Tyrion Lannister probably just could not escape from the Stark family, and this time with Ironman Tony Stark, as Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage is reported having early talks for a key role in the upcoming movie "Avengers: Infinity War".
Marvel is yet to give any confirmation regarding to this, says Variety.
With the fact that Game of Thrones moved its eighth season shoot from summer to fall has created an opening in Dinklage's schedule and Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers 4 are expected to film back-to-back beginning somewhere in early summer 2017. It's unclear at this time what this key role would be, and whether Dinklage is going to join the good side or the devil. According to BGR, The Avengers are supposed to fight Thanos, a Marvel super-villain.
Josh Brolin is on board to play mega-villain Thanos, it can be assumed that Dinklage is playing another antagonist in the film. Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld post on Twitter predicting that Dinklage may be playing Pip in the upcoming films.
Pip the Troll was introduced by Jim Starlin in Strange Tales vol 2 #179 which was published in February 1975. He was created to be an antagonist of Adam Warlock, but he went on to cross path with other Marvel superheroes. In fact, Pip played a role in the 1991 Infinity Gauntlet crossover which Infinity War is loosely based upon, and returned for the Infinity War, Infinity Crusade, and Blood and Thunder crossovers.
As previous stars like Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans are on board to return, Dinklage is one of the few new cast members to be added to the franchise. Anthony and Joe Russo, after directing the last two instalments in the "Captain America" franchise, are now taking over the reigns of directing the "Avengers" franchise.
Apart from appearing in Game of Thrones, Dinklage was also seen in the Universal comedy "The Boss" starring Melissa McCarthy. He also appeared in Marvel's X-Men: Days of Future Past as Boliver Trask.
