Grandmaster

Another interesting addition is the Grandmaster, set to be portrayed by Jeff Goldblum. Like Benicio del Toro’s Collector, he is also one of the oldest beings in the Universe. However, he has a different means of passing his time – violent strategy games, using the most powerful superheroes and supervillains in the universe.

In Thor: Ragnarok, he will be the leader of the Battleworld where Hulk and Thor meet. And that is just about all that we know. However, we can speculate that the Grandmaster, just like the Collector, will appear in future movies.

Wasting Jeff Goldblum is not something Marvel would do. Or at least this is what I believe.

So does the Grandmaster play just a minor role in Thor: Ragnarok? Or is he actually behind the Ragnarok itself? Is he actually satisfied by seeing heroes and villains battling in the arenas? Or is the entire universe a game for him? In this case, can we expect a connection between Grandmaster and Thanos?

I would be interested in seeing Thanos actually playing a cosmic game against Grandmaster. After all, in the comics, the Elder did possess one of the Infinity Stones. What if they are actually racing against each other? The Collector also wanted to possess all the stones – is he in the game as well?