I haven't really been following the announcements from this year's Comic-Con, but the official revelation of the highly suspected Guardians Of The Galaxy movie has really got me excited.
Of course, it won't be hitting cinemas until August 1, 2014...
Current speculation is that the team will include Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Star-Lord, Drax and Gamora - which I wholly approve of - and will tie-in to the Thanos sub-plot that will probably be the meat of The Avengers 2.
The other interesting Marvel movie news concerned the next Captain America movie, which has the subtitle of The Winter Solider - and therefore rather gives away what that's going to be about!
Cap 2 is also due to hit cinemas in 2014.
And, of course, there was this:
Couldn't be more excited about GotG.
ReplyDeleteAnd with the prospective lineup announced, I'm more positive than ever that my initial prediction, made when the movie was first being rumored, might come true: that Marvel is going to pull another Loki situation, and have Thanos be the villain of Guardians (since the team includes his adopted daughter and the man genetically engineered to kill him), and have that lead directly into the Avengers II.
I think you're probably broadly correct in your prediction of the direction Guardians will go - and how it ties into the Avengers sequel. It would seem to make sense!
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