seriously, the dude is already Drax in human form.

SOURCE: THR