Joss Whedon Says GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Will Be Twisted
Avengers director Joss Whedon revealed in a recent interview with MTV that he's excited about director James Gunn's vision of Guardians of the Galaxy saying, "He has a very twisted take on it, but it all comes from a real love for the material."
It was surprising to me when I first heard Marvel was looking to adapt Guardians of the Galaxy for the big screen, but I love the idea! It's different from anything else they're doing and will expand the Marvel movie universe deeper into the darkness of space, and will introduce some very cool and interesting characters.
Whedon now has a hand in all the Marvel movies being made, as one of his new titles at the studio is creative advisor. He seems very confident that Guardians of the Galaxy is going to be a great film, and most of his confidence comes from the fact that Gunn is directing the movie.
James is what makes me think it will work. I myself was sort of like, 'Well, I liked Rocket Raccoon as a kid, but I'm not sure how that plays [to a wider audience].' And then they said, 'Well, we're thinking about using James Gunn.' And I said, 'Oh, then no, you're fine.' He is so off the wall, and so crazy, but so smart, such a craftsman and he builds from his heart. He loves the raccoon. Needs the raccoon.
This is the guy who wrote 'The Specials.' People don't understand how influential that movie was about heroes, about taking heroes and making them mundane, And [he directed] 'Super.'
Whedon goes on to say that Gunn "has barely started" on the script for the movie, but that he has a take on the story that's sure to get fans really excited.
He has a very twisted take on it, but it all comes from a real love for the material. It's going to be hard for the humans to keep up. I know he's going to come from left field and I'm going to go, 'What?' And then, 'Of course, why didn't I think of that?' And then I'm going to beat him!
I love Whedon's enthusiasm! He's like the rest of us geeks, only he has a cooler job and has a lot more money. But the fact of the matter is, he likes what we like. If he thinks something is cool, chances are we'll think it's cool as well! So that fact that he's excited about what Gunn has planned for Guardians of the Galaxy, gets me excited!
All that's been released so far is that the movie will be "about a U.S. pilot who ends up in space in the middle of a universal conflict and goes on the run with futuristic ex-cons who have something everyone wants."
The U.S. pilot is most likely the character Peter Quill, a.k.a. Star-Lord, a gun-toting half-human/half-alien inter-galactic vigilante. Then there's the futuristic ex-cons mentioned, which would be Drax The Destroyer, a human resurrected as a green warrior with the sole purpose of killing Thanos; Groot, a giant tree-man; Rocket Raccoon, a genetically engineered animal with a knack for guns and explosives; and Gamora, the last survivor of her species who was saved by Thanos to be his assassin but now battles him.
What do you think about what Whedon had to say here? Are you excited about Gunn directing the movie? Do you think he'll do an awesome job bringing it to life?
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