Zoe Saldana In Negotiations To Play Gamora In Marvel’s ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’

The Hollywood Reporter reports that Star Trek and Avatar actress Zoe Saldana is currently in negotiations to join the cast of Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy. Saldana is in talks to play the role of Gamora in the upcoming James Gunn directed space epic. The green-skinned humanoid known as the “deadliest woman in the galaxy” is the last of a species that was wiped out by the villainous alien race known as the Badoon. The actress will join Chris Pratt and Dave Batista in the film and will appear in next month’s Star Trek Into Darkness. Now that we’ve got the humanoid characters down, it’s on to Rocket Raccoon and Groot.

Guardians Of The Galaxy is set to hit theaters August 1, 2014

Source: THR