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“Guardians of the Galaxy” Is Marvel’s Next Big Movie?

  Marvel Studios is definitely launching a new film franchise in May 2014. Will is be Guardians of the Galaxy? That’s been the speculation for months and two sources: The Hollywood Reporter Heat Vision and Latino Review report Marvel will make an official announcement during Comicon International. Reports also say Nicole Perlman has already turned in a script. An outer space based franchise would fit with the big cosmic-level reveal at the end of The Avengers.

 

Guardians of the Galaxy #1 courtesy Marvel.com

  Most fans have been cheering for the Guardians team by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning that debuted in the aftermath of their Annihilation epic in 2008. The team includes Star-Lord, Drax, Gamora, Groot and Rocket Raccoon. Similar to the Avengers, these individual warriors were united against a common threat after several galactic conflicts.

 

Guardians of the Galaxy courtesy Marvel.com

  Now I know I’m showing my age here but I’m fond of the old school Guardians: Vance Astro, Yondu, Martinex, Charlie-27, Nikki and Starhawk. These heroes were from the future fighting against the alien empire of the Badoon. The 31st century team went into the past to team up with the Avengers most notably in the classic Korvac saga.

  Today’s fans really love ’em some Rocket Raccoon and he would work as an action figure and stuffed animal! Maybe Mark Walhberg’s teddy bear in Ted will be an indication of how Rocket Raccoon could work on screen. Stay tuned true believers.

  As I shared this news with my co-worker (and non-comic reader) Matt Scheck he said “you know, there hasn’t been a sci-fi space epic in while.” Matt, my friend I think Marvel hears you.

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Thanks to Marvel.com for the images.

Prometheus New Viral Video: Own Your Michael Fassbender Android

Michael Fassbender in Prometheus courtesy 20th Century Fox

 

  A new viral video has emerged online for a new “product” from Weyland Industries from the Alien movies. This new video is an advertisement for “David” an android played by Michael Fassbender in Prometheus.

 The “David 8” Demo is voiced by Fassbender and ends with the same eerie tagline from the new full length Prometheus trailer.

  This is the second viral video promoting Prometheus. The first was a TED video starring Peter Weyland.

New Prometheus Viral Image from Weyland Industries

  Prometheus and Weyland Corporation promotion is taking over the world in a chilling way. The TED viral video starring Guy Pearce as Peter Weyland revealed the link between Alien and Prometheus took over the web.

image courtesy Weyland Industries

 Now there’s a website for the evil corporation from the films and this beautiful but frightening image.

 On the page you can see this image and description under coming soon:

courtesy Weyland Industries

“OUR FAMILY IS GROWING

Weyland engineers have been working around the clock to bring you the newest, most advanced addition to the Weyland family. Stay tuned for a special announcement.”

This Geek’s Opinion: This will likely be the introduction of the artificial person that will be played by Michael Fassbender in Prometheus. Ian Holm played an android in Alien.

The picture above appears to be inside the ship of the “Space Jockey” from the first Alien film with an egg and a map showing multiple star systems. What do you think?

Ridley Scott is not just a brilliant director but expert marketer too.