{"id":40534,"date":"2013-04-17T16:35:56","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T15:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=40534"},"modified":"2013-04-18T16:32:07","modified_gmt":"2013-04-18T15:32:07","slug":"guardians-of-the-galaxy-casts-michael-rooker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/guardians-of-the-galaxy-casts-michael-rooker\/","title":{"rendered":"Guardians Of The Galaxy casts Michael Rooker"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Yondu,<\/a>
Yondu, far right, on the cover of Marvel Super-Heroes #18<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

The Walking Dead<\/em><\/a> and Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer<\/em> star Michael Rooker has been cast in James Gunn’s Marvel Phase 3 movie Guardians Of The Galaxy<\/em><\/a> as Yondu Udonta, the first character cast from outside of the core 2008 reboot team.<\/p>\n

Introduced in a 1969 issue of Marvel Super-Heroes<\/em> by Arnold Drake and Gene Colan, Yondu is an alien tribesman and expert hunter, and another sign that superhero archers are a big thing.<\/p>\n

Rooker has worked with James Gunn on both Slither<\/em> and Super<\/em>, and was brilliant in both, frankly.<\/p>\n

Guardians Of The Galaxy<\/em> is due in cinemas 1 August 2014. Pick up James Gunn’s Super<\/em> on DVD for £4.49<\/a> or Blu-ray for £6.99 from Amazon.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eL57ncw2jr8<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n

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