Possible Confirmation of Thanos in GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, Plus Solo Spin-Off Films

Devin Leonard of Bloomberg recentely got a chance to visit with Kevin Feige and James Gunn in the Guardians of the Galaxy edit bay. In the editorial, Leonard teased seeing a well-known villain appear on the screen. Here's an excerpt:

"Gunn freezes a frame of an imposing-looking villain any serious comic book fan would recognize instantly. He sits on a rocket-powered throne. Feige sees something on the screen that he doesn’t like. The evildoer needs to be farther away in the frame so he looks more imperious he says.

“I don’t know,” says Gunn. “I think it’s going to look cool, man.”

“You just don’t want him to feel petty in that way,” Feige says. “I think it’s a fine line.”

“How do you think it comes off as petty here?” Gunn says.

“He’s so damn close,” Feige says.

“Yeah,” concedes Gunn. “I think I’m going to have him floating in space.”

Feige is concerned about the throne, too. He points at the base. “Those don’t need to be rockets,” he says. “Maybe gravity disks?” Feige says he’ll check back later.

In the hallway he extracts a pledge not to name the bad guy. “That could not be a bigger spoiler,” Feige says."

The villain is undoubtedly Thanos, whose casting has yet to be announced. However, it appears that we will in fact see the villain at some point in the film. Also, in the article, Leonard talked about the possibility of Guardians of the Galaxy spin-off films, saying, "Iger would like to replicate the success of The Avengers with other Marvel teams. He says Marvel could potentially spin off members of the Guardians of the Galaxy, which include Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Groot, and Rocket Raccoon, in their own features."

All very interesting stuff. Head on over to Bloomberg for the rest of the article. Who would you like to see get their own spin-off film? Drop us a comment below!