Actually, if you take Men in Black 3 into account, since the first Men in Black movie was based off the Malibu Comics series, this is comic book role #5 for Brolin.
After more than a year of searching, 20th Century Fox as selected Josh Brolin to play Cable in Deadpool 2.
This will be his fourth comic book movie role, following Jonah Hex, Sin City 2 and Thanos in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, who will finally snag the spotlight next year in Avengers: Infinity War.
Some of the competition Brolin beat to snag the character included David Harbour from Stranger Things and Man of Steel veteran Michael Shannon.