MTV News caught up with Joss Whedon, the new “godfather of the Marvel Cinematic Universe”, at the 2012 Toronto Film Festival and quizzed him a bit on the Guardians of the Galaxy feature. In the works for an August 1st, 2014 release with James Gunn directing, he had a few things to say about the potentially quirky and difficult to adapt feature. Check out the clip below, or if you can’t play video, here’s the transcript:
“James is what makes me think it will work. I myself was sort of like, ‘Well, I liked Rocket Raccoon as a kid, but I’m not sure how that plays [to a wider audience].’ And then they said, ‘Well, we’re thinking about using James Gunn.’ And I said, ‘Oh, then no, you’re fine.’ He is so off the wall, and so crazy, but so smart, such a craftsman and he builds from his heart. He loves the raccoon. Needs the raccoon. This is the guy who wrote The Specials. People don’t understand how influential that movie was about heroes, about taking heroes and making them mundane. And [he directed] Super.”
“He has a very twisted take on it, but it all comes from a real love for the material. It’s going to be hard for the humans to keep up. I know he’s going to come from left field and I’m going to go, ‘What?’ And then, ‘Of course, why didn’t I think of that?’ And then I’m going to beat him!”
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[Source: MTV News]
