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One of Marvel’s most beloved heroes takes center stage next month and you’re not going to want to miss it… Fans have already gotten a glimpse of Mary Jane Watson in the Free Comic Book Day issue of Marvel’s upcoming series, Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #1, and Marvel has enlisted some of comics’ most acclaimed artists to reimagine the fan-favorite in the shoes of iconic heroes such as Doctor Strange, Hulk, Iron Man, Wolverine and more. Says Marvel Svp Sales & Marketing David Gabriel:

Both the Gwen Stacy Variant Program and this month’s Venomized Variant Program were such runaway successes, we couldn’t help but try to top ourselves. And with Chip Zdarsky and Adam Kubert’s new Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man book on the horizon, the timing couldn’t have been better to put the spotlight on fan-favorite Mary Jane Watson.

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Fact: Nobody knows how to use child actors in action movies better than Shane Black. The Monster Squad writer has been doing it pretty much his whole career, but he's been on a particularly amazing streak these last few years. He's the one who paired Iron Man up with a mini Tony Stark (Ty Simpkins) in Iron Man 3. Some of the absolute best bits of The Nice Guys come from the hilarious and surprisingly endearing father-daughter relationship between Ryan Gosling and Angourie Rice. And now...

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Fact: Nobody knows how to use child actors in action movies better than Shane Black. The Monster Squad writer has been doing it pretty much his whole career, but he's been on a particularly amazing streak these last few years. He's the one who paired Iron Man up with a mini Tony Stark (Ty Simpkins) in Iron Man 3. Some of the absolute best bits of The Nice Guys come from the hilarious and surprisingly endearing father-daughter relationship between Ryan Gosling and Angourie Rice. And now he's going to keep this trend going with The Predator. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Black has cast Jacob Tremblay, whose performance blew audiences away in Room, as the son of lead actor Boyd Holbrook in his highly anticipated reboot of the beloved sci-fi franchise. Not only...

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Guillermo del Toro’s kaleidoscopic imagination is on full display in Trollhunters, a rich gift of an animated series arriving on Netflix later this month. It’s in the depiction of trolls as hulking and metamorphic (yet predictably endearing) creatures, birthed seemingly from the earth itself, shoulders erupting in sprouts of grass or smoothly carved from dark obsidian. It’s in the visualization of said trolls’ subterranean world, a crystalline treasure-trove kingdom that draws upon every vivid shade the animators’ palettes had available (and likely created a few). And yet del Toro’s approach and ideology are most evident not just in those striking optical executions but also in the sense of astonishment and joy with which the series itself regards them.

Trollhunters is rightly a thing of youthful wonderment, a show that’s enamored of its own candy-colored vision and fully expects...

Chris Evans is is ready to put down the Captain America shield for a spell and star as another iconic genre creation.

According to Deadline, Lionsgate is developing the silver-screen version of BBC One’s “Jekyll” series from 2007, with Evans set to play Tom Jackman — a role originally portrayed by James Nesbit on the TV series.

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The project is not to be confused with the upcoming Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde film in development as part of the shared Universal Monsters franchise, which takes a cue from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (of which Evans’ Cap is a central component) in creating a series of overlapping films about its best-known figures: Dracula, the Mummy, Frankenstein’s Monster and yes, Dr. Jekyll, to be played by Russell Crowe.

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Is Agents of S.H.I.E.L D. ready to “do the robot”? Which Once Upon a Time couple is off on an adventure? What mystery did Person of Interest leave behind? Read on for answers to those questions plus teases from other shows.

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What is going to take up more A-plot on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. this season — tracking down Daisy, or the LMDs? —Maura

This much I can tell you: LMDs are happening. Specifically, the ABC series at this time is looking to...

A pioneer of the action genre – having penned the screenplays for seminal endeavours ranging from Lethal Weapon, The Last Boy Scout, and The Long Kiss Goodnight – Shane Black is something of an elusive presence in the director’s chair, with just two credits to his name in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Iron Man […]

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Director Shane Black wants The Predator (his upcoming addition to the franchise) to be an event film in the vein of Iron Man, but he also wants it to scare the ___ out of audiences. It's a tricky balance to strike.  Black -- the director of Iron Man 3 and The Nice Guys among other films -- had a small role in the original Predator and did some uncredited writing on the film. He now returns to helm and co-write the sixth addition to the franchise, and from the sounds of it he's creating a horror/action hybrid. During a recent interview with out own Drew McWeeny, Black talked about wanting to create a sense of fan anticipation months out from the film's release. Adding that he faced a challenge in that much of the mystery surrounding the Predator as a character has been lost, likening the "de-clawing" of the monster...

Team Red took the box office crown this weekend. No, not the metallic team red but the feathery one. Despite an unfashionably late arrival well past the Angry Birds craze that swept phones years ago, the family audience is insatiable these days. Not that the other Team Red, Iron Man and His Amazing Friends had anything to worry about having crossed a billion globally already. Here at home Captain America Civil War leapfrogged both Zootopia and Batman v Superman this past week to become the 2nd most popular film of the year (Deadpool is still #1... for now). Neighbors 2 and Nice Guys weren't as lucky because adults don't go to movies anymore without their children but wait for streaming (sigh). In platform releases, Love & Friendship (which is so damn enjoyable) and The Lobster had successful if minor expansions. 

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Stop me if you’ve seen this one: Russell Crowe and Kim Basinger walk onto the set of a period L.A. crime drama and, in between tangled plot twists and turns, a lot of people get shot until in the end the true bad guy is revealed. No one could blame you for guessing L.A. Confidential, but the latest collaboration between the now-veteran actors is actually The Nice Guys, the latest film by the writer turned-director, Shane Black (Iron Man 3, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang).

The similarities between Curtis Hanson’s 1997 neo-noir film and this physical, slapstick comedy do not end at its overlapping cast or city setting. Twenty years have passed since Crowe and Basinger collaborated Hanson’s film, while this new collaboration is itself set twenty years later. It’s now Los Angeles in the 1970s (though by the time screen title announces that the title...

If Shane Black’s fast-talking noir thriller The Nice Guys took its sweet time getting off the ground, spare a thought for the director’s reimagining/revival/remix of The Predator.

Having originally starred in John McTiernan’s classic 80s actioner, Black has remained attached to the planned overhaul for the longest time, though it was only when a finished script and a teaser image surfaced earlier this year that we began to see some tangible movement.

Now, with an Arnie cameo reportedly in the cards, the prolific writer-director has touched base regarding the alien beastie itself, including why it could be in for a costume upgrade by the time the reboot rolls around in 2018. Careful to dance around any major plot details, here’s what Black told Coming Soon:

“It’s not to ‘improve,’ it’s make it fun, make it different, make it organically different. So what’s...

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The Nice Guys director tells us a little about what to expect from the next Predator movie, and offers a Doc Savage update, too.

Back in 1987, John McTiernan’s Predator helped to solidify Arnold Schwarzenegger’s status as an action star while introducing moviegoers to a new form of science fiction movie monster. A few months earlier, screenwriter Shane Black got his first big break in Hollywood when his script for Lethal Weapon was turned into a hit action-comedy for Mel Gibson. Six years later, Black would co-write Last Action Hero for Schwarzenegger.

Whether it’s coincidence or whether it’s fate, Shane Black (who co-wrote and directed Marvel Studios’ Iron Man 3) is now in development on a new movie based on the beloved classic called The Predator, and when FDen Of Geek Us spoke to him about his new movie The Nice Guys, starring Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling,...

Shane Black, the king of the black comedy (no pun intended), is back at it again. The Nice Guys marks the director's first theatrically-released film since 2013's Iron Man, and for those who loved his directorial debut, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, this looks like one to see.

Warner Bros. has just released a spanking new trailer, and they certainly seem to be having fun with it, as it's come in the form of a unique, 1970s-inspired retro trailer, complete with cheesy voice-over and VHS noise. And just like every trailer in the 1970s, you can expect to walk away knowing absolutely nothing about the plot of the film, but still wanting a lot more

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“The Nice Guys” takes place in 1970s Los Angeles, when down-on-his-luck private eye Holland March (Gosling) and hired enforcer Jackson Healy (Crowe) must work together to solve the case of a...

With the May release of The Nice Guys gradually approaching, writer/director Shane Black is starting to do the press rounds again, and in a recent interview he talked about his upcoming Predator movie.

Speaking with Thrillist (via Collider), Black discussed how Fox’s willingness to really invest into The Predator as an “event status” film helped convince him to take the helm:

“They [Fox] said, “What if we said to you we want to reinvent this, and really treat it with as much of an event status, or as much hoopla as we would the Alien prequel, which is coming out also? We really want to make this something. The kind of movie that people line up for.” I said, “Really, you’ll spend a bunch of money?” They go, “Yep.” I go, “Make it really scale, spectacle?” “Yep.” “Shit, that sounds interesting.”

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The latest trailer for Shane Black's new detective comedy The Nice Guys just came out, and to mark the occasion, Thrillist spoke with Black about the trailer and a few of his upcoming projects, two of which are of particular interest to me (and hopefully to you).

First up is the Predator reboot that he's writing (with Monster Squad co-writer Fred Dekker) and directing. Thrillist Entertainment Editor Matt Patches provides some good context in his question, so I'll include that along with Black's response:

You're going to write and direct a new Predator movie, 30 years after Fox asked you to punch up the script for the original movie and you declined. Then the studio cast you in a role, hoping you'd rewrite the script, and you still refused. How does the guy who kept saying no wind up taking over the franchise?They called me and I was reluctant.

For the longest time, it seemed that Shane Black’s overhaul of the Predator franchise would remain as elusive as its alien antagonist. Persevering through a prolonged pre-production process, there is now finally light at the end of the tunnel for the filmmaker, with a release date pegged for early 2018.

Currently on the verge of releasing noir thriller The Nice Guys into theaters, Black spoke at length about his decision to pick up the reins of The Predator, and why he’s viewing the reboot as an event film in the style of Iron Man 3.

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One thing that threatened to push Black out of the picture was Fox’s desire to craft new installments of Alien vs. Predator, shlock B movies that neither performed well at the box office nor added anything substantial to each franchise’s respective lore. But it looks as though...

Ron Perlman wants Hellboy 3 to happen - but turning it into a reality is proving to be something of an uphill battle.

Perlman - launching his Amazon series Hand of God - told Digital Spy that it would take a leap of faith from someone like Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to get the comic book movie off the ground.

"I could actually see somebody like Jeff going, 'You guys need $120m to make Hellboy? I'm down.' This is the reason I keep touting Hellboy 3 because I think there's somebody out there that's going to agree with me, that we need to finish this trilogy," he said.

Perlman offered up a cryptic response when quizzed on what was holding a Hellboy sequel back.

"I won't answer that, because it'll make too many people uncomfortable, and I've already made people uncomfortable enough," he said.

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As one of the more compelling tendrils of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Agent Carter has spawned a loyal following who are all invested in the covert operations of one Peggy Carter. And so, after a brief cameo in Peyton Reed’s Ant-Man last month, fans are keeping one eye trained on 2016 in anticipation of season 2. We’ve long heard of Marvel’s plans to introduce more villains with the show’s sophomore outing, though during a recent interview with /Film, Executive Producers Tara Butters and Chris Dingess revealed how they are putting their own spin on the villainous Madame Masque.

Though Masque didn’t make her bow in the comics until ’69, Butter and Dingess confirmed that the antagonist will be reworked to mesh with the rest of the story, telling fans to expect a devious movie actress who harbors the darkest alter-ego in all of Tinsel Town.

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May releases from Diamond Select Toys include Ghostbusters, Predator, and a zombified Jay and Silent Bob. Also in our latest round-up: 20 Seconds to Live, a Captain America vs. Iron Man infographic, and new Dark Star: H.R. Giger's World stills.

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Warner Bros. Pictures released their new action/sci-fi film, "Jupiter Ascending" into theaters this weekend, and the reviews are in from the major,top movie critics. It turns out that it was only able get a mixed reaction from them with an overall 40 score out of a possible 100 across 38 reviews at the Metacritic.com site. The film stars: Sean Bean, James D'Arcy, Tim Pigott-Smith, Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Eddie Redmayne, Douglas Booth, Doona Bae and Tuppence Middleton. We've provided blurbs from a few of the critics,below. Alonso Duralde from TheWrap, gave it a very nice 85 score, saying: "Who cares if the story is occasionally impenetrable or if some gags land with a thud when the thrills and the eye candy keep coming at such a breathless pace? Jupiter Ascending doesn’t break the new ground that the Wachowskis have managed in the past...but the film never slacks in its efforts to wow us.

Guardians of the Galaxy managed to take over the box office, and deliver a pretty solid effort (which was surprising, because it looked silly), and the home release has a lot of great bonus content in store for you. It’s going to hit on December 9th, with plenty of time for holiday shopping, but for those who can’t wait, it’s available digitally on November 18th.

Get the full scoop below, and mark your calendars for this one.

Marvel’S Guardians Of The Galaxy Get it First on Digital HD plus Disney Movies Anywhere November 18th, and on Blu-ray™ 3D Combo Pack, Blu-ray and On-Demand December 9th

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy film has earned over $645 million worldwide and recently passed the $300 million mark at both the domestic and international box offices. Guardians of the Galaxy opened domestically August 1 with $94.3 million to become the biggest August debut...

Ready to get an early peek at Marvel's "The Avengers: Age of Ultron"?  You're going to need to re-enlist with the "Guardians of the Galaxy" first. The DVD and Blu-ray release of Marvel's 2013 smash will include a sneak peek at 2015's "Age of Ultron," although it's unknown what the preview will entail.  The first "Age of Ultron" teaser will reportedly play before Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar," which opens on November 7, but nothing has yet been confirmed.  The release will also feature deleted scenes, making-of featurettes, a gag reel and an audio commentary track. Led by Chris Pratt as Star-Lord, "Guardians" also stars Zoe Saldana, David Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Glenn Close, John C. Reilly and Benicio del Toro, and they'll surely all pop up in the discs' extra features.  The "Guardians" gang will reportedly meet up with Earth's Mightiest Heroes in "Avengers 3," and will also reunite for "Gotg 2." "Age...

Listen, fun is fun. Even fun that feels an awful lot like other fun—even fun that was specifically designed by a fleet of fun engineers to remind you at the microscopic level of fun you had two years and three months ago.

Thus: Guardians of the Galaxy, a movie that is undeniably fun, is also undeniably The Avengers. And Thor, and Iron Man, and Captain America: For all the chatter over the last couple years that Guardians would mark a wild departure from the Marvel Studios superhero safe zone, James Gunn’s space (rock) opera looks an awful...

A fierce gun-toting raccoon and a talking tree, these are some of your .Guardians of the Galaxy.. But is the movie worth the hype? Find out in my movie review below.

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From Marvel, the studio that brought you the global blockbuster franchises of Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and The Avengers, comes a new team-the Guardians of the Galaxy. An action-packed, epic space adventure, Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy" expands the Marvel Cinematic Universe into the cosmos, where brash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the entire universe. To evade the ever-persistent Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a quartet of disparate misfits-Rocket, a gun-toting raccoon, Groot, a tree-like humanoid, the deadly and enigmatic Gamora and the revenge-driven Drax the Destroyer.

The blockbuster of the year hits theaters on Friday, but before you head out to your local cinema, Wamg has your review of Guardians Of The Galaxy – twice – with a He Said, She Said look at the film.

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It’s been nearly four months since Captain America and company took down the forces of Hydra (and dismantled Shield along the way), and so, after the new cinematic adventures of the X-Men and Spider-Man from Fox and Sony, film fans are eager for another trip to the Marvel Studios “movie universe”. With this new feature, that arena gets a major expansion. That’s because they’re getting away from their comfort zone. Actually light years away. We’re not trodding the same ground as Cap and Tony Stark (although much of the Thor flicks bounced between Earth and far-off Asgard). We’re probably nearby that “galaxy far,...

Friday Am Update: Could Guardians of the Galaxy open to $100 million this weekend? Based on late Thursday earnings, this is actually within the realm of possibilities.The 10th movie from Marvel Studios earned a stunning $11.2 million from Thursday night showings beginning at 7 p.m. That's the biggest Thursday night debut so far this year ahead of Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($10.2 million). It's also way ahead of June's Transformers: Age of Extinction ($8.75 million), which is the only movie to open over $100 million this year.If Guardians of the Galaxy follows the same pattern as either of those movies*or of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Godzilla and X-Men: Days of Future Past*it will score the biggest opening weekend of the year.Of course, there's a chance that it's more front-loaded than those movies. Shows began early (7 p.m.), and everyone is out of school (which wasn't the case with the April and May releases). Also,...

While Marvel has been a juggernaut in the comic book industry for several decades now, the last few years have seen their studio arm earn similar success on the big screen, with movies such as Iron Man, Captain America, and The Avengers garnering them a new set of fans while renewing interest. News of a new film from the studio was met with excitement by many, which was heightened with the announcement that filmmaker James Gunn had been signed. Titled Guardians of the Galaxy, Gunn takes on directing duties, as well as co-writing the screenplay with Nicole Perlman. The film stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Karen Gillan, and John C. Reilly, and a new clip has now been released. The clip can be seen below.

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There’s only a week or so to go until the release of James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy, and Marvel Studios have released yet another new clip for their next highly anticipated movie.

This scene seemingly takes place a little while after the events seen in the five-minute extended preivew (which you can see by clicking here), and features a tense – and hilarious – confrontation between Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), Gamora (Zoe Saldana) and Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista) as they form an uneasy alliance.

By now, it’s likely that you’ve already seen more than enough to know that Guardians of the Galaxy is well worth checking out, but this clip is a lot of fun and doesn’t drop any major plot spoilers.

Marvel have also released a brand new poster for the movie which will only be available to those lucky enough to be attending this year’s San Diego Comic-Con.

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Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy is set to hit theaters on August 1st, but the World Premiere of the epic space adventure.,. directed by James Gunn, took place on Monday evening in Hollywood.

Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Glenn Close and Benicio Del Toro walked the red carpet to greet the eager fans.

If you missed last night’s livestream of the world premiere, watch the whole thing right Here.

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After the premiere, the stars and filmmakers went inside to introduce the film - presented in Dolby 3D and Dolby Atmos at the Dolby Theatre.

The cast also made a visit to “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and went head to head with Five-year-old comic book expert Mia Grace.

Here are more scenes from last night’s premiere.

Marvel have released a five-minute preview of James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy, and in it we get our best look yet at the movie and how the characters interact than in any of the other recent TV spots and clips.

The clip (which has clearly been edited down a little) offers up a few new plot details and mainly focuses on the Guardians and their imprisonment at an early point in the movie. Interestingly, Dave Bautista’s Drax the Destroyer isn’t with them at this point, so how he joins the team is yet another thing which has yet to be revealed.

Rocket Raccon (Bradley Cooper) and Groot (Vin Diesel) get a lot of the spotlight here, while we also get to see Star-Lord’s (Chris Pratt) reaction to some of his Earthly possessions being messed with. That then leads to the reveal of the moment in...

Marvel have released a second clip for Guardians of the Galaxy, this time offering up a much longer look at a scene we’ve seen snippets of in some of the recent TV spots and trailers for the movie.

This clip allows us to see each of the main characters – Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista), Groot (Vin Diesel) and Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper) – and their unique personalities, while also offering up a great idea of the sort of humour we should expect to see.

Surprisingly, it’s former WWE Superstar Dave Bautista who steals the show with a couple of well-time one liners, though Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn has seemingly given the rest of the cast members plenty of great material to work with. The special effects they’ve used for Rocket and Groot are also very impressive.

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If you kept watching into the credits of Thor: The Dark World, then this is a face you’re going to recognise. Benicio del Toro is back as The Collector in just a matter of days, and everyone’s looking forward to seeing how big a role he plays in James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy.

Marvel has been doing a great job of gearing up ahead of the film’s release, which comes very soon after Comic-Con next week, and following the recent teasers of character posters and the first clip, the studio has finally launched a poster fronted by del Toro’s Taneleer Tivan, a.k.a. The Collector.

From Marvel, the studio that brought you the global blockbuster franchises of Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, and The Avengers, comes a new team – the Guardians of the Galaxy. An action-packed epic space adventure, Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy...

There’s less than two weeks on the clock before Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy hits, and they’ve been gearing up brilliantly for what is sure to be saturation marketing in the coming days.

We’ve recently been treated to two trios of posters, the most recent of which teased the villains, and now the studio has launched the first clip, in which we see Chris Pratt introducing himself as Peter Quill / Star-Lord.

From Marvel, the studio that brought you the global blockbuster franchises of Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, and The Avengers, comes a new team – the Guardians of the Galaxy. An action-packed epic space adventure, Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” expands the Marvel Cinematic Universe into the cosmos, where brash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the universe.

Some of the supporting cast members like Michael Rooker’s Yondu got the spotlight in a new batch of character posters for Guardians of the Galaxy yesterday (you can see all of those by clicking here), but now it’s the movie’s bad guys who are finally getting some attention!

A comic book movie is nothing without a decent villain, and Marvel and James Gunn’s Guadians of the Galaxy has three of them! They are Ronan the Accuser (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’s Lee Pace), Korath (Blood Diamond’s Djimon Hounsou) and Nebula (Oculus’ Karen Gillan).

This makes a nice change as the majority of posters and stills for Guardians of the Galaxy have almost all put the spotlight on the main group of heroic characters; Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista), Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper) and Groot (Vin Diesel).

Ronan is Thanos’ main henchman,...

We’re now 15 days away from the release of Marvel’s latest superhero adventure, Guardians of the Galaxy. With the space epic right around the corner, Disney has been ramping up the marketing campaign, which includes a slew of TV spots and character posters for just about everyone in the film.

We’ve already seen posters for the Guardians themselves, Star-Lord and Drax, Gamora, and dynamic duo Rocket Raccoon and Groot, but now have one-sheets dedicated to secondary players like Nova Prime (played by Glenn Close), Nova Corpsman Rhomann Dey (John C. Reilly) and Star-Lord’s blue-skinned father figure, Yondu (The Walking Dead‘s Michael Rooker).

We’ve also got a great new TV spot, courtesy of Disney Video, focusing on the film’s wackiest character and biggest wildcard: The walking talking tree man, Groot. General audiences may not know that Groot only says three words, “I am Groot,” which...

We’ve seen a lot of posters and stills for Marvel and James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy, and almost all of them have put the spotlight on the main group of characters; Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista), Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper) and Groot (Vin Diesel).

However, Marvel have covered all their bases as three new posters have been released today which give us a much better look at the movie’s impressive supporting cast. We see Glenn Close (The Shield) as Nova Prime Rael, the leader of the intergalactic police force known as the Nova Corps who enlists the help of the Guardians.

Joining her are John C. Reilly’s (Wreck-It Ralph) as Rhomann Dey – flanked by his fellow Corps members – and the sure to be fan favourite Yondu. He’s played by Gunn movie regular and The Walking Dead star Michael Rooker.

Marvel Studios has released two new character posters from James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy, featuring John C. Reilly as Nova Corpsman Rhomann Dey, Michael Rooker as Yondu and Glenn Close as intergalactic police chief Nova Prime.

The film stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Lee Pace, Karen Gillan, Djimon Hounsou, Benicio del Toro, Gregg Henry, Bradley Cooper, and Vin Diesel.

The film is written and directed by James Gunn.

From Marvel, the studio that brought you the global blockbuster franchises of Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and The Avengers, comes a new team – theGuardians of the Galaxy. An action-packed epic space adventure, Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” expands the Marvel Cinematic Universe into the cosmos, where brash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the universe.

Marvel Studios has released two extended TV spots from James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy, starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Djimon Hounsou, Benicio del Toro, John C. Reilly, Glenn Close, Gregg Henry, Bradley Cooper, and Vin Diesel.

The film is written and directed by James Gunn.

From Marvel, the studio that brought you the global blockbuster franchises of Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and The Avengers, comes a new team – theGuardians of the Galaxy. An action-packed epic space adventure, Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” expands the Marvel Cinematic Universe into the cosmos, where brash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the universe. To evade the ever-persistent Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a quartet of disparate misfits – Rocket,...

It’s a busy time for Guillermo Del Toro. The filmmaker just debuted his new TV series The Strain on FX and is currently finishing up next year’s horror film Crimson Peak. He also recently announced a pair of films: a small black-and-white movie, and the complete opposite of that. Del Toro is so busy that he actually needs to publicly announce when he’s not making a movie.

Which he did, unfortunately, during a Reddit Ama over the weekend. Del Toro has long promised a third Hellboy movie, which would wrap up the saga of Ron Perlman’s curiously lovable demonspawn.

Marvel have released two new international TV spots for Guardians of the Galaxy, and they feature some amazing shots from the movie, including scenes which put the spotlight on the likes of Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper) and Ronan the Accuser (Lee Pace).

Also below are the first official stills of The Walking Dead’s Michael Rooker as Yondu, the spice pirate who rescues Peter Quill from Earth as a child and serves as a surrogate father of sorts to him. Asked by USA Today to describe the leader of the Ravengers and his relationship with Star-Lord, Rooker said:

“[Peter Quill is] feeling lost, vulnerable, defeated, emotionally drained and hurt, and here is Yondu in this light coming down and brings him up into the spacecraft and takes him away. [Yondu has] some interesting issues — not a good guy, not a bad guy. It’s not so black and white — I should say blue and white.

As we’re now only a few weeks away from the arrival of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, the studio is officially kicking the marketing campaign into high gear. Today they’ve lifted the embargo on past set visits, meaning we’ll be seeing a ton of interviews and set reports flooding the web throughout the day. Additionally, Marvel has released a lot of new content for the film, including a great new extended trailer, several TV spots, and a host of new images.

So, strap in, sit back, and take a look at what appears to be Marvel’s craziest, most adventurous film yet.

Guardians of the Galaxy hits theaters on August 1st, 2014. It stars Chris Pratt as Peter Quill aka Star-Lord, Zoe Saldana as green-skinned assassin Gamora, Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer, Bradley Cooper as the voice of Rocket Raccoon, and Vin Diesel as the voice of Groot.

Following the release of 25 brand new stills from the movie (which you can check out by clicking here), Marvel have released an extended preview for Guardians of the Galaxy.

As well as basically being a new trailer, it also features a lengthy scene which features a very funny exchange between Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), and the rest of his team; Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper), Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista), Gamora (Zoe Saldana) and Groot (Vin Diesel).

There are a lot of great reveals in this latest preview, and it features our best look yet at many of the characters and locations which will be featured in Marvel’s first trip into outer space.

We’ll have a closer look at the trailer later today, but for now, check it out below and be sure to let us know what you think of this new Guardians of the Galaxy preview in the comments section below.

Marvel Studios has released an extended trailer from James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy, starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Djimon Hounsou, Benicio del Toro, John C. Reilly, Glenn Close, Gregg Henry, Bradley Cooper, and Vin Diesel.

The film is written and directed by James Gunn.

This is the trailer that I got to see earlier today when I went to see the 17 min footage of the film.

From Marvel, the studio that brought you the global blockbuster franchises of Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and The Avengers, comes a new team – theGuardians of the Galaxy. An action-packed epic space adventure, Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” expands the Marvel Cinematic Universe into the cosmos, where brash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the universe.

We’re now just weeks away from the release of Guardians of the Galaxy, and with writer and director James Gunn sending out a Tweet confirming that he has now completed work on the movie, Marvel and Disney’s promotional campaign is about to step up to the next level, starting with 25 brand new stills.

These put the spotlight on each member of the quirky superhero team – Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista), Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper) and Groot (Vin Diesel) – as well as the villainous Ronan the Accuser (Lee Pace) and Nebula (Karen Gillan).

However, even more interesting are some of the great behind-the-scenes shots we get as we see Sean Gunn (James’ brother) providing motion capture for Rocket, as well as the puppets which were used on set to stand in for the two sure to be fan favourite characters who were later brought to life through CGI.

Three more character posters have been released for Marvel Studios and James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy, this time giving us a new look at both Zoe Saldana’s Gamora and the sure to be fan favourite CGI creations Groot (Vin Diesel) and Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper).

Also below is a shadowy first look at The Walking Dead star Michael Rooker (and James Gunn movie regular) Michael Rooker as Yondu, a character from the Guardians of the Galaxy comic books who will apparently be an ally to Chris Pratt’s Star-Lord in the final Marvel movie of 2014.

In a post on his Facebook page, Gunn revealed how he managed to get the actor a role in the movie. “Yondu was not in the original script. I added him and wrote the role specifically for Rooker,” he said. “I wasn’t sure Marvel was going to go for either idea,...

Marvel Studios has released 3 new character posters Guardians of the Galaxy, starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Djimon Hounsou, Benicio del Toro, John C. Reilly, Glenn Close, Gregg Henry, Bradley Cooper, and Vin Diesel.

The film is written and directed by James Gunn.

From Marvel, the studio that brought you the global blockbuster franchises of Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and The Avengers, comes a new team – the Guardians of the Galaxy. An action-packed epic space adventure, Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” expands the Marvel Cinematic Universe into the cosmos, where brash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the universe. To evade the ever-persistent Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a quartet of disparate misfits – Rocket, a gun-toting raccoon,...

With less than a month to go until the release of Marvel and James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy, the studio is now beginning its huge marketing push for the movie, with some great new material released.

A new minute long TV spot for Guardians of the Galaxy is set to The Runaways’ punk classic “Cherry Bomb” and features plenty of great new footage of each of the main characters, Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Drax (Dave Bautista), Rocket (Bradley Cooper) and Groot (Vin Diesel).

The featurette – titled “Definitive Anti-Hero” – looks at each member of the quirky team of heroes, revealing more about their personalities and motivation. It’s well worth checking out for the hilarious snippets of Rocket Raccoon, and it’s becoming more and more apparent that he will be a real scene stealer!

The character images (via Cbm) come from a promotional campaign being run by Skype,...

Launching the first original entry in Phase Two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe was always going to be tough, but having it be a space-set blockbuster with a talking raccoon and tree makes it even more of an unknown quantity. Marvel hasn’t shied away at all, though, and they’ve been gearing up brilliantly ahead of this summer’s Guardians of the Galaxy.

Everyone’s excited to see how it plays out, and smart money says James Gunn’s first film in the franchise is going to be a big pay-off for the studio.

To whet North American audiences’ appetites ahead of its release in a few weeks’ time, the studio has announced a special 17-minute preview in 150 IMAX cinemas in the Us and Canada on July 7th, and those attending will get a fantastic free poster in true IMAX tradition.

From Marvel, the studio that brought you the...

Marvel Studios has released a brand new extended TV spot from Guardians of the Galaxy, starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Djimon Hounsou, Benicio del Toro, John C. Reilly, Glenn Close, Gregg Henry, Bradley Cooper, and Vin Diesel.

The film is written and directed by James Gunn.

From Marvel, the studio that brought you the global blockbuster franchises of Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and The Avengers, comes a new team – the Guardians of the Galaxy. An action-packed epic space adventure, Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” expands the Marvel Cinematic Universe into the cosmos, where brash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the universe. To evade the ever-persistent Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a quartet of disparate misfits – Rocket,...

A new video preview for Guardians of the Galaxy puts the spotlight squarely on Bradley Cooper’s Rocket Raccoon and features some great new footage from the highly anticipated Marvel movie from James Gunn.

If you can forgive the irritating voice-over from the Entertainment Tonight hosts, it not only shows off plenty of the gun toting raccoon voiced by American Hustle star Bradley Cooper, but also new scenes featuring the likes of Chris Pratt’s Star-Lord and Zoe Saldana as the tough as nails Gamora.

The stills meanwhile feature a variety of characters from the movie, but it’s the shot of Lee Pace (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug) as Ronan the Accuser which is perhaps most revealing.

In Guardians of the Galaxy, Ronan is Thanos’ henchman, and this image gives us our best look at him in action yet. We also see the villainous Nebula (played by Doctor Who...