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Friday Trending Topics: Rooting For Groot
A really hope this isn't true: According to Latino Review, who are on top form with Marvel bits and pieces tonight, the current focus in Guardians pre-production is on the characters of Star-Lord, Gamora and Drax The Destroyer. They seem to be implying, if only lightly, that this means Rocket Raccoon and Groot will have less up-front roles in the film.
(At right, the original Jack Kirby/Dick Ayers art for the splash page of Tales to Astonish #13, the first appearance of Groot)
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Rocket Raccoon And Groot To Take A Backseat For Guardians Of The Galaxy Movie?
They seem to be implying, if only lightly, that this means Rocket Raccoon and Groot will have less up-front roles in the film.
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