Marvel is aiming for the stars for their next big comic book and comic book movie franchise! James Gunn is reportedly been hired to direct Guardians of the Galaxy. Now the search for a star to play the leader: Peter Quill aka Star-Lord.
Joel Edgerton, Lee Pace, Jack Huston, Eddie Redmayne, Jim Sturgess are in contention along with Garrett Hedlund and James Marsden as options according to Deadline.
How important is Guardians of the Galaxy to Marvel? Brian Michael Bendis. The writer of Avengers, Ultimate Spider-Man and now All-New X-Men is writing a brand new Guardians of the Galaxy series with superstar artist Steve McNiven and Iron Man is joining the team.
Peter Quill is the son of a human mother and alien father raised on Earth who leads a ragtag group of aliens on adventures in deep space. In the comics the Guardians and Avengers have worked together so expect a cinematic tie-in, especially given the appearance of Thanos.
Eddie Redmayne (Les Miserables) matches the look of Peter Quill but my gut goes for Garrett Hedlund (Tron) because once he becomes Star-Lord he gets a little grittier.
I’m still hoping Dwayne Johnson will play Drax the Destroyer.
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i just read an apology that he sent to glaad, it sounded pretty good and sincere. we all make mistakes, but i still wonder how good of a writer can he be if he thought what he was writing was good, funny satire? because it was NOT.
maybe they should still be looking for a director too. in a list gunn posted of superheores fans would most like to have sex with, he said some really awful things about women and made homophobic remarks as well. maybe he thought he was just being funny but none of the things i read was funny.
Thanks for letting me know – I’ll look for that story.
The Rock could totally play current Drax, but what about old school Drax? Can Dwayne Johnson play dumb?
I think they merge the two – they should cater it to him. Who should voice Rocket Raccoon?