It’s never too late to save the day. And you’re never too old to be a Guardian of the Galaxy. Hopefully. Otherwise Earth is going to be in some major trouble in Marvel’s new podcast series, Wastelanders: Old Man Star-Lord. Thirty years after super villains gained control of the planet, a past-his-prime Peter Quill and a grumpy old Rocket return to find a post-apocalyptic nightmare. And they’ll have to hearken back to their glory days if they have any chance at fixing the world.
But while things sound bleak, this podcast series sounds like a whole lot of fun.
Timothy Busfield (The West Wing, Field of Dreams) voices an older Star-Lord in Marvel’s newest narrative podcast series for SiriusXM. He’s joined by Chris Elliott (Schitt’s Creek, Groundhog Day) as Rocket. They’re both “a little paunchier, a little slower, and a lot saltier than they were during the glory days of the Guardians of the Galaxy.”
But after crash landing on Earth, they find a very different, much darker world waiting for them. “Earth officially sucks” because the bad guys won. The heroes they knew are gone. Some old familiar faces are still around though. And they’re all looking for the same powerful item. From the show’s official synopsis:
“The former Guardians are accompanied by a Rigellian Recorder, affectionately dubbed “Cora,” who documents their mission to find the Black Vortex—an ancient relic reported to yield cosmic powers—before guillotine collars bestowed upon them by The Collector snap their necks. In the barren, desolate wasteland of the mid-west as controlled by Doctor Doom, they encounter the ageless telepath, Emma Frost, outlaw Ghost Riders, and the bloodthirsty Kraven the Hunter. Who will find the Black Vortex first and what will be the price of its power?”
Anyone know if they make boosters for walkers?
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Wastelanders: Old Man Star-Lord comes from writer Benjamin Percy. He was also behind Marvel’s Wolverine: The Long Night narrative podcast series. Kimberly Senior (Disgraced) directs, with Mark Henry Phillips (Homecoming, Passenger List) behind the series’ sound designed and original score.
Those old Guardians’ new Wastelanders adventure debuts at SiriusXM on June 1.
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