James Gunn talks briefly about which alien races Marvel Studios does and does not have rights to, as well as when to expect more Rocket.
If you’re reading about Guardians of the Galaxy, then chances are, you are still grooving off of this week’s kooky new teaser for the film. Admittedly, this should be enough for Marvel fans to geek over, but director James Gunn was still nice enough to sit down with Pointless Podcast to discuss in rapid fire many aspects of the film. And in the below audio clip, Gunn had a few surprise comments about the possibility of seeing fan favorite alien races like the Skrulls and Badoons.
“Marvel only partially owns Skrulls,” Gunn said on the podcast. “Also, we don’t own the Badoon either.” The latter of which may hit some fans hard, who are always eager to see the MCU expand. It’s likely that the Badooon are licensed to 20th Century Fox, the studio that owns the movie rights to X-Men and the Fantastic Four.
However, when pressed as to why Rocket did not speak in this week’s trailer, Gunn stressed that the teaser was built around introducing audiences to Chris Pratt’s Starlord. But, “[We] will be hearing Rocket speak in something very, very soon.”
Listen to the rest of the podcast below, to hear more, including the reveal that Sean Gunn provided the motion capture performance for Rocket in the upcoming film.
Guardians of the Galaxy opens August 1, 2014.
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