Guardians of the Galaxy 2

I'm looking forward to it, just not as much as I am a lot of the other movies coming up. However, they do probably pose our best bet at developing more of Thanos and Adam Warlock and the myth behind the rest of the stones and everything like that before Avengers 3. So while I'm not 100% on board with the Guardians themselves, I do think these films can fill in a lot of the gaps in the mythology and I appreciate that.

It's a strong possibility that at some point in the sequel, the identity of Quill's father is going to come up.  It's already been stated by Gunn that King J-son of Spartax will not be Star-Lord's dad in the MCU.  I'm not overly familiar with the cosmic characters from the comics, but I know a few.  The Inhumans have a royal family, so Black Bolt is a possibility.  The Shi'ar Empire has a royal line as well which has changed over the years, and I've read conflicting reports as to whether or not their movie rights are held by Fox or Marvel Studios.  It's also possible however, that Marvel Studios will make a previously non-royal character into one of some sort.  If that happens, it could be anyone from Adam Warlock to Zarin.

Matthew McConaughey Turns Down Guardians of the Galaxy 2 Villain Role

Amid yesterday’s Variety report on French actress Pom Klementieff joining the cast of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 came word that Marvel Studios had also offered the lead villain role in the film to none other than Mister Alright Alright Alright himself, Matthew McConaughey… who wound up turning it down.

While Oscar-winner McConaughey nixing the part is by no means a surprise (he is quite the big star, you know), it tells us several things about this “villain” role. For one, going after an actor of McConaughey’s caliber means it must be a very, very important character, with an eye to possibly playing an even bigger role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. For another, going after the ethereal/spiritual thespian could also indicate that whatever character he would have played might be Peter Quill’s mysterious (as his dying mother said, “angelic”) father hinted at in the first Guardians of the Galaxy.

With writer/director James Gunn having already stated that Quill’s dad from the comics, J’son (also known as “Jason of Spartax”, Emperor of the Spartoi Empire) is not the pater familias of the Quill family, fans have glommed onto theories such as Nova or Starfox, but I think (based on pure speculation) the most likely culprit for the villain role/papa Quill is none other than Adam Warlock!

“But Warlock isn’t a villain!” you say. Well, that’s right, but in the comics when Warlock gained possession of the Soul Gem, he eventually dealt with a future version of himself known as Magus. Did I mention Magus is evil? That means if the Guardians team up with Warlock (who has close ties to Gamora) to fight Magus, and it is later revealed that Warlock is Quill’s father, it would not be quite the Star Wars-ian “Evil Guy is your dad” thing that Gunn is trying to avoid. As it is, Warlock’s cocoon (see picture on right) was seen briefly in The Collector’s vault during the post-credits scene in Thor: The Dark World, and we can only assume that during the explosion in Guardians that thing broke open. Confused yet?

So far over the course of twelve MCU films, they have revealed four of the Infinity Stones that Thanos has been coveting (Space, Reality, Mind, Power), and Marvel producer Jeremy Latcham has stated that Phase 3 will see the final two remaining stones (Soul & Time) brought to fruition. Since Warlock is so closely tied to the Soul Gem and plays such a critical – one might even say the MOST vital – role in the “Infinity Gauntlet” comics, then it stands to reason that Guardians 2 would be the ideal place to reveal him before Avengers: Infinity War.

The Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 cast will once again feature Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, and Bradley Cooper as unlikely heroes who must team up in order to defeat a cosmic force of epic proportions.

James Gunn is back as director and writer for the sequel, which is expected to start shooting in early 2016 for a May 5, 2017 release date.

Guardians of the Galaxy opened in theaters on August 1, 2014 and earned an impressive $774 million at the worldwide box office.

www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/627255-matthew-mcconaughey-turns-down-guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-villain-role

It looks like Nathan Fillion is rumored to play Simon Williams aka Wonder Man. Sylvester Stallone is rumored to be in the movie, also.

Wonder Man was originally created by Zemo as a means to confront the Avengers. He has super strength and is ionic-powered. When he was in suspended animation, his brain pattern was imprinted onto the Vision, by Ultron, I believe.

The cartoon timelines are different than the original comics, which were written decades ago.

Not much to go on off the teaser, obviously this looks good.