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[George Oscar Bluth II]

“Vin Diesel is a super awesome dude, I can't tell you how much I like this guy,” commented James Gunn via Facebook. “I hope this [photo] puts to rest all the silly Thanos-Vin stuff which people just seemed to make up out of nothing.” The director adds that Diesel was never announced initially: “He said he wanted to do it and we said we were talking to him. Everything else was people guessing and thinking they knew what was going to happen” After confirming that recording sessions for Groot have already begun, Gunn also made note about the Groot bust featured beside Vin Diesel in the photo: “This was the bust we used for reference when shooting. It has changed slightly from this since we started animating him.”

 

[The Living Tribunal]

HE IS GROOT.

I thought this was confirmed months ago?

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

HE IS GROOT.

I thought this was confirmed months ago?

Well, it's kinda officially confirmed now. I dunno, the whole confirmation was pretty weird.

 

[bangbang i'm a timpani]

hell yeah he deserves it. love this guy.

 

[Slayven]

He spends 3 hours in the booth maximum.

 

[Measley]

I'm still holding out hope that he eventually gets to play Venom in ASM 3.

 

[EliteArtist]

I really love that bust. Like... a lot.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

I are Groot.

 

[strafer]

so he's playing a tree stump

 

[Slayven]

so he's playing a tree stump

Finally something that fits his acting ability.

 

[kewlmyc]

Doesn't Groot only say his name like a pokemon or something? Odd. Why get a big name actor to do that?

Finally something that fits his acting ability.

 

[Slayven]

Doesn't Groot only say his name like a pokemon or something? Odd. Why get a big name actor to do that?

Let Maximus the Mad correct you.

 

[strafer]

Finally something that fits his acting ability.

Dude, Vin is the Al Pacino of our time.

 

[J10]

He spends 3 hours in the booth maximum.

He already said he only has one line in the film. It'll be three minutes maximum.

 

[Slayven]

He already said he only has one line in the film. It'll be three minutes maximum.

2 hours and 57 minutes of "turn my headphones up man"

 

[The Technomancer]

This movie is going to be so nuts. Hype is through the roof after the credits scene in Thor 2

He already said he only has one line in the film. It'll be three minutes maximum.

Are we sure that wasn't a half-accurate joke about how all Groot says is his name? He might be recording it with different inflections and stuff.

 

[Funky Papa]

One more time.

Now imagine that with Vin's roar.

 

[b&jy77VjiKn$#F]

Dat nose.

 

[Korten]

One more time.

Now imagine that with Vin's roar.

Woah. D: Is that leaked footage from one of those "behind doors" teasers?

 

[MisterHero]

RIP Michael Clarke Duncan

"He was Groot."

 

[J10]

Let Maximus the Mad correct you.

Funny thing is this is inconsistent with stuff that happened earlier during Annihilation: Conquest. He had actual dialogue during that event.

The I AM GROOT schtick makes no sense. And Maximus is known to be totally full of shit.

 

[Messi]

“Vin Diesel is a super awesome dude, I can't tell you how much I like this guy,” commented James Gunn via Facebook. “I hope this [photo] puts to rest all the silly Thanos-Vin stuff which people just seemed to make up out of nothing.” The director adds that Diesel was never announced initially: “He said he wanted to do it and we said we were talking to him. Everything else was people guessing and thinking they knew what was going to happen” After confirming that recording sessions for Groot have already begun, Gunn also made note about the Groot bust featured beside Vin Diesel in the photo: “This was the bust we used for reference when shooting. It has changed slightly from this since we started animating him.”

I want that Groot head. That looks awesome. Happy for Vin also, he was great in the Iron Giant.

 

[Slayven]

Funny thing is this is inconsistent with stuff that happened earlier during Annihilation: Conquest. He had actual dialogue during that event.

The I AM GROOT schtick makes no sense. And Maximus is known to be totally full of shit.

I am Groot is an homage to his first apprentice.

 

[Deleted member 13876]

Funny thing is this is inconsistent with stuff that happened earlier during Annihilation: Conquest. He had actual dialogue during that event.

The I AM GROOT schtick makes no sense. And Maximus is known to be totally full of shit.

Yeah that still irks me. He was a pompous ass aristocratic jerk before he became a one-liner.

 

[Slayven]

Yeah that still irks me. He was a pompous ass aristocratic jerk before he became a one-liner.

And Mantis was a prostitute and Starlord had a gun that shoots rocks. We can't live in the past.

 

[Salsa]

I seriously cannot fucking wait for this movie

 

[Deleted member 13876]

And Mantis was a prostitute and Starlord had a gun that shoots rocks. We can't live in the past.

It's no huge deal, but they went from A to B immediately with no explanation so the transition was jarring. But for all we know the movie incarnation is closer to the Conquest Groot rather than the one seen afterwards. I don't know, that bust looks erudite rather than brutish.

 

[Messi]

And Mantis was a prostitute and Starlord had a gun that shoots rocks. We can't live in the past.

Wait, what?

 

[Slayven]

Wait, what?

The character also uses an "Element Gun," a special meta-pistol capable of projecting one of the four elements (air, earth, fire and water).

 

[J10]

One more time.

Now imagine that with Vin's roar.

They're allowed one f-bomb in PG-13 movies. They should give it to Rocket.

 

[MichaelFassbender]

One more time.

Now imagine that with Vin's roar.

Consider me "Hella" on-board with this one.

 

[SixMachine]

Vin Diesel was the Iron Giant so this isn't exactly out of his area.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1-vzNh2d14

 

[TDLink]

Woah. D: Is that leaked footage from one of those "behind doors" teasers?

Yup it sure is.

They're allowed one f-bomb in PG-13 movies. They should give it to Rocket.

In GotG they have a "fuck" replacement: "Flark". So expecting a lot of "flarking" in the dialogue. I suspect it's a way to get around this rule too.

 

[The Living Tribunal]

They're allowed one f-bomb in PG-13 movies. They should give it to Rocket.

That's what "d'ast" and "flark" are for.

 

[J10]

Yeah, I'm not big on the fictional cuss words, but whatever.

 

[Xion385]

Nope. This is still a misdirect. He's Thanos.

 

[kurahador]

Yeah, I'm not big on the fictional cuss words, but whatever.

Any cuss word that's not in english in english movie is jarring...see Firefly/Serenity.

 

[kirblar]

Thought the ret-con for the Groot intelligence inconsistencies was that he gets dumber/less able to communicate as he grows.

 

[Xion385]

Thought the ret-con for the Groot intelligence inconsistencies was that he gets dumber/less able to communicate as he grows.

He was burnt down during the Annihilation storyline. Ever since he regrew, he was only able to say "I am Groot!"

 

[BannedEpisode]

I always took it as his species not communicating normally. As such he just goes Groot to verbalize.

 

[Deleted member 13876]

Thought the ret-con for the Groot intelligence inconsistencies was that he gets dumber/less able to communicate as he grows.

I think it was something about his vocal chords atrophying. Either way, establishing it right after Conquest would have been a lot better, but either rendition would be fine.

 

[BlackNMild2k1]

Vin Diesel is Groot!

The star of the Fast and the Furious and Riddick franchises will lend his voice to Groot in Marvel's live-action "Guardians of the Galaxy," rounding out the team that includes Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper), Gamora (Zoe Saldana) and Drax (Dave Bautista).

Featured in four of the six movies in the fan-favorite “Fast & Furious” franchise, Diesel has helped the series gross over $2 billion at the box office; and will reprise his role in “Fast & Furious 7.” Diesel’s most recent film, “Riddick,” the third film in the franchise that has so far earned a cumulative $267.3 million across the globe, debuted this year at the top of the box office. In addition to lending his voice to several video games, Diesel’s received great acclaim for his voice work in the celebrated animated film “The Iron Giant,” directed by Brad Bird.

In the far reaches of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, an unlikely cast of characters including Peter Quill, Gamora, Drax, Groot and Rocket Raccoon must join forces to defeat a cosmic force of epic proportions. Directed by James Gunn, the live-action "Guardians of the Galaxy" will take fans to new corners of the Marvel Universe when it hits theaters August 1, 2014, but in the meantime stay tuned to Marvel.com for the latest news as it breaks, including official casting, first looks and more!

In addition to "Guardians of the Galaxy," Marvel Studios will release a slate of films based on the Marvel characters including "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" on April 4, 2014; "Avengers: Age of Ultron" on May 1, 2015; and "Ant-Man" on July 31, 2015.

More on Marvel.com: http://marvel.com/news/movies_tv/20...marvels_guardians_of_the_galaxy#ixzz2oAZN2QCo

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[iddqd]

I'm still holding out hope that he eventually gets to play Venom in ASM 3.

hahaha

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

I like that Groot design.

better pic:

 

[AgentOtaku]

GLORIOUS

 

[Fiktion]

Still disappointed that Rocket isn't british.

 

[RangersFan]

Like him as Groot, would have loved him as Vision.

 

[Mariolee]

Still disappointed that Rocket isn't british.

Who knows? Maybe Cooper will surprise us with a great cockney accent.

 

[oatmeal]

Wooden performance for a wooden character.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Wooden performance for a wooden character.

I see what you did there.