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Why Guardians of the Galaxy was such a massive financial success

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Anthony Stokes on why Guardians of the Galaxy was such a massive financial success…As it stands now, Guardians of the Galaxy has $770 million dollars worldwide, passing every other comic book movie released this year, and second only Transformers: Age of Extinction in the highest-earning movies of the year. I did predict Guardians having a […]

Colin Trevorrow turned down Guardians of the Galaxy as he wasn’t “a comic book kid”

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Director Colin Trevorrow has explained why he turned down the opportunity to helm Guardians of the Galaxy in favour of the Jurassic World series.In a recent interview with Empire, Trevorrow confirmed he was once in talks with Disney and Marvel Studios to helm Guardians of the Galaxy, but choose not to continue these conversations as he wasn’t a […]

Exclusive Interview – Stuber star Dave Bautista on finding his funny bone, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and the Fast & Furious franchise

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Tom Beasley chats to WWE star turned Hollywood leading man Dave Bautista about his role as a near-blind cop who teams up with a kind-hearted Uber driver in action-comedy Stuber…Sometimes, comedy premises are so absurd that there’s no way they can completely fail. Stuber, from Goon director Michael Dowse, is one of those movies. It […]

Exclusive: Dave Bautista didn’t know Drax’s fate in Avengers: Infinity War and thought he’d be cut from Endgame

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Dave Bautista has described working on the last two Avengers movies as “the oddest way I’ve done a film” and said he didn’t even know Drax would be turned to dust at the end of Infinity War.In an interview with Flickering Myth to promote his new action-comedy Stuber, Bautista discussed his time on the Avengers […]

Guardians of the Galaxy’s Sean Gunn talks playing two MCU roles at once

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Sean Gunn, one of the stars of the Guardians of the Galaxy films, has discussed what it’s like to play two different characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.There have been a handful of actors who have been lucky enough to play two different comic book characters in their careers, people like Ryan Reynolds and Chris […]

Guardians of the Galaxy was the most difficult Marvel movie to cast says casting director

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Sarah Finn, the casting director for Marvel Studios, says that Guardians of the Galaxy was the most difficult film to cast in the MCU.While we all get to enjoy the great performances from actors once films arrive at the big screen, it’s not often we think about the effort that went into assembling the cast, […]

The War of the Realms variant covers reimagine Marvel heroes as Asgardian warriors

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Marvel has announced that it is set to celebrate its upcoming War of the Realms event with a series of variant covers which will reimagine some of Marvel’s most iconic heroes as Asgardian warriors; there’ll be 21 covers in total, and we’ve got a look at the first nine here…SEE ALSO: The Avengers join the […]

Chris Pratt promises that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will happen

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Although it was originally intended as one of Marvel’s first Phase Four releases (and due to begin production early this year), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 was put on the back burner following Disney’s decision to fire director James Gunn over some questionable tweets from his past.While Gunn has since moved on to the […]

Marvel’s new Guardians of the Galaxy series gets a trailer

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The Guardians of the Galaxy returned to comic books this week with a brand new roster and creative team in Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw, and Marvel has now unveiled a launch trailer for the comic book series.“I think fans have gotten used to what a Guardians book is, and we’re going to completely change […]