Dave Batista Lands The Role Of Drax The Destroyer In Marvel’s ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’

There’s been a lot of talk regarding who would be getting the the role of Drax The Destroyer in James Gunn’s Guardians Of The Galaxy. After some back and forth negotiations between a number of actors, which included Jason Momoa, Patrick Wade and Isaiah Mustafah, the role in the film has been cast. It has now been confirmed that mixed martial artist and former WWE wrestler Dave Batista, who was most recently seen in The Man With The Iron Fists and will appear in the upcoming Riddick, has closed the deal to play the character in the highly-anticipated Marvel Studios film.

The character is described as, “a human resurrected as a green warrior with the sole purpose of killing Thanos. His powers include flight, super-strength and energy blasts.” Batista will join Chris Pratt, who will be playing the role of Peter Quill aka Star-Lord, in the upcoming Marvel Studios film. With production set to begin in the next few months, we should expect to learn the rest of the cast for the film very soon.

Guardians Of The Galaxy is set to hit theaters August 1st, 2014.

Source: THR