Honestly, my love for Lee Pace knows no bounds. I mean have you even seen him in “Pushing Daisies?” Also, I love his face, but that is an article for another time I suppose. In Lee Pace news, The Wrap has reported that he has won the coveted role of the villain in Marvel Studios’ upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy. What the “villain role” entails has not been revealed but we do know that he will join already confirmed cast members Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista, Zoe Saldana, Michael Rooker and Ophelia Lovibond in the James Gunn film.

Guardians of the Galaxy is the big screen adaptation of the Marvel comic books of the same name. It features a rag-tag group of characters who must team up to defeat once again cosmic forces of epic proportions bent on destroying the world.

Rumors assert that Pace will be playing the role of Taneleer Tivan, AKA The Collector. In the comics, Tivan learned about the threat Thanos posed to the universe and sought to collect life forms and worlds to place in a museum of sorts, ideally protecting them from Thanos’ path of destruction. The character was recently said to be involved in the storyline.

Pace has recently appeared in the first film of The Hobbit trilogy and will reprise his role of Thranduil in the next film in the series, Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.

Guardians of the Galaxy is currently in pre-production in the UK, with Gunn at the helm, and is targeting an August 1, 2014 release.

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