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Josh James Brolin (born February 12, 1968) is an American actor. A son of actor James Brolin, he gained fame in his youth for his role in the adventure film The Goonies (1985). After years of decline, Brolin had a resurgence with his starring role in the crime film No Country for Old Men (2007). Brolin received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for portraying Dan White in the biopic Milk (2008). Brolin's career progressed with roles in W. (2008), True Grit (2010), Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010), Men in Black 3 (2012), Oldboy (2013), Inherent Vice (2014), Everest (2015), and Hail, Caesar! (2016). He gained wider recognition for playing Thanos in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), including in the films Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019), as well as Cable in Deadpool 2 (2018). Brolin also collaborated with filmmaker Denis Villeneuve in the action thriller Sicario (2015) and in the science fiction films Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024), in which he played Gurney Halleck.
Aetherium is a 2025 American epic science fiction film written and directed by Matt Reeves and produced by Zack Snyder and Steven Spielberg. It is the first installment of a two-part film and was distributed by Lionsgate. Set in a dystopian future of 2256, the film's ensemble cast includes Daniela Melchior, Gemma Arterton, Ed Skrein, Djimon Hounsou, Freddie Highmore, Patrick Stewart, Sam Neill, John Kani, Angela Bassett, Jamie Dornan, Maribel Verdú, Charlie Hunnam, Josh Brolin, and Anthony Hopkins. In the film, Serana Tomalla (Melchior), a gunslinging adventurer and the outcast daughter of Emperor Vitruvius (Brolin), is forced to confront her family and the heritage she rightfully abandoned in order to save her people from her father's oppression. Aetherium had its world premiere at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on October 28th, 2025, and was released in theaters on November 11th; it became the highest-grossing film of 2025, earning $2.86 billion worldwide against a break-even point of $291 million. The film received universal acclaim with critics and audiences raving the groundbreaking visual effects, story, futuristic setting, the style, Hans Zimmer's musical score, performances (particularly Melchior and Hopkins), and the motivating ending. Among its accolades, it won a Golden Globe Award for Best Visual Effects and a Saturn Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. A sequel entitled Aetherium: A Child Of God is in development.
