Ever since the end-credits stinger in The Avengers, we've assumed Thanos would be the main villain in Marvel's sequel to the superhero team-up. Of course, we learned at Comic-Con that the bad, bad robot Ultron will actually be the one to fill that role in Avengers 2. So it then seemed likely that Thanos would take the lead in Guardians of the Galaxy , Marvel's other team film. But the studio's main man Kevin Feige is now saying that's not the case either.

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"Ronan The Accuser is very much the main bad guy," Feige tells Empire about Guardians. "And Thanos is lurking above it all. You will learn more about Thanos in Guardians, for sure. Certainly you'll get more than the one turn around and smirk. You'll get much more than that!"Lee Pace (Pushing Daisies, The Hobbit) plays Ronan in the film. In the comics, at least, Ronan is an alien Kree who first appeared in the pages of Fantastic Four. In fact, it's interesting that he falls under Marvel's purview and not Fox's (the studio that has the movie rights to the FF characters). Oh, and for the record, he's also married to Crystal from the Inhumans… who used to be married to Quicksilver… who's soon to be seen in Avengers 2 and X-Men: Days of Future Past. Comics!Meanwhile, new Guardians set pics have leaked of Michael Rooker in full alien make-up as Yondu. Click over to I Am Rogue to take a look...Via CBM

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