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A second casting call for Guardians of the Galaxy 2 has gone out, which will probably get James Gunn in trouble once again (lol).

The previous Guardians of the Galaxy 2 casting call from October saw some people online complain about the request for beautiful alien models (what? do people think we really want to see ugly aliens, guys? lol). The (a?) complaint(s) actually caused James Gunn to take to social media to respond.

While there are obviously more important things to worry about than the look of the aliens in Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (like getting Richard Rider Nova in the movie!), if you are beautiful enough, you can potentially get cast as an extra.

Here are the latest details, again via Tammy Smith Casting in Atlanta.

“Guardians of the Galaxy 2” blasts of May 5, 2017.

Info:

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CASTING for HANDSOME MEN – think
– Think GQ magazine, Model types…,
Handsome faces, good bone structure, some European looks, etc…
– AGES 18 to 55,
– 5’10 and over, size 36 to 44 jacket size max.
– Caucasian – blonde hair especially, but all hair colors may apply
– must be clean shaven or willing to be clean shaven if selected.
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. **This will film on Feb 18th, 25th, 26th, and 27th (all of those dates) -with a few fittings/make-up tests necessary as soon as Jan 11th**
** faces must be selected this week!
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Pay rates – $100 for 8 hrs with OT after that, with an add’l $ bump for make-up applied, etc…
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PLEASE SUBMIT TO: [email protected]
and put “GQ MEN” in the subject line
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PLEASE INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS:
CURRENT, CLEAR, PHOTOS !!!
(one of from shoulders up and one from the knees up)
PLEASE also include a GOOD selfie, looking handsome,
as well as your professional/current photos.
Include at least 3 or 4 photos total, or more! Thank you!
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Then please List the following:
First and Last NAME
PHONE NUMBER (s)
CITY & STATE where you live (where you will be coming from!)
Email address
AGE
Height
Weight
Sizes:
Men: Jacket, collar, sleeve, waist, inseam, shoe
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You MUST be LOCAL to the GREATER ATLANTA, GEORGIA AREA (or willing to work as a local hire)
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A few days ago it was said Kurt Russell is James Gunn’s choice to play Star-Lord’s father in Guardians of the Galaxy 2, and now the actor has confirmed talks have taken place.

Kurt Russell appeared on an MTV podcast offering he has spoken to Gunn about it, but hasn’t seen the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie, so he is not sure if he will take the role.

“I literally got a phone call two days ago about this,” Russell said. “I’ve never seen Guardians of the Galaxy, so I don’t know anything about it. Many times I’ve heard, ‘That’s a really fun movie, a really good movie [with] great characters.’ I don’t know it!”

“I didn’t realize that [James Gunn] had written and directed it, but we talked to each other on the phone,” Russell explained. “And I just had to be honest and say, ‘Thank you for considering me, I have to read [the script], and I have to watch the [first] movie because I can’t bring anything for you [right now]. I’ve got nothing to offer here. So, I’m amazed to get asked about this because everybody knows more about it than I do.”

“It could be a one line thing for all I know,” Russell offered. “But yeah, we’re talking about it… there’s just nothing to talk about at the moment.”

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 has a May 5, 2017 release.

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It’s being reported Kurt Russell is director James Gunn’s top choice to play Star-Lord’s father in Guardians of the Galaxy 2.

The Wrap reports Marvel has not officially offered Russell the role, nor has Russell read the script, but it’s said meetings are expected to take place soon.

Star-Lord’s father looks to play big part in the sequel, with Gunn previously offering Star-Lord’s father is not the same in the movie as in the Marvel comic books. There’s been lots of speculation amongst fans as to who could be Star-Lord’s father in the movie ranging from Adam Warlock to Starhawk.

Kurt Russell is currently starring in Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

It looks as if President Obama is just as excited for Guardians of the Galaxy 2 as the rest of us.

Check out the special message above for James Gunn from “Obama” via comedian Reggie Brown.

“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” hits May 5, 2017.

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James Gunn is currently spearheading the Marvel Cosmic Universe by helming the Guardians of the Galaxy movies.

As was noted with the first film, Gunn had to switch out the Badoon for the Sakaarans due to Fox Studios owning the rights to the Badoon.

Now Gunn comments about character rights for Guardians of the Galaxy 2, which sees a bit of humor for the outcome.

Gunn mentioned he wanted to include the Sneepers in the background of a scene, mentioning he had to get the okay from Marvel Legal first; however, Marvel Legal gave the Sneepers a thumbs down. It turns out the reason is not due to another studio owning the rights, but the translation of “Sneepers” into Icelandic.

Another character James Gunn previously let be known that Marvel doesn’t have the rights to is Kang The Conqueror.

“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” hits May 5, 2017.

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James Gunn has let it be known that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 will start filming next February.

Gunn answered a fan’s question on Facebook about when filming starts, but stated he doesn’t known a specific date.

“In February. Not sure of the actual date,” Gunn offered.

James Gunn also recently confirmed Vin Diesel will be back as the voice of Groot.

No specific plot details are known about the sequel, but Gunn has hinted Star-Lord’s origins and father will be explored as well as the movie may take a slighly more serious approach.

Gunn also previously said there will be less characters in Guardians of the Galaxy 2 than the first “because everything is just getting too sprawling and too crazy for me in these superhero comic book movies.”

Gunn did confirm they will be introducing a new character.

“There’s just too many characters so you can’t concentrate on one and really get to know that character, and I really want to get to know the characters that we know better, and yeah, we will be introducing a new character,” Gunn said.

In addition to the five core members of the Guardians of the Galaxy, Yondu, Nebula and Kraglin have been said to be returning as well.

Maybe Gunn can stick Richard Rider Nova, that he cut from the first movie, somewhere, too? (Help us, Obi Gunn. You’re our only hope).

“Guardians of the Galaxy” Vol. 2 hits May 5, 2017.

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Kevin Feige recently let it slip that the title for the Guardians of the Galaxy sequel is Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.

James Gunn recently spoke about the title on on Facebook offering reasons as to why they went with “Vol. 2” as the official title.

Yes, the official title of the sequel to Guardians of the Galaxy is Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.

Kevin Feige recently let the title slip while doing Ant-Man press, which I’m really happy about because God knows I’ve let more than one thing slip accidentally while chattering away on this FB page.

Also, hats off to some intrepid fans who figured out the title a couple of days after I posted the cover page. More than one person guessed “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” – I wanted so badly to give you props at the time, but knew I had to wait.

For Kevin to mess up. Haha.

And:

Yeah, I came up with a LOT of titles for Vol. 2. But because “Guardians of the Galaxy” is already so wordy, it seemed strange to add another bunch of words after it. I liked Vol. 2 the best, so that’s what I stuck on the cover of the screenplay – and, fortunately, the guys liked it.

Gunn also offered on Facebook that he isn’t sure if Guardians of the Galaxy 2 will be at the D23 Expo in August, and that Marvel hasn’t placed any storyline obligations on him for the movie.

While answering questions in regards to more of Nebula/Thanos, and the possibility of any of the Vell (i.e Mar-Vell) family being a part of Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Gunn responded with:

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“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” has a May 5, 2017 release.

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In addition to James Gunn finishing the script for Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and Chris Pratt stating the story brought him to tears, new details are learned about the sequel.

James Gunn has been using the new Periscope App as of late and answered a bunch of questions about Guardians of the Galaxy 2.

Screen Rant jotted down some of the answers with the most notable being Gunn mentioning Guardians of the Galaxy 2 will actually have less characters.

Gunn, who removed Richard Rider Nova from the Nicole Perlman’s first Guardians of the Galaxy script, also lets it be known he removed another character for this movie. He confirms instead of two new characters, there will only be one (assumed to be a Guardian).

“People ask for so many characters to be in Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and they ask for so many actors who they want to be in Guardians of the Galaxy 2 but we actually have less characters in Guardians of the Galaxy 2 than we have in Guardians of the Galaxy 1 because everything is just getting too sprawling and too crazy for me in these superhero comic book movies. And also in superhero comics in general. There’s just too many characters so you can’t concentrate on one and really get to know that character, and I really want to get to know the characters that we know better, and yeah, we will be introducing a new character…”

“I did not get any help with the first draft of Guardians of the Galaxy 2 other than I wrote a scriptment which I’ve been working on for nine months, and I wrote that very, very in-depth scriptment which is a 70-page combination of a script and a treatment and it goes through every beat of the movie, everything, and I’ve been going through that and showing that to [Marvel Studios Boss] Kevin [Feige] and getting feedback and seeing what worked and what didn’t, what characters work, what didn’t. I mean, people will be disappointed – at some point I’ll release – but I had another big character in my original draft and it was just getting too busy. I took that character out. And it’s a character I like a lot and hope to work with in the future but I just didn’t have room for that person, that character.”

Some other tidbits Gunn mentioned include:

• Guardians of the Galaxy 2 is “not forced to fit in puzzle pieces from other creators nor is it required to serve as setup for Avengers: Infinity War.”

• The Guardians movies don’t follow the comics too close because a lot of the Marvel Cosmic characters aren’t owned by Marvel Studios.

• The five core Guardians are returning along with Yondu, Nebula and Kraglin.

• It hasn’t been mentioned whether the Nova Corps will be involved.

• Star-Lord’s father has not been cast, yet.

• Scott Chambliss is the new production designer (known for Abram Star Trek movies, Mission Impossible).

• Guardians is the most standalone series Marvel has.

• Gunn said he is going to wait until after Guardians 2 to decide if he will do Guardians of the Galaxy 3.

• Gunn also again said on Facebook that the Hulk isn’t involved.

“Guardians of the Galaxy 2” has a May 5, 2017 release.