Tyrion Lannister fans, assemble! Peter Dinklage in talks for next Avengers movie.
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Peter Dinklage, who plays Tyrion Lannister on Game of Thrones, is in early talks for a role in Avengers: Infinity War, the first part of Marvel Studios' Phase Three cinematic finale, Variety reported Wednesday.
Disney/Marvel had no immediate comment.
Variety characterized the negotiations as being in "early talks," so we're probably a long ways from confirmation, and there are no details on what character Dinklage might play.
It seems extremely unlikely that he would reprise his role as Boliver Trask from X-Men: Days of Future Past -- though it's technically a Marvel property, the X-Men films belong to Fox, which so far hasn't shared characters with Disney/Marvel (a la Sony for Spider-Man: Homecoming).
Variety notes that Game of Thrones' new fall shooting schedule cleared the way for Dinklage to board Infinity War, which starts production this summer.
Infinity War, scheduled for a May 4, 2018, release, is expected to shoot back-to-back with its now-untitled sequel, which is due the following summer.
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Josh Dickey is Mashable's Entertainment Editor, leading Mashable's TV, music, gaming and sports reporters as well as writing movie features and reviews.Josh has been the Film Editor at Variety, Entertainment Editor at The Associated Press and Managing Editor at TheWrap.com.A finalist for the Los Angeles Press Club's Best Entertainment Feature in 2015 for "Everyone is Altered: The Secret Hollywood Procedure that Fooled Us for Years," Josh received his BA in Journalism from The University of Minnesota.In between screenings, he can be found skating longboards, shredding guitar and wandering the streets of his beloved downtown Los Angeles.
