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James Gunn defends superhero movies from serious filmmakers

In the wake of Dan Gilroy’s pointed comments at the Independent Spirit awards, James Gunn has come out in defence of the superhero movie, insisting that just as much love goes into his films as those of any other more celebrated “auteur”. Gilroy made reference to overcoming a “tsunami of …

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The Meteoric Rise Of James Gunn

James Gunn isn’t your garden variety, cookie-cutter Hollywood director. For a start, he’s only really directed one film that you could class as a Hollywood blockbuster. That film is Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy , and it’s pretty much the biggest film hitting screens this year. Though he claims to …

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Guardians Of The Galaxy: CineEurope footage reaction

Marvel Studios’ President Kevin Feige was in Barcelona this week to present footage from Guardians Of The Galaxy , Marvel’s latest big-screen hopeful. Harking back to the days when taking Iron Man to market seemed like a risky proposition, Feige was enthusiastic about presenting something new. “It’s very important that …

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Josh Brolin to play Thanos in Guardians Of The Galaxy?

Some fairly major casting news to bring you from the weekend, with Latino Review and Variety reporting that Josh Brolin has been cast as Marvel big bad, Thanos. Last seen in the post-credits sequence of The Avengers , we’ve known that Thanos has been on the horizon for some time, …

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Three new images arrive from Guardians Of The Galaxy

Guardians Of The Galaxy has released a trio of new images on the eve of the first official trailer, giving us a good look at the weird and wonderful characters that make up Marvel’s latest super-team. There’s a great ensemble image, featuring Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista and Chris Pratt alongside …

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Stan Lee wont cameo in Guardians of the Galaxy

It has been one of the longest running jokes in any one franchise, but Stan Lee’s run of cameos in every Marvel Cinematic Universe movie to date is about to come to an end – he won’t be appearing in Guardians of the Galaxy (opens in new tab) . The …

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Djimon Hounsou talks Guardians Of The Galaxy

Djimon Hounsou was out promoting his new movie Baggage Claim this weekend, which naturally meant that all he talked about was his role in the currently-shooting Guardians Of The Galaxy . The actor is playing Korath the Pursuer in the sci-fi epic, and stars opposite the likes of Chris Pratt, …

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