Robin could be Marvel’s Sorcerer Supreme.
Latino-Review claims that The Dark Knight Rises’ Joseph Gordon-Levitt is Marvel Studios’ choice to play the title role in their long-gestating Doctor Strange movie. (You may recall that JGL was previously rumored to have been considered for the Star-Lord role in Guardians of the Galaxy.)
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We knew he was in the running for the part, and now mixed martial artist and WWE wrestler Dave Bautista has signed on to costar as Drax the Destroyer in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy.
Jason Momoa, of Conan remake and Game of Thrones fame, had originally been rumored to win the role last month, but reportedly turned it down. Isaiah Mustafa and Brian Patrick Wade had also been up for the Drax part, but Bautista now has the job.
Chris Pratt is already onboard the project, playing Peter Quill, a.k.a. Star-Lord. Drax is a formerly dead human (killed by Thanos!) who is resurrected to kill the purple-faced basterd — at least, that’s how it goes down in the comics. Other members of the team who have yet to be cast include the assassin Gamora, the tree-man Groot and the talking raccoon, Rocket.
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Among many other accomplishments during their tenure as stewards of Marvel’s cosmic franchises, Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning plucked the Guardians of the Galaxy out of obscurity and revamped them into a contemporary Marvel team characterized by equal parts adventure, drama, comedy, and talking space critters. Their take on the Guardians has proven very influential. The team is appearing in several of Marvel’s animated TV series and will be starring in a live-action Marvel Studios film next year.
Clearly, the time is ripe to bring the characters back to the forefront of Marvel’s comic universe. This time, it’s writer Brian Michael Bendis who will be chronicling the adventures of Star-Lord and the gang. Readers already got a taste of what Bendis has in store for the Guardians in Bendis’ Avengers Assemble storyline last year. Now he and artist Steve McNiven are kicking off a new Guardians of the Galaxy ongoing series as part of Marvel NOW!
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The lead role of Peter Quill, the part-human/part-alien hero better known as Star-Lord, in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy is close to being cast.
Variety reports that the two frontrunners are Cloud Atlas’ Jim Sturgess and Chuck’s Zachary Levi, who is currently playing Fandral in Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World. (He replaced Josh Dallas in that role.)
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