Vin Diesel In Negotiations To Join 'Guardians Of The Galaxy'

Deadline has confirmed that Vin Diesel is in negotiations to join Marvel’s newest ensemble tent pole and he would would play the tree-like alien, Groot in the James Gunn-directed Guardians of the Galaxy, sources say. The Groot character can absorb wood to gain strength and recover from injuries as well as control trees. While hyper-intelligent, the alien seems to only ever say the line “I am Groot” over and over to those who cannot hear his real voice.

For a short time today, Diesel posted a captionless pic of Groot up on his Facebook page but Marvel Studio boss Kevin Feige made no mention on August 10 of Diesel joining GOTG during Marvel’s presentation at Day 2 of D23.