Friday, January 04, 2013

Rosenbaum Reads For Gunn's "Guardians"

You can add former Smallville bad guy Michael Rosenbaum to the list of actors circling the role of Peter Quill (aka Star-Lord) in James Gunn's Marvel superhero movie "Guardians Of The Galaxy"


He tweeted yesterday:

"Read for my pal @JamesGunn GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY for PETER QUILL. What a treat! Thanks Jimmy. @Marvel"

The Guardians of the Galaxy comic book follows a US pilot who ends up in space during a universal conflict, then is forced to go on the run with a band of futuristic alien ex-cons.

The character is an interplanetary policeman and the Guardians leader who is born of a human mother and alien father

A few days ago Joseph Gordon-Levitt joined the Quill casting fray. Jim Sturgess, Zachary Levi ("Chuck")  Joel Edgerton, Jack Huston, Lee Pace and Eddie Redmayne The studio was also said to be interested in Garrett Hedlund, James Marsden and Sullivan Stapleton have been in thick of this as well

Screenwriter Chris McCoy was recently hired to rewrite the Nicole Perlman’s original script.

The film arrives August 1, 2014.

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