Guardians of the Galaxy Movie (News & Speculation)

[Alan Smithee]

So...I'm a little confused.

I just read the Star Lord mini with art by Timothy Green II. First and foremost, Timothy Green II = Awesome! Second...Groot said a lot more than just "I am Groot!" throughout the story. Did he lose his ability to utter full sentences after Annihilation: Conquest?

When Keith Giffen put Groot, Rock, Pete et al together for the Star-Lord mini that was among the minis that set up the second consecutive modern cosmic "Annihilation" event by Abnett and Lanning, Groot was indeed much more articulate. For some reason--and if I remember correctly, the readers column had a gripe or two about it--Abnett and Lanning kept the character on board for the Guardians launch. I'm guessing the character was imposed on them because Giffen's mini was so cool.

In any case, Abnett and Lanning didn't do much for Groot's character development except have him keep hollering "I am Groot." Eventually, once Marvel's cosmic resurgence started to go off the rails with the "Realm of Kings" event, one of Inhumans popped up with the revelation that the repeated "I am Groots" was a distinct language that could be understood by texture and nuance and cadence of saying the same darn three words over and over.

I thought that was a lazy way of explaining a lazy way of characterization. DnA, to be kind, were pretty much overwhelmed running Nova, Guardians and the cosmic event stuff, so maybe they had to cut a corner. But the best Groot is the one Griffen wrote in the Star-Lord mini. A tree of few words, but not nearly as few as just "I am Groot."

[Test of Strength]

The potential of what branches off from the movie is what drives me out of my fanboy mind. Nova, Annihilation... all the Marvel cosmic possibilities explored.

Just incredibly excited for GotG film. I can already see them giving Gamora some kickass scenes.

[Lord Bravery]

Yea, no doubt Gamora and Drax will kick some serious ass. Drax should be like Riddick. Does anybody remember that scene in the second Riddick film where he slaughters about 20 guys with his knives on Crematoria or whatever the planet was called? That's the kinda thing i envision for Drax.

Only problem is, Fox has the rights to Silver Surfer, Galactus and Annihilus. So unless Marvel get the F4 rights back we won't see Annihilation on the big screen.

[SonOf D.]

All I want is Dwayne The Rock Johnson to be cast as Drax. I don't care about anything else.

[Test of Strength]

Yea, no doubt Gamora and Drax will kick some serious ass. Drax should be like Riddick. Does anybody remember that scene in the second Riddick film where he slaughters about 20 guys with his knives on Crematoria or whatever the planet was called? That's the kinda thing i envision for Drax.

Only problem is, Fox has the rights to Silver Surfer, Galactus and Annihilus. So unless Marvel get the F4 rights back we won't see Annihilation on the big screen.

Yes! That was awesome. I hope Marvel will balance everyone out (which I think they will) and give each character their moment to shine.

I didn't know they had rights to Annihilus. How does that work though? I'm confused because aren't most villains featured throughout various Marvel books, so it never really belongs to just one specific series?

[Lord Bravery]

Annihilus is primarily a F4 villain. That's where he originated from and where most of his appearances have been. I could be wrong, but it makes sense that he's with the F4. Surfer and Galactus certainly are.

[Lord Bravery]

All I want is Dwayne The Rock Johnson to be cast as Drax. I don't care about anything else.

Johnson has been cast as Lobo i think. So i doubt he'll be Drax. Vin Diesel or Jason Statham could do it though.

[Test of Strength]

I see. Thanks. I hope that can get worked out because I prefer if Marvel would have total control over Annihilus. To see something or at least something close enough to the grand scale that Annihilation was on the big screen... well, I can't describe the amount of infinite joy that would bring.

:D

[Nomads1]

Johnson has been cast as Lobo i think. So i doubt he'll be Drax. Vin Diesel or Jason Statham could do it though.

Seriously? Too bad if it's true. Johnson is a terrible fit for Lobo. If he was going to play a DC character, he'd be perfect for Black Adam.

Peace

[Lord Bravery]

I think he'd be great as either Adam or Lobo to be honest. Lobo basically is a 90s wrestler in comic form. Loud, obnoxious, thinks he's the best. Basically what The Rock was like when he was a badguy in the WWE.

[SonOf D.]

I won't lie my desire to have Rock play Drax is purely superficial, he has the look, the size and the muscles (seriously have you seen him lately?). But I have to admit the one time I saw him play a stoic badass killer (Faster), I didn't like it. How are they realising Thanos btw, mocap, prosthetics?

[Wellman]

Dave Batista if shaved bald or put in a bald cap would also make for a good Drax, with no real acting experience lines should be kept to a minimum but since he isn't a big star or anything, he would come at a cheaper rate and probably would do the green makeup necessary for the role.

[DebkoX]

Dave Batista if shaved bald or put in a bald cap would also make for a good Drax, with no real acting experience lines should be kept to a minimum but since he isn't a big star or anything, he would come at a cheaper rate and probably would do the green makeup necessary for the role.

Some of the hoped castings are making this sound like a cheap movie ;S

[Lord Bravery]

Well considering the new Drax was pretty clearly inspired by Riddick, my top choice is Diesel. But i doubt it will happen, he's already making a new Riddick film and has got two Fast and Furious sequels coming up.

[Wellman]

Some of the hoped castings are making this sound like a cheap movie ;S

Hey, the budget for this is probably going to be around the same as the first Thor and Cap solo movies, so you can't expect them to have a big budget for both casting and special effects. Not to mention, aside from kicking ass and having a tragic background leading to his hatred for Thanos, you won't need Drax to actually say any dramatic monologues or anything. Maybe a short quip or two but seriously, you won't need much more then that. Most lines will probably go to Star-Lord, Rocket and Gamora, since one will get the biggest marketing push, one is meant to be the leader and the other will be the hot female who has a personal connection to Marvel's proposed big bad in the Avengers 2 movie.