guardians of the galaxy

Well it's about time! Marvel has finally revealed an officially licensed dancing baby Groot toy from 'Guardians of the Galaxy,' and this little dude will be available to take home just in time for you to put him under the tree for that special someone for Christmas. Or if you're anything like us, you're already making plans to use him instead of a Christmas tree this year. Festive!

As we quickly learned after watching Marvel's 'Guardians of the Galaxy,' the world has much more love to give to this intergalactic band of superhero misfits. Aside from the upcoming 'Guardians of the Galaxy 2' in 2017, an announcement at New York Comic Con confirms a new animated TV series is coming to Disney XD, and the first poster and test footage for the affair have landed.

We all know what you've been thinking since you saw Rocket Raccoon and dancing Groot steal our hearts on the big screen: when can we take home Marvel's 'Guardians of the Galaxy' on Blu-ray and DVD, or even Digital Download? Just, when can we take this bad boy home, period? Well, you're in luck, because Marvel announced the home release dates for its superhero space opera. And guess what?! They come with an exclusive sneak peek at 'Avengers 2'!

"Saturday Night Live" returned for its 40th season Saturday night with host Chris Pratt, star of the monster summer movie hit "Guardians of the Galaxy", and I guess they figured, what better way to honor Pratt than to do a Marvel movie parody trailer...

When you have 'Guardians of the Galaxy' star Chris Pratt guest hosting your season premiere of 'SNL,' you find time for a Marvel sketch. Much like how the show poked fun at 'The Avengers' when Jeremy Renner hosted, this episode found a very game Pratt participating in an amusing fake movie trailer that not only made fun of his space opera blockbuster, but Marvel Studios in general.

"Saturday Night Live" returns this week for its 40th season with host Chris Pratt ("Guardians of the Galaxy", "Parks and Recreation") as host and musical guest Ariana Grande. Check out the promos with Chris and castmember Kate McKinnon.

The thriller "No Good Deed", starring Idris Elba and Taraji P. Henson, scored the No. 1 spot at this weekend's box office, debuting with an estimated $24.5 million.

"Parks and Recreation" star Chris Pratt, coming off a huge summer starring in the season's biggest box-office hit, "Guardians of the Galaxy", has been tapped to host the season premiere of "Saturday Night Live" with musical guest Ariana Grande.

"Guardians of the Galaxy" continued its box office winning streak on a slow weekend at the multiplex with an estimated $10 million.

A few weeks ago, this column was skeptical that Marvel's 'Guardians of the Galaxy' could reach $300 million. Now, it seems impossible that it won't. Thanks to ecstatic word of mouth, killer marketing and only one genuinely successful box office challenger (that would be 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'), Marvel's oddball space opera has managed to spend three of the past four weekends at the number one spot at the box office, giving it enough momentum to officially become the highest grossing film of 2014.

Marvel Studios and the character of Tony Stark/Iron Man transformed Robert Downey Jr. from a has-been into one of the biggest movie stars on the planet, so it's not surprising that he'll sing their praises outside the context of the movies he stars in. However, he recently took it a big step further, declaring 'Guardians of the Galaxy' to be the best Marvel movie yet. Yep, even the ones that he's not in.

It was a very good weekend for "Guardians of the Galaxy"; not only did it reclaim the No. 1 spot at the box office after two weeks, but in the process became the highest-grossing movie of the summer.