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James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy has found its lead. Deadline is reporting that "Parks & Recreation" and Zero Dark Thirty star Chris Pratt will play Peter Quill (aka Star-Lord) in the August 1, 2014 release.

The Quill character is likely to be the central protagonist of the film. Raised on Earth, Quill learns that his father was from outer space and is drawn into an intergalactic conflict that eventually leads to him becoming the leader of the team.

Quite arguably Marvel Studios' most offbeat property to date, Guardians of the Galaxy's roster is also said to include Drax the Destroyer, Groot, Rocket Racoon and Gamora. Check back for casting details on those roles as they emerge.

http://www.comingsoo...ws.php?id=99932

[Growled]

Should be a strange, off beat movie. Just my kind of movie, in fact.

[theyarecomingforyou]

Sounds promising. I like him in Parks & Recreation but it will be interesting to see him handle a very different sort of role.

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Cinema Blend spoke with ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ executive producer Victoria Alonso who said of their plans:

You can’t do any motion capture with a raccoon…but we will do rotomation, probably, for some of the behavior. Rocket will have his own personality, of course, and clearly we can’t do mocap on a tree, per say [sic], but we definitely will have performers to emulate what James Gunn will lead to be the behavior and the performance. He’s very clear on where he wants to take the characters.

http://screencrush.c...rocket-raccoon/

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Latino-Review – who’ve been leading the charge in dropping Guardians news bits before Marvel even confirmed the film – has the scoop on the major casting news, and according to their trusted (and proven) sources, Jason Momoa will play Drax the Destroyer.

According to the report, Momoa won Marvel’s attention with an impressive screen test and they immediately offered him the part. He’s currently in negotiations to join the James Gunn written and directed film.

Drax is the second character to be cast, with Chris Pratt signing up as the film’s lead Peter Quill AKA Star-Lord last week. Unsubstantiated rumors previously listed Isaiah Mustafa (center in the below image), Brian Patrick Wade (left) and Dave Bautista (right) as being up for the role.

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Now with the Guardians of the Galaxy film taking place 95% in space, we should expect the James Gunn-directed space epic to feature numerous other cosmic beings. That being said, Ain’t It Cool News’ Harry Knowles recently reported that, “I was contacted by a source..., telling me that after they had a dinner with a friend that is a confirmed part of [Guardians of the Galaxy]’s production team, that the friend let it slip over the meal that NOVA CORPS were definitely a part of the movie.” The inclusion of the intergalactic military/police force known as The Nova Corps implies that the first character known as Nova, Richard Rider, will also appear, making his cinematic debut.

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The Nova Corps was originally a space militia and exploration group for the planet Xandar in the comic books. The source of their power was called the Nova Force which is an unlimited energy generated by a living computer called the Xandarian Worldmind. Throughout their paperback ventures, The Nova Corps crossed paths with many cosmic beings such as The Kree, The Skrulls and actually teamed-up with Guardians of the Galaxy

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Various reports have indicated that Marvel Studios have been closing in on their 'Drax the Destroyer' for Guardians of the Galaxy over the past few weeks now, with Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista said to be the two frontrunners. Well, The Hollywood Reporter has now confirmed that the mixed martial artist and WWE wrestler Dave Bautista has closed his deal to play the character in James Gunn's big screen adaptation. The site describes the character as, "a human resurrected as a green warrior with the sole purpose of killing Thanos (the villain in the final-scene tease of Avengers). His powers include flight, super-strength and energy blasts." Bautista joins Chris Pratt (Star-Lord) in the movie which is currently set to be released on August 1st, 2014.

www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JoshWildingNewsAndReviews/news/?a=75782

[ew2x4]

Well that is kind of disappointing.

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Growled, on 06 February 2013 - 01:44, said:

Should be a strange, off beat movie. Just my kind of movie, in fact.

And some of Galactus' heralds weren't offbeat?

Please - I'm not JUST referring to Silver Surfer, either. Consider Terrax the Terminator (who was the replacement for SS when he went *rogue*) - HE was a single-world dictator that found himself unemployed when Galactus ate his fiefdom.

Guardians of the Galaxy was unique in that it was basically all-offbeat always - even during the original run, several of Marvel's MAINSTREAM titles went into the Strange (and I don't mean Stephen Strange, either) at least once a year.

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[DocM]

Wonder if that starship is the Rack 'n Ruin?

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According to The Hollywood Reporter, Avatar and Star Trek actress Zoe Saldana is in negotiations to add another sci-fi venture to her ever-growing resume: Marvel’s forthcoming Guardians of the Galaxy space epic. The Hollywood trade reports that Saldana is in talks to play Gamora, the female lead character in the James Gunn-directed 2014 adaptation. As the “deadliest woman in the galaxy,” Gamora is a green-skinned humanoid who is the last of a species, which was wiped out by the villainous race known as the Badoon. The trained assassin also has ties to the Mad Titan Thanos; she was raised by him before turning good and joining the Guardians of the Galaxy. Joining Chris Pratt and Dave Bautista in Guardians, Zoe Saldana, 34, will soon appear in Star Trek Into Darkness, action thriller Out of the Furnace and Avatar 2.

http://www.comicbook...n/news/?a=76933

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The latest Exclusive from Latino Review once again concerns Marvel Studios’ 2014 much-anticipated Guardians of the Galaxy adaptation. With the James Gunn-directed space epic in its casting stage, the Latino outlet has it “on good authority” that the supervillain known as Basil Sandhurst, aliased The Controller, will be one of the characters who’ll take on the interstellar superteam, but that’s not all. “I’m told that The Controller will act as Thanos’ main henchman and ambassador.” While the Mad Titan’s cameo in Marvel’s The Avengers’ mid-credits stinger has fueled speculation that Thanos will appear in Joss Whedon’s 2015 sequel in addition to Guardians of the Galaxy, Latino Review suggests the purple supervillain’s inclusion is only “a strong possibility.”

Anyhow, as LR and Wikipedia note, The Controller designed his armored exoskeleton, which is micro-surgically attached to his body from head to toe and grants him mobility, as well as superhuman strength and endurance. He uses “slave discs” to control others, using the micro-circuitry in his helmet to drain cerebral energy from his victims to power his exoskeleton and magnify its strength and duplicate his victim’s abilities. In the comics, Thanos released The Controller from prison, upgraded his technology and promised him rulership of Earth.

[DocM]

Zoe Saldana?