Avengers: Infinity War
An early draft of theAvengers : Infinity Warscript include a cameo for Howard the Duck . As one of the foreign Marvel Comics character reference ever created , Howard the Duck has been adapt in various media forms over the years , such as video games , telecasting , and , of path , celluloid . In the mid-1980s , Lucasfilm and Universal Pictures partner for a live - actionHoward the Duckmovie starring Lea Thompson and Tim Robbins , as well as Chip Zien as the voice of the eponymous comic book character .
Due to the movie adaption being a critical and commercial failure , a sequel was never explored . However , that did n’t stop James Gunn from admit the character in 2014’sGuardians of the Galaxy . Seth Green voice Howard the Duck in the movie ’s post - credits scene , in which the anthropomorphic character was check get a drunkenness inside what remained of the Collector ’s hurdle on Knowhere . Then , he appeared again on theplanet of Contraxia inGuardians of the Galaxy Vol . 2 . While his current whereabouts are ill-defined , it seems that he was briefly count forAvengers : Infinity War .
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In an interview withFandomfor thehome TV release ofAvengers : Infinity War , directors Anthony and Joe Russo revealed that Howard the Duck was in an early draft of the movie ’s handwriting , which was co - written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely . unluckily , Anthony Russo says the sequence was trim back because " it just did n’t end up meet at all . ” Interestingly , it turns out that Howard the Duck would ’ve come into the flick thanks to a scene with Chris Pratt ’s Peter Quill , aka Star - Lord . Joe Russo sound out : “ Yeah , it was [ Peter ] Quill trying to pass over down some information from Howard the Duck on some outlier major planet and interrupting him during a poker biz . ”
What ’s even more interesting is that Anthony Russo suggests Ken Jeong would ’ve vocalise Howard the Duck for the cameo . While that would be a loss from theGuardians of the Galaxymovies in which Seth Green voiced the lineament , it make sense given that Jeong played an integral role on the drollery seriesCommunity , which the Russos had produced . In fact , over the years , they ’ve included a number of actors ( and even fictional character , like Tobias Funke ) from their preceding projects in their Marvel pic , beginning withCaptain America : The Winter Soldierin 2014 . There ’s no cause thatInfinity Warwould’ve been any dissimilar .
While Howard the Duck did n’t get his cameo inAvengers : Infinity War , that does n’t intend there is n’t a chance for him to seem once again in the Marvel Cinematic Universe . Aside from the fact that he was even considered for the thirdAvengersmovie , Thompson recently said that she was planning onpitching aHoward the Duckrebootto Marvel Studios . Although there has n’t been any parole on that front in some time , at least Howard the Duck fans know he ’s on the studio apartment ’s brain .
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