GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY - Another New Villain Rumored

Before we begin, I want to let you know potential SPOILERS lay ahead. As of right now though, this news is just a rumor, and nothing has been confirmed. That being said I will move on...

There's been a lot of news surrounding who the actual villain will be in James Gunn's Marvel film Guardians of the Galaxy. Of course, Thanos is going to be the puppet master in the background pulling the strings, but who will be the main henchman carrying out the orders and making life a living hell for our heroes?

Up until this point, we've heard a few different names such as Basil Sandhurst aka The Controller,  The Collector, and now we are hearing from our friends at JoBlo that Ronan the Accuser has been thrown into the mix.  

I'm not sure how solid this rumor can be though. For those of you not familiar with the character, he's basically  the ruler of the alien race known as the Kree, and he has fought against the Fantastic Four, The Inhumans, and Guardians of the Galaxy in the comics. The site speculates, "it's well in line for him to be featured as the main villain, especially with Marvel looking to expand its cinematic adventures to the far reaches of space. Could this be a lead-up to the Kree-Skrull war in THE AVENGERS 2?"

Now from what I understand, Fox actually owns the film rights to the Kree the and Skrulls, not Marvel, which would make it very hard for them to pull this off. I just assume that Fox owns the rights to Ronan the Accuser as well, but I couldn't find anything. This would explain why Joss Whedon didn't use these alien races in The Avengers. They had to create their own alien race which seemed like a combination of the two. 

It was already confirmed that The Collector would be in the film because Ophelia Lovibond was cast in the role as his aide. But, that doesn't mean we won't see more than one villainous henchman in the movie. Who knows who else we'll see. It seems like The Collector will definitely be included, and I think he's the villain that Lee Pace will be playing.

Guardians of The Galaxy also stars Chris Pratt as Peter Quill, aka Star-Lord, Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer, Michael Rooker as Yondu, and Zoe Saldana as Gamora. The movie is scheduled to start shooting in June, and it's set to be released on August 1st, 2014.

Do you think Ronan the Accuser will be part of the movie?