Former WWE star (and current MMA star) Dave Bautista has signed to play Drax the Destroyer in Guardians of the Galaxy, according to Hollywood Reporter.  Bautista won six world championships as "Batista" in his years in the WWE.  He’s now retired from WWE and is competing as a mixed martial artist.  He also kicked off his movie career last year and will appear in Riddick this fall.

Bautista joins Chris Pratt, who was cast to play Star-Lord. James Gunn is the writer/director (see "'Guardians' Director to Write").

In the print world, a new Guardians of the Galaxy comic series (see "Bendis & McNiven Prep New 'Guardians' Series") launched in February, with a respectable showing of over 80,000 copies on the first (#0.1) issue (see "Top 300 Comics Actual--February 2013").