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Marvel’s VFX Producer Victoria Alonso Talks ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’

by Shawn Madden

While speaking with Cinema Blend, Marvel’s Executive Vice President Victoria Alonso offered up a little bit of info about Jame Gunn’s upcoming space-epic Guardians Of The Galaxy. Alonso revealed that production on the film has already begun and that filming will begin in just a few months.

 

“Production has already started! Completely. It started months ago and we have an entire team in London already – we start shooting in June. Our director [James Gunn] travels next week and it’s going, baby! It’s a fast train to a beautiful place.”

 

Alonso also commented on how they’re handling bringing Rocket Raccoon and Groot to life on the big screen:

 

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“We’re going to do a combination. You can’t do any motion capture with a raccoon – they won’t let you put the suit on [laughs]. 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, 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.”

 

James Gunn really has one of the hardest jobs of Marvel’s “Phase Two” here with this film, but we couldn’t be more excited to see the results.

 

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

 

Source: CinemaBlend

Michael Rosenbaum Joins List Of Actors Up For Star-Lord In Marvel’s ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’

by Shawn Madden

Just earlier today it was revealed that Joseph Gordon-Levitt was on the list of contenders  for the role of Peter Quill aka Star-Lord in Marvel Studios highly-anticipated Guardians Of The Galaxy. Based on that we assumed that maybe he was the mystery actor who had read for the role before the holidays. Well, it appears we may have been wrong because just a short while ago actor Michael Rosenbaum (Smallville) revealed that he is also in the mix for the role in Marvel’s upcoming space epic.

The fan-favorite actor has actually already previously worked with director James Gunn in the past. There’s definitely a chance that Gunn may be going after someone that he’s more familiar working with for the role. But then there’s plenty of great candidates on this ever-growing list and with production set to begin in a few months an official announcement regarding who lands the role should be expected soon.

Guardians Of The Galaxy hits theaters August 1, 2014.

Jim Sturgess & Zack Levi Frontrunners For ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Star-Lord Role

by Shawn Madden

Even though five actors were tested last week for the lead role in Marvel’s upcoming space-epic Guardians Of The Galaxy, it appears that only three actors remain up for the role of Peter Quill AKA Star-Lord, the leader of the team. According to Variety, actor Jim Sturgess (Cloud Atlas) and Zachary Levi (Thor: The Dark World) are the frontrunners for the role in the Marvel Studios film.

It’s worth noting that Levi wasn’t originally included on the shortlist that was revealed a short while back and is already appearing in one of Marvel Studios “Phase Two” movies at the moment, playing the role of Fandral The Dashing in Thor: The Dark World. But apparently Marvel is so impressed with his screen-test, that they’re “open to continuing their relationship.” There is also word that an unnamed third actor may be tested after the holidays for the role. With the list narrowing down and production set to begin sometime next year expect official word in the next few months regarding the role.

Source: Variety

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Characters Getting Visual & Story Updates

by Shawn Madden

Another piece of news coming from the guys over at Latino Review, who so far have been pretty spot on when it comes to Marvel Studios, is that three of the characters in Guardians Of The Galaxy are getting a little more focus at the moment.

Star-Lord, Gamora and Drax The Destroyer will be getting visual and backstory updates to meld them into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s easy to see where Star-Lord fits in with the plot synopsis of the film being “a U.S. pilot who ends up in space in the middle of a universal conflict and goes on the run with futuristic ex-cons who have something everyone wants.” You can also tell from the concept art alone that his suit is definitely going to be different than the Star-Lord we’re used to in the comics.

Basically, look for these backstories to get a slight change to make more sense as far as the movies are concerned and their costumes to get a bit of a touch up. Gamora and Drax’s backstories are mainly getting updates due to their connection with the Mad Titan, Thanos.

 

Has Marvel’s ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Plot Been Revealed?!

by Shawn Madden

So, besides the line-up and the release date there isn’t too much known so far about the upcoming “space epic” that is Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy. But it appears that a summary of the movie’s plot has made its way online. It’s On The Grid is reporting that the film will be about:

“A U.S. pilot who ends up in space in the middle of a universal conflict and goes on the run with futuristic ex-cons who have something everyone wants.”

So, with a pretty legit site like It’s On the Grind reporting this it could just be true. Of course we will have to wait until we get some confirmation from Marvel on it. The U.S. pilot could be referring to Peter Quill aka Star-Lord or possible even Vance Astro aka Major Victory if they’re including him in the film as well. Personally I am leaning towards it being Star-Lord being that he’s already been announced and I don’t think Marvel will be cramming the team with TOO many characters. But like I said…we will just have to wait and see on this one.

Geekscape Comics: The Final Marvel NOW! Teaser Reveals A Fan Favorite

by Shawn Madden

So far Fury’s files have shown him to be keeping tabs on Ant-Man, Nova, Wiccan & Loki and Cable. The final teaser reveals he will also be keeping tabs on a fan-favorite…Star-Lord! This most likely will be an introduction to Bendis’ new Guardians Of The Galaxy series.

 MARVEL NOW! Point One #1
Written by Brian Michael Bendis, Matt Fraction, Jeph Loeb, Nick Spencer, Kieron Gillen, Dennis Hopeless
Art by Michael Allred, Ed McGuinness, Steve McNiven, Jamie Mckelvie, Salvador Larroca and more!
Cover by Adi Granov
Variant Cover by Joe Quesada
Sketch Variant Cover by Joe Quesada
Variant Cover by Skottie Young
THE FUTURE OF MARVEL IS NOW!
64 PGS./Rated T+ …$5.99

UPDATE: ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Confirmed For 2014 – Release Date Set

by Shawn Madden

Earlier today the internet exploded with excitement (trust me…check Twitter) when it hit that Marvel Studios would be announcing ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ at their San Diego Comic-Con panel.

Well now it seems that Variety has confirmed this report and even announced that the release date would be set at May 16, 2014. It’s also being reported that Nicole Perlman (who previously worked on ‘Thor’) has already written two drafts for the film and Marvel is very happy with her work. Marvel has not officially commented yet.

With a new ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ series as well as a new ‘Nova’ series on the way as well as Guardians appearing in a recent episode of ‘Avengers: Earths Mightiest Heroes’ and Nova having a recurring role in ‘Ultimate Spider-Man’…this announcement comes at no shock to me. But definitely has me excited more than some of the previously rumored movies that we would be seeing next. We better see some Star-Lord though or I fear Scott Alminiana may stab someone.

Marvel Studios Mystery Movie For 2014? ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’.

by Shawn Madden

It’s not a suprise. After the news of Marvel filling trademarks for ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ it was obvious it was coming. But according to Latino Review (who has been pretty reliable about Marvel Studios news)…it’s coming a lot sooner than we thought. Kevin Fiege has been talking some time now about doing a space epic and now it’s coming.

For those unfamiliar with ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’, the comic first appeared in 1969 and was resurrected in 2008. The story centers on a group of alien beings in the 31st century who are each the last of their kind. They eventually travel back in time and interact with 20th century Marvel characters which would most likely be how the movie would end and tie into ‘The Avengers 2’.

It’s reported that we will get an official announcement at the Marvel Studios panel during San Diego Comic-Con in two weeks. We are also told to expect Nova and that the script is “incredible” and will lead up to ‘The Avengers 2’ in 2015. Oh and is Thanos in it? Yes. Yes he is.