ROCKET RACCOON Solo Series

Rocket Raccoon #1 courtesy Marvel
Rocket Raccoon #1 courtesy Marvel

Marvel is betting big on Rocket Raccoon. Bradley Cooper is the voice of the gun-blasting animal in Guardians of the Galaxy this August.

 

The breakout star of the Guardians comic book will get his own solo series by Skottie Young, best known for writing and drawing Oz series and his signature variant covers. Continue reading ROCKET RACCOON Solo Series

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Meet Rocket & Bradley Cooper

Guardians of the Galaxy #3 courtesy Marvel
Guardians of the Galaxy #3 courtesy Marvel

Guardians of the Galaxy is burning up the social universe after the debut of the first trailer.

 

After seeing Rocket in action now you can see Bradley Cooper (American Hustle) talk about his voice work bringing the expert marksman to the big screen.

 

Plus, see the Raccoon speak in a new clip courtesy Marvel.

 

Click and meet Rocket: Continue reading GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Meet Rocket & Bradley Cooper

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Trailer

Guardians of the Galaxy cast courtesy Marvel
Guardians of the Galaxy cast courtesy Marvel

A star-studded phenomenon is born!

Marvel’s biggest cinematic gamble looks like it could be a payoff.

 

The first trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy blasted off during Jimmy Kimmel Live.

 

Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Batista and the voices of Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel bring the space-faring heroes to life on the big screen under director James Gunn.

 

Take a look again:

Pratt is Peter Quill, Continue reading GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Trailer

Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon?

Guardians of the Galaxy #3 courtesy Marvel
Guardians of the Galaxy #3 courtesy Marvel

Is Marvel recruiting the world’s sexiest man alive (according to People magazine once upon a time) to be the voice of Rocket Raccoon?

 

Rocket Raccoon and Groot (a living tree) are the only members left of Guardians of the Galaxy to be cast.

 

Latino Review reports that director James Gunn wants Bradley Cooper (The Hangover) to be the voice of the scruffy alien. The site reports Marvel has made Cooper an offer. Continue reading Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon?

Benicio Del Toro Joins GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

Guardians of the Galaxy #1 courtesy Marvel
Guardians of the Galaxy #1 courtesy Marvel

Benicio Del Toro (Sin City) has joined Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy and signed a deal to appear in several Marvel films according to Deadline. James Gunn is directing the film starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista as the heroes of the film based on the Marvel Comic. Glenn Close will play the leader of the Nova Corp (an intergalactic police force) and Lee Pace and Karen Gillan (Doctor Who) are playing villains. Michael Rooker Continue reading Benicio Del Toro Joins GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

Guardians of the Galaxy Are Cosmic Avengers

 

Guardians of the Galaxy #1 courtesy Marvel

Marvel aims for the stars with Guardians of the Galaxy. Brian Michael Bendis and Steve McNiven launch a brand new Guardians of the Galaxy series this week.

Star-Lord, Groot, Rocket Raccoon, Drax, Gamora will be joined Iron Man. Bendis tells Marvel.com he’s been digging into the book’s history as he makes the team accesible to old and new audiences.

“We were talking about the characters, what they want and their reliability. I dug up some of their origin stories, particularly Peter Quill’s origin story, which as I tweeted recently I had come across, and decided that it was, for my money, as good as Superman or Spider-man’s origin—it was just no one knew it! It was literally a two-page story in MARVEL PREMIERE about 34 years ago, and I just really really liked it. As the movie was getting closer, and more drafts were coming in, they called me and said “Listen, you were so excited during the Guardians movie calls, we need to get this book back in the public eye. We really want to make it more a part of the Marvel Universe.”

In The Avengers movie Earth now has its Mightiest Heroes but became a target Continue reading Guardians of the Galaxy Are Cosmic Avengers