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With the release of the upcoming Marvel Phase 2 Box Set, check out Chris Pratt and Dave Bautista’s Guardians of the Galaxy screen test.
The set gets released on December 8th and can be purchased through Amazon.
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Even though Guardians of the Galaxy 2 isn’t set to start filming until February, Zoe Salanda has taken to her social networks to reveal she is getting the green Gamora make-up.
Saldana revealed the following image adding: “Getting ready…”
It’s possible this may just be for a make-up test; however, Saldana is set to return for the Avatar sequels. It’s unclear when filming starts on the new Avatar films as the release dates have been pushed back to 2017 and 2018, so hopefully Guardians 2 won’t be a conflict.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 has a May 5, 2017 release.
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Recent Guardians of the Galaxy 2 rumors that were apparenly made up and are false claimed Mar-Vell is Star-Lord’s father, which has caused director James Gunn to take to his social networks with the following.
I’ll happily note that all my “scoops” about Guardians of the Galaxy were right on the money including Thanos, Stan Lee’s cameo, reshoots, Richard Rider, Xandar and Al Pacino.
Here’s what Gunn offered on Facebook:
All right. From this moment on I’m going to stop commenting on any rumors surrounding Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, because, eventually, someone is going to come up with a spoiler that has some truth to it. That said, the rumors surrounding Quill’s parentage at the present moment are completely false, and aren’t even close to the truth. I don’t know how people come up with this stuff, but it certainly isn’t through legitimate sources.
Also, I get the desire to get “scoops” on character inclusion and casting choices, etc. But since when is a plot spoiler a “scoop”? Is this really what fandom wants to know? Plot details in movies ahead of time? I got in this business because I love movies, and I think most film journalists are the same way. And spoiling plot details doesn’t add to the enjoyment of the film-going experience. So bravo to those folks out there who don’t partake in this sort of thing.
But, as I said, eventually someone will actually spoil some detail of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. So this will be my last comment squelching a rumor until May 2017. But if you do pick up on some plot detail between now and then, be aware, A) They are likely full of shit, as has been everyone so far who has claimed to have had inside info, and B) We’re creating a film that doesn’t rely on plot twists to be an enjoyable experience. They’re only a very small part of what we’re cooking up for you.
James
Check out a clip above for the next episode of Disney XD’s Guardians of the Galaxy featuring Rocket Raccoon reunited with his family.
It should probably be mentioned again that this series has nothing to do with the movies.
Rocket reunites with his family during a rescue mission in a clip from this week’s “Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy,” airing Saturday at 9:30 PM ET on Disney XD!
Check out a clip above for the next episode of the Guardians of the Galaxy animated series.
Groot expands his vocabulary thanks to a Venom Symbiote in a clip from “Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy,” airing Saturday at 9:30 PM ET on Disney XD!
Guardians of the Galaxy stars the voice talents of Will Friedle as Star-Lord, Trevor Devall as Rocket Raccoon, David Sobolov as Drax, Vanessa Marshall as Gamora, Kevin Michael Richardson as Groot and James Arnold Taylor as both Yondu and Cosmo.
The Guardians of the Galaxy animated series follows the newly-formed team who finds a strange artifact keyed only to the DNA of Peter Quill. Upon opening it, Quill unleashes a treasure map leading to a powerful weapon known as the Cosmic Seed which is capable of giving birth to the next universe. It’s up to the Guardians to find, protect and ultimately destroy the Cosmic Seed in order to keep it out of the hands of those who would abuse its power, from galactic big boss Thanos, to the conniving brothers the Collector and the Grandmaster, to a resurrected Ronan, to the ultimate trickster, Loki, in order to save the universe.
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Earler saw Bradley Cooper seemingly spoil Guardians of the Galaxy 2 by revealing the villain to be Thanos as well as that Thanos is the father of Star-Lord.
However, Cooper seems to have gotten his facts mixed up as James Gunn has taken to Twitter to clear things up.
“In response to all the stories coming out, Bradley Cooper didn’t reveal anything,” Gunn tweeted. “He just got the script and hasn’t read it yet. I promise.”
Cooper seems to have mixed up Star-Lord and Ronan; however, he did seem pretty sure Thanos was the villain.
Update: Gunn also said that Cooper doesn’t know who the villain is.
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” has a May 5, 2017 release.
In response to all the stories coming out, Bradley Cooper didn’t reveal anything. He just got the script and hasn’t read it yet. I promise.
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) November 9, 2015
That has not been revealed and Bradley doesn’t know the main villain (or didn’t at the time of the interview). https://t.co/GwVa7jeIZM
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) November 9, 2015
So I woke up this morning to a thousand posts about Bradley Cooper having revealed that the primary villain in GotG Vol….
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Update: James Gunn says Cooper didn’t reveal anything.
Whoops?! Did Bradley Cooper just spoil the big villain of Guardians of the Galaxy as well as the identity of Star-Lord’s father?
Check out the video below where Cooper seems to say (or at least think) that Thanos will be the big bad of Guardians of the Galaxy 2, but that’s not all as Cooper also seems to say (or at least think again) that Thanos is also the father of Star-Lord.
It is possible that Cooper may have mixed up Star-Lord and Ronan, as Cooper references the throne scene from the movie, which saw Thanos talking with Ronan — not Star-Lord.
Cooper may actually have thought Thanos was Ronan’s father, but regardless, at least it does seem he did reveal Thanos as the villain of the sequel.
Interestingly enough, regarding Thanos potentially being the father of Star-Lord, Gunn did cut the love scenes* out of the first movie between Star-Lord and Gamora (even though they were in the trailers). I do recall Gunn stating he didn’t want Guardians to be too similar to Star Wars, and if Thanos is indeed Star-Lord’s father, we now know the reason Gunn cut the Star-Lord/Gamora relationship from the movie is because it’s similar to the Luke/Leia and Darth Vader relationship (Star-Lord and Gamora would be brother and sister/Luke and Leia kissed).
*Correct me if I’m wrong, but if I am recalling correctly, Star-Lord and Gamora kissed in a trailer as well as checked each other out, which didn’t make it into the final cut of the movie (or even the Blu-Ray deleted scenes).
Here is some of the text from the interview with Cooper:
Cooper: Josh Brolin’s the villain, though. Or he is the main villain, no? He was in the first one. He played what’s his name’s dad. You know who I’m talking about? The Dark-Lord? The main guy…
Interviewer: We don’t know who his dad is.
Cooper: Oh… [laughter]
No, no, you see him. The guy who turns around and talks to him.
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:22847:]]James Gunn did the equivalent of George Lucas’ Star Wars: The Phantom Menace with Guardians of the Galaxy
James Gunn, say it ain’t so!
Gunn came on board GOTG and rewrote the Nicole Perlman adaptation of the Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning Guardians of the Galaxy 2008 comic book, which was initially a more serious take. Gunn cut Richard Rider Nova out of the script – for whatever reason – and put his own goofy “Lost In Space” spin on the movie (sad, but true). Sure, the movie was a success, and I will admit enjoyable to a point, but from a Marvel Cosmic fan’s perspective, and one who started an entire site around the comics (before Marvel even gave a f’), Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy came off as a more of a joke compared to the DnA comic book Guardians of the Galaxy source material.
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Now before all the negative Facebook comments hit, to put it in our perspective, can you EVER – and I mean EVER – imagine a dancing Harrison Ford Han Solo in ANY of the Star Wars movies (or how about a dancing Ripley in Aliens?!)?
Take a moment and think about it.
A dancing f’n Han Solo?!
Or even how about Darth Vader at the end of any of the Star Wars movies acting like Lee Pace’s Ronan (was I the only one thinking, “Why didn’t Ronan just blast Star-Lord at the end of the movie instead of looking like the biggest f’n idiot there ever was while watching him do the stupid dance?”).
Or how about Kylo Ren dancing in Star Wars: The Force Awakens?! Are you looking forward to that?!
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Basically, from a fan of Marvel Cosmic, what Gunn did is Jar Jar Binks Guardians of the Galaxy. Just about everything about the movie came off as generic, cheap, eye-rolling and Disney-fied (I did like Rocket, Groot and Nebula to a certain extent). Now, Marvel Comics is finally (five years later?) releasing the collected version of DnA’s GOTG comics, and I’ll hope you will all buy it to see what the source material is really like, but Marvel really f’d over DnA and their creative team when the movie came out, replacing it with the d-bag Bendis version. What bothers me more is that Kevin Feige and Gunn have both pointed to the DnA version as an inspiration for the movie, but the movie is more like the crappy Bendis-Loeb comic than the more serious (with humor that makes sense) version that Abnett created.
And the bad news is that it seems we are getting more of the Bendis/Gunn version.
Vin Diesel, who is reprising as Groot, revealed in a Q&A on Facebook, that he received the script for Guardians of the Galaxy 2, which – get this – has dancing as a big part of the script.
Diesel revealed he received the Guardians of the Galaxy 2 script this weekend with Awesome Mix Vol. 2 (Vol. 1 was asinine, btw), and played a song by Megan Trainor after doing so — as Trainor did music for Fast and Furious 7. Diesel then said it’s ironic because the GOTG 2 script has dancing, too (please don’t tell me Trainor is on Awesome Mix Vol. 2 – can it get any worse, guys?).
If you haven’t noticed, Guardians of the Galaxy started and ended with Star-Lord dancing!
Yep, is that the tone of GOTG 2 we have to look forward to? More goofball dancing idiot-ness?
Who was looking forward to Adam Warlock? Well, now do we get to see Warlock and Magus do the Electric Boogalo?!
Ughh! Personally, that was the WORST part of the movie – watching Star-Lord dance!
Below you can check out Vin Diesel talking about Guardians of the Galaxy 2 for yourself (anybody else thankful he only has three words to say?)
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Check out a clip above for the next episode of the Guardians of the Galaxy animated series.
Gamora reveals her traitorous schemes with Nebula in this clip from “Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy,” airing Saturday at 9:30 PM ET on Disney XD!
Guardians of the Galaxy stars the voice talents of Will Friedle as Star-Lord, Trevor Devall as Rocket Raccoon, David Sobolov as Drax, Vanessa Marshall as Gamora, Kevin Michael Richardson as Groot and James Arnold Taylor as both Yondu and Cosmo.
The Guardians of the Galaxy animated series follows the newly-formed team who finds a strange artifact keyed only to the DNA of Peter Quill. Upon opening it, Quill unleashes a treasure map leading to a powerful weapon known as the Cosmic Seed which is capable of giving birth to the next universe. It’s up to the Guardians to find, protect and ultimately destroy the Cosmic Seed in order to keep it out of the hands of those who would abuse its power, from galactic big boss Thanos, to the conniving brothers the Collector and the Grandmaster, to a resurrected Ronan, to the ultimate trickster, Loki, in order to save the universe.
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Just was we thought, it’s now confirmed Pom Klementieff will be playing Mantis for James Gunn in Guardians of the Galaxy 2.
Deadline reports a source filled them in that after Marvel conducted a wide search for an actress of Asian descent they went with Klementieff who will play Mantis.
Mantis was a part of the Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning 2008 Guardians of the Galaxy comic book that inspired the billion dollar Guardians of the Galaxy franchise for Disney and Marvel. DnA used Mantis as a counselor in the group, and Star-Lord had Mantis use her mind powers to manipulate the group into joining the team.
“Guardians of the Galaxy 2” has a May 4, 2017 release.
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Earlier it was learned Pom Klementieff has been cast in Guardians of the Galaxy 2 in a mystery role (maybe Mantis?), and now it’s learned Marvel and James Gunn wanted Matthew McConaughey to play the film’s villain.
In their own report on Klementieff getting cast, Variety mentions: “Marvel and Gunn wanted Matthew McConaughey to play the villain in the superhero sequel, but the actor recently passed, leaving the search for that part still in progress. Sources say that decision should be made in the coming weeks, as production is expected to begin in early 2016.”
A few months ago saw McConaughey make mention he has read a few Marvel and DC scripts.
Any guesses who the villain could be?
He might have played a good Adam Warlock/Magus.
“Guardians of the Galaxy 2” has a May 5, 2017 release.
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Cosmic Book News recently posted the casting call information for Guardians of the Galaxy 2 which includes mention of needing beautiful men and women as extras.
Well, that has apparently set off the “feminist” Mary Sue website who spun an article insinuating ugly (normal?) women aren’t wanted.
And of course some on the internet followed suit as James Gunn has taken to Twitter to defend himself and the movie.
I’m not a fan of the Mary Sue website at all as they regularly spin their articles in favor of women over men. The site is actually owned by some white rich dude from NYC by the name of Dan Abrams who regularly contributes to The View (need we say more). It’s pretty obvious the site’s gimmick is being pro-women, not that there is anything wrong with that, but when they spin BS articles like this one just for the sake of a headline and page views, that’s when it crosses the line.
I do like Gunn (never met the guy), and he comes off as a straight-shooter, so I have a lot of respect for him. His defense about the casting call (not that he really need one) is that this is only the first of many.
It should probably also be noted this isn’t the first time the Mary Sue website has attacked Gunn as following Gunn being announced as the director on Guardians of the Galaxy, the Mary Sue attacked Gunn because of some of his blog postings, but mind you only AFTER Gunn was announced as a Marvel director (how convenient).
For what it’s worth, I recently attended a cool panel at the recent NYCC where a comic book artist stated the Mary Sue created some BS uproar because of his artwork.
Yeah.
There are DOZENS of cultures in GotGVol2. These are the 1st two we’re shooting (the Ravagers are all male). https://t.co/ZdNCCxIa2d
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) October 28, 2015
Again, two groups of many. There are plenty of funny looking female aliens. These are just a small % of extras. https://t.co/3LBstMb1ES
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) October 28, 2015
Why do you assume that? https://t.co/lNK9aiy4V9
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) October 28, 2015
@SheGeeksBlog It would be nice (and responsible) if you actually read the Twitter feed you’re talking to before hurling accusations.
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) October 28, 2015
@Hamsterstyle Yeah I’m a little disappointed in @TheMarySue for not incorporating my comments into their article.
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) October 28, 2015
@SheGeeksBlog but I already DID on this page long before you tweeted at me.
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) October 28, 2015
@zeframmann @Marvel WHY DON'T YOU READ THE TWITTER FEED YOU'RE ACCUSING. Dammit, this is irritating.
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) October 28, 2015
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Update: It’s reported Pom Klementieff is playing Mantis.
Do we have our Mantis for Guardians of the Galaxy 2?
THR reports Marvel and James Gunn have conducted a wide search for a mystery part, which called for an Asian actress, with relatively unknown French actress Pom Klementieff getting the gig in what is said to be a new key role for the film.
We can speculate it may be Mantis, who in the Marvel comics is half-Vietnamese and a part of the Guardians of the Galaxy in the comics.
Klementief did appear in Spike Lee’s recent remake of Japanese thriller Oldboy in a role that demanded physicality and martial arts. In the comics, Mantis is a grandmistress of the martial arts capable of defeating Captain America and has telepathic and precognitive abilities.
Guardians of the Galaxy 2 has a May 5, 2017 release.
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This December, the infinite expanse of space and time will give way, and three eras of heroes will collide! Today, Marvel is pleased to present a look inside GUARDIANS OF INFINITY #1 – the electrifying first issue! First up, fan-favorite creators Dan Abnett and Carlo Barberi take you on an explosive thrill ride that will answer the question – who are the Guardians 1000?! Rocket Raccoon, Groot and Drax now find themselves face to face with Guardians of the Galaxy past and future. Time to find out if the galaxy is big enough for three teams of Guardians! Plus, don’t miss an epic back-up story from Jason Latour (Spider-Gwen) and Jim Cheung (New Avengers) as Ben Grimm and Rocket Raccoon find themselves stranded on a planet where culture is based on Earth-style professional wrestling! Time for the bruiser from Yancy Street and the Guardian’s own ferocious furball to show the galaxy what they’ve got. Be there this December for the explosive debut of GUARDIANS OF INFINITY #1!
Written by DAN ABNETT & JASON LATOUR
Art by CARLO BARBERI & JIM CHEUNG
Cover by JIM CHEUNG
Variant Cover by CARLO BARBERI
In Stores: December 2, 2015
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With Guardians of the Galaxy 2 set to start filming early next year, if you happen to live in the Atlanta area, you have your chance to be cast as one of the many alien species in the film.
Tammy Smith Casting has released an open casting call for Guardians of the Galaxy 2 which is in need of the following:
Character Aliens- MEN (only) ages 18 to 65, all ethnicities, a mix of these looks:
tough, rough, and some biker types , quirky types, thin/gaunt faces, unique features, long necks, crooked/unique noses, imperfect teeth, strong facial bone structures/intense, etc…,, amputees, bald, long hair, facial hair or clean shaven, etc…
– Men – wear a solid darker color plain T-shirt or tank and dark pants
Beautiful/Model Aliens – MEN and WOMEN , ages 18 to 50, all ethnicities
very attractive, physically fit , slender, or thin … and some BALD women too! MEN (5’11 to 6’5), and WOMEN (5’7 to 6’0) with good/clear/smooth skin*
– Men – come clean shaven wear a solid color plain T-shirt / tank and dark pants
– Women – come with light day make-up on, and wear a solid color T-shirt / tank , form fitting skirt or dress
**Note: Many of these types could be painted (head/arms) or in prosthetics/make-up for the film
Bald Women ages 18-50 All Ethnicities
– women who are BALD or very close to bald and/or willing to shave their heads to be completely bald
Note: Many of these types could be painted (head/arms) or in prosthetics/make-up for the film
The open casting call takes place November 7th or 8th, with filming to start in February in Fayetteville, Georgia.
Director James Gunn has confirmed at least one Marvel alien species with the use of the Sneepers.
“Guardians of the Galaxy 2” has a May 5, 2017 release.
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Potenial spoilers for Paul Bettany’s Vision have landed online in regards to Captain America: Civil War and what follows.
The Hashtag Show YouTube Channel states a source that previously filled them in about Vision in Avengers 2 is now offering the following. The video can also be watched below.
The Vision will be in a relationship with Scarlet Witch in Civil War.
While Captain America: Civil War concept art revealed Vision as part of Iron Man’s team, he won’t be staying there.
The Vision will be Tony Stark’s opposition throughout the film and jump over to Captain America’s team.
After major events that occur in the film, the Vision will be leaving Earth for space.
It’s speculated Vision could appear in Thor: Ragnarok, which is similar to the Hulk who will appear in Thor 3 as well. Furthermore, Thor’s Avengers 2 vision featured the Mind Gem in space.
Another possibility is that Vision could end up in Guardians of the Galaxy 2 with the Mind Gem, perhaps tying into Adam Warlock somehow.
It’s suggested Thanos needs to acquire the Mind Gem, so this is why Vision would need to go out into space.
“Captain America: Civil War” has a May 6, 2016 release date directed by Anthony and Joe Russo starring Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Frank Grillo, Paul Bettany, Don Cheadle, Emily VanCamp, William Hurt, Martin Freeman and Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther.
Synopsis:
Captain America: Civil War picks up where Avengers: Age of Ultron left off, as Steve Rogers leads the new team of Avengers in their continued efforts to safeguard humanity. After another international incident involving the Avengers results in collateral damage, political pressure mounts to install a system of accountability and a governing body to determine when to enlist the services of the team. The new status quo fractures the Avengers while they try to protect the world from a new and nefarious villain.
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The Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two Collection stands revealed as details on the release date and a pack shot have been revealed.
You can pre-order through Amazon.
Info:
MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE: PHASE TWO COLLECTION Available Exclusively on Amazon December 8th The Collector’s Edition
Available December 8th Exclusively on Amazon
This Marvel fan’s dream features Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, Digital Copy of each Phase 2 film, specially designed disc holders, and exclusive Marvel memorabilia! Marvel’s Ant-Man releasing on Blu-ray December 8th marks the end of MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE: PHASE TWO.
Fans can now celebrate with this action-packed 13-disc collector’s set. The limited-edition, 13-Disc Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two Collection invites you to hold the greatest power in the cosmos in your grasp – an orb containing one of the legendary Infinity Stones! Plus Blu-ray 3D™, Blu-ray™ and Digital Copies of all Phase 2 films, in collectible packaging designed by artist Matt Ferguson. This set overflows with stunning Marvel memorabilia, including a gold-foiled page from the book of Dark Elves, an ancient drawing from the Morag vault, Avengers and S.T.R.I.K.E. uniform patches, a replica of the Tony Stark tattoo from Iron Man 3 and much more!
Via Amazon:
Unleash The Power Of The Marvel Cinematic Universe In This Action-Packed 13-Disc Collector’s Set
The limited-edition, 13-Disc Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two Collection invites you to hold the greatest power in the cosmos in your grasp – a Morag orb containing one of the legendary Infinity Stones! Plus Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray and Digital Copies of all the Phase 2 films, in collectible packaging designed by artist Matt Ferguson. This set overflows with stunning Marvel Studios memorabilia, including a gold-foiled page from the book of the Dark Elves, an ancient drawing from the Morag vault, Avengers and S.T.R.I.K.E. uniform patches, a replica of the Tony Stark tattoo from Iron Man 3 and much more!
Contents Include:
Marvel’s Iron Man 3 (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + Digital Copy)
Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + Digital Copy)
Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + Digital Copy)
Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + Digital Copy)
Marvel’s Ant-Man (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + Digital Copy)
Exclusive Bonus Content Disc
1:1 Prop Replica of the Morag Orb and More!
Packed with over 2 1⁄2 hours of content on an exclusive bonus disc, including never-before-seen Deleted & Extended Scenes, the complete set of Marvel One-Shot films and Commentary, From Here to Infinity: Phases 2 and 3 of the M.C.U., Tag Scenes: A Making-Of, Screen Test with Chris Pratt and Dave Bautista and more, this ultimate collection is a Marvel fan’s dream!
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All you Rocket and Groot fans that hopped on the bandwagon with the release of the movie may want to check out where it all started as Marvel is releasing a hard cover omnibus of Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning’s best-selling critically acclaimed run on Guardians of the Galaxy, Thanos Imperative and Annihilators.
Update: Amazon has the omnibus available for pre-order.
While we wait for this to be released, the Annihilation Omnibus and Annihilation: Conquest Omnibus are available.
I’ll say DnA’s Marvel Cosmic is light years ahead of the movie and infinitely better than the Bendis and Loeb crap. It was a shame Marvel cancelled it.
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY BY ABNETT & LANNING OMNIBUS HC
Written by DAN ABNETT & ANDY LANNING
Penciled by PAUL PELLETIER, BRAD WALKER,
CARLOS MAGNO, WES CRAIG, MIGUEL SEPULVEDA
& TIMOTHY GREEN II
Cover by ALEX GARNER
All that stands in the way of universal disaster is an unlikely band of cosmic misfits: the Guardians of the Galaxy, retooled for the 21st century! Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Adam Warlock, Mantis and the all-new Quasar — together with Cosmo the telepathic space dog — take on the universe’s most dangerous menaces and have a little fun along the way! The ragtag team must contend with Guardians from the future, a Skrull Secret Invasion and the Church of Universal Truth before the celestial stakes get even higher when an Inhuman/Shi’ar War opens up a Fault in space that may destroy everything! And the return of Thanos could spell doom for the Guardians! Plus: The solo adventures of breakout stars Rocket and Groot! Collecting GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (2008) #1-25; THANOS IMPERATIVE: IGNITION #1, #1-6 and DEVASTATION #1; and material from ANNIHILATORS #1-4 and ANNIHILATORS: EARTHFALL #1-4.
936 PGS./Rated T+ …$99.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-9834-5
Trim size: oversized
Not only did Vin Diesel tease Black Bolt (and maybe Adam Warlock), but in a recent interview Vin Diesel said he wants to see Gigantic Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy 2.
While Guardians of the Galaxy ended with the dancing baby Groot, obviously since Groot is plant-based, he can grow to the full size of a tree.
“I’ve talked to James Gunn about that. I can’t give it away but I would love to see gigantic Groot,” Vin Diesel told IGN. “I’d love to throw him into a forest and see how much mass that he consumes after devouring all the trees.
“Imagine throwing him into Central Park in New York City. I just want to see Giant Groot,” he said.
Guardians of the Galaxy 2 has a May 5, 2017 release.
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Watch: Dancing Baby Groot From Guardians of the Galaxy:
On more than one occasion Vin Diesel has teased playing Black Bolt in the Marvel Studios Inhumans movie with the latest being that Vin Diesel recommended his Witch Hunter co-star Rose Leslie for a role and teased that his “presence” would be used for another character.
Now while in London speaking with IGN, Black Bolt is brought up again with Vin Diesel offering his impression.
“If I said one word, I would level all of London,” Vin Diesel offered in the above video.
Vin Diesel continued with mention about talking with both Marvel Studios president and producer Kevin Feige as well as his father about super hero roles.
“It would be… put it this way, when Kevin Feige started talking to me about… who would ever think?” Diesel offered. “A voice for one thing and presence for another would be pretty genius – it’d be pretty genius.”
It should be mentioned that Vin Diesel as Black Bolt isn’t confirmed (he could very well be playing Lockjaw in some form), and note that Vin Diesel didn’t specify what Feige was talking about, but check out what his father told him, which may actually hint at Adam Warlock.
“Whenever my father sends me an email, at the end of it he says ‘stay human’ – and it’s cool and beautiful, but what is he really trying to say. Is he trying to say I’ve been affected by Terrigen Mist? Does he want to cocoon me again?”
Relative to the character of Adam Warlock is that Warlock is an artificial human who was born/reborn in a cocoon. Warlock is also quite the presence in the Marvel Cosmic universe, wouldn’t you say?
Inhumans has a July 12, 2019 release.
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Back around 2008, a Green Arrow movie was in development from David Goyer (writer on the Batman The Dark Knight movies and Man of Steel) and Justin Marks (writer on Top Gun 2 and The Jungle Book). The plot of the movie centered on Oliver Queen being framed for murder and sent to prison, with his subsequent escape. The movie was titled “Green Arrow: Escape From Super Max” and featured a host of villains including Joker, Riddler and Lex Luthor.
While recently speaking to Den Of Geek, Goyer made note that with DC doing a villain-centric Suicide Squad movie, his Green Arrow film was ahead of its time.
“I think it absolutely was,” Goyer said about the project.. “I think if that script had come over the transom a couple of years later… It was completely ahead of its time. By the way, everything I see about Suicide Squad looks fantastic and it’s a different story. But it was absolutely ahead of its time. You know, Marvel was considering doing the Sinister Six and at the time, God, I think this was eight or nine years ago that we wrote a couple of drafts, but it certainly was like this oddball project at Warner Bros at the time, they were like – even though the script was good – ‘why would we make a movie about a bunch of villains? That makes no sense.’”
Goyer continues with mention that Warner Bros. at the time just wanted to focus on the more popular characters in their stable, but now with Marvel having success with Guardians of the Galaxy and Ant-Man, it was only a matter of time before a villains movie saw the light of day.
“The executive on it was really visionary,” Goyer said. “But the higher-ups, none of whom are at Warner Bros any more, just thought at the time, you know, we just want to make Batman and Superman movies. We don’t want to make any other characters. But this is before Marvel had really taken off, before more obscure projects like Guardians Of The Galaxy or Ant-Man or things like that had huge success, before the current gold rush I guess, if you will. It’s natural that eventually someone was going to make a villain movie, so that’s just what happened!”
The report also notes Goyer said he isn’t planning on directing any of the upcoming DC movies.
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Marvel released a first look preview at CM Punk’s new Drax series.
Check out the preview images below.
Writers: CM Punk, Cullen Bunn
Art: Scott Hepburn
Covers: Scott Hepburn, Ed McGuinness, Skottie Young, Mike Choi
Publisher: Marvel Comics
In Stores: November 4th, 2015
Description:
Destroying his very first ongoing series! That’s right, the muscle of the Guardians of the Galaxy is making his Mighty Marvel solo debut this November in DRAX #1! And he’s bringing along some can’t miss creators! World renowned UFC fighter CM Punk makes his ongoing series debut alongside fan-favorite co-writer Cullen Bunn and artist Scott Hepburn! So what does Drax do when he’s not hanging with the Guardians? He lets his bloodthirsty quest for revenge take the driver’s seat, of course! Determined to find and kill Thanos once and for all, Drax is ready to take on the universe. And nothing is going to stop him – not even crash landing on a dangerous and wild planet. The depths of space might not be enough to contain this much grit, vengeance and all-out action! Don’t miss the explosive debut of DRAX #1 – coming this November from CM Punk, Cullen Bunn and Scott Hepburn!
Check out video above from the streets of NYC featuring Chris Pratt arguably the biggest actor right now having appeared in the blockbuster movies Jurassic World and Guardians of the Galaxy.
Tru TV took Pratt through NYC and questioned people whether or not if they could recognize the actor.
Watch the responses above.
Check out a preview for the next episode of the Guardians of the Galaxy animated series.
Drax embraces his inner gladiator in this clip from “Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy,” airing Saturday at 9:30 PM ET on Disney XD
Guardians of the Galaxy stars the voice talents of Will Friedle as Star-Lord, Trevor Devall as Rocket Raccoon, David Sobolov as Drax, Vanessa Marshall as Gamora, Kevin Michael Richardson as Groot and James Arnold Taylor as both Yondu and Cosmo.
The Guardians of the Galaxy animated series follows the newly-formed team who finds a strange artifact keyed only to the DNA of Peter Quill. Upon opening it, Quill unleashes a treasure map leading to a powerful weapon known as the Cosmic Seed which is capable of giving birth to the next universe. It’s up to the Guardians to find, protect and ultimately destroy the Cosmic Seed in order to keep it out of the hands of those who would abuse its power, from galactic big boss Thanos, to the conniving brothers the Collector and the Grandmaster, to a resurrected Ronan, to the ultimate trickster, Loki, in order to save the universe.
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Today’s Marvel Animation panel, hosted by Joe Quesada and Dan Buckley, saw the announcement of a new Marvel animated film as well as that Guardians of the Galay Season 2 has been green lit for a 2017 release.
An episode of Guardians of the Galaxy was also shown that featured the Grand Master capturing the Guardians and having Drax vs. Gamora face off in a battle to the death in an arena.
Regarding the new animated movie, it’s geared toward younger viewers and deals with Santa Claus. Details provided were slim but I managed to grab the following pics for Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Frost Fight!
New Marvel animated movie aimed at youngsters dealing with Santa
Posted by CosmicBookNews on Friday, October 9, 2015
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Yesterday saw James Gunn take part in a live Facebook Q&A where he spoke about a variety of topics with one including the voice of Rocket Raccoon in Guardians of the Galaxy.
While we all known Bradley Cooper ended up getting the part, Gunn let it be known they actually considered using Danny DeVito, but decided against it because of DeVito’s age.
“In all honesty, Danny DeVito is one of the voices we tried out, but Danny DeVito is an older man now and Rocket is not an older man, he’s a younger man,” Gunn explained. “Danny DeVito’s voice just wouldn’t work.”
Gunn also let it be known that Thanos was the villain in the original Guardians of the Galaxy script, and also that he isn’t a big fan of the Guardians of the Galaxy animated sound track.
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A couple of weeks ago saw James Gunn post on his Facebook page that he was unable to use the alien race known as the Sneepers in Guardians of the Galaxy 2 because of a conflict with Iceland.
It turned out “Sneeper,” when translated to Icelandic, is a word for a female body part.
Marvel legal actually had issue with it and initially didn’t approve “Sneeper” because of the conflict.
However, now because of all the online chatter – as it’s not really that big of a deal – Marvel Legal has changed their mind and allowed Gunn use of the Sneeper for Guardians of the Galaxy 2, so per Gunn’s words below, we’ll see at least one Sneeper somehwhere in the background.
“Guardians of the Galaxy” Vol. 2 hits May 5, 2017.
Sneeper update. A couple weeks back I told you how the Marvel legal department advised against using Sneeper as an alien…
Posted by James Gunn on Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Check out a behind-the-scenes look at the Guardians of the Galaxy animated series.
See what it takes to create an action-packed sequence in “Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy” and check out a new episode this Saturday at 9:30 PM ET on Disney XD!
Guardians of the Galaxy stars the voice talents of Will Friedle as Star-Lord, Trevor Devall as Rocket Raccoon, David Sobolov as Drax, Vanessa Marshall as Gamora, Kevin Michael Richardson as Groot and James Arnold Taylor as both Yondu and Cosmo.
The Guardians of the Galaxy animated series follows the newly-formed team who finds a strange artifact keyed only to the DNA of Peter Quill. Upon opening it, Quill unleashes a treasure map leading to a powerful weapon known as the Cosmic Seed which is capable of giving birth to the next universe. It’s up to the Guardians to find, protect and ultimately destroy the Cosmic Seed in order to keep it out of the hands of those who would abuse its power, from galactic big boss Thanos, to the conniving brothers the Collector and the Grandmaster, to a resurrected Ronan, to the ultimate trickster, Loki, in order to save the universe.
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Watch a video Q&A below with Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn.
Gunn answers a plethora of questions on a range of topics including: Thanos being the original villain in Guardians of the Galaxy; siding more with Tony Stark in Civil War; wanting to use the Watchers, Rom the Spaceknight and Kang the Conqueror; not wanting to use the Silver Surfer; not wanting to direct a Thunderbolts movie; being a fan of the Deadpool movie; being a fan of Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning’s Guardians of the Galaxy comic book; the inclusion of at least one new character in Guardians of the Galaxy 2; not wanting Venom or Iron Man in the movie, and Gunn lets it be known at the end of the video that the Guardians of the Galaxy 2 script is complete.
“Gaurdians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” hits May 5, 2017 and begins filming in February in Atlanta, Georgia.
Live Q&A
Posted by James Gunn on Tuesday, October 6, 2015
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First Richard Rider Nova, and now Thanos.
James Gunn, you are killing us.
It’s learned that Thanos was actually the villain of the Guardians of the Galaxy movie prior to James Gunn getting on board.
Back around 2009, Marvel had a Writers Group that could basically come up with whatever script they wanted, with science-fiction writer Nicole Perlman choosing Guardians of the Galaxy, as she was impressed and inspired by the Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning Guardians of the Galaxy Marvel comic book.
When the movie finally was green lit and Gunn came on board, he re-wrote the script to his liking and in the process removed Richard Rider Nova because he wanted to keep the focus on Star-Lord being the human relatable character of the movie.
Now while participating in a video Q&A on Facebook, Gunn clears up some things regarding the involvement of Thanos revealing at one point the Mad Titan was the big bad . First, Gunn lets it be known he didn’t have to go back and do re-writes on Guardians and add in Thanos as Thanos was already a part of the script.
“That’s just totally not all all true,” Gunn replied to questioning regarding having to go back and add Thanos to the script. “When I came to Guardians there was a script, and Thanos was actually the bad guy in it the movie. I changed the script so that Ronan was the bad guy. Thanos became a part of that script.”
Gunn also let it be known they were contemplating removing Thanos in his entirety as they found it difficult to incorporate the Mad Titan with the rest of the story, but Gunn wanted to keep Thanos because of his appearance in Whedon’s The Avengers.
“There was a time later when we realized it was very difficult working Thanos into the script, but I wanted to keep him in the movie because I knew that people who liked Avengers would maybe be likely to see Guardians, which nobody knew Thanos was in the movie,” Gunn continued. “So I kept him in there. He was a pain in the ass to put in the movie because of his connection and family relationship to Ronan and Gamora and Nebula.”
Gunn also finished his Thanos thoughts with a rather interesting remark which seems to insinuate those people that wanted to cut Thanos from the movie might not be at Marvel any more.
“There was a group of people at Marvel who had a lot of ideas how things were suppose to be that aren’t there any more,” Gunn said.
