The Rundown: Cooper for Rocket Raccoon, Olsen for Scarlet Witch?, Counting Down Comic Status Quo Changes, and more

Welcome back to The Rundown, our daily breakdown on comic news stories we missed from the previous day. Have a link to share? Email me at david@multiversitycomics.com.

– This is totally awesome news: apparently Bradley Cooper, a snarky badass in his own right, is in talks to play Rocket Raccoon in the upcoming “Guardians of the Galaxy” at Marvel Films, and Marvel is also negotiating with the wonderful and pitch perfect Elizabeth Olsen to play Scarlet Witch in “Avengers 2: Age of Ultron.” This guy right here is a huge Cooper and Olsen fan, and I’m not going to lie, I love these potential castings. While Bob Hoskins may have been the flawless victory for Rocket, Cooper is appropriately great at condescending jerkiness in a badass way, while Olsen is great at being sultry and sexy with great mystery behind her eyes. They’re wonderful actors, and man, I am getting excited. SIGN ME UP.

– Topless Robot has a list of the five worst and five best status quo changes in comics, and I have to say, they’re both pretty good lists. It’s pretty hard to disagree with what’s going on there on their lists. Check it out.

– Evidently there is a big Entertainment Weekly interview with Joss Whedon coming out, and Whedon in the excerpts they are running on their website talks about how “appalling” he found the ending of “Empire Strikes Back” (his reasoning is sound) and shares his very hipsterish opinions on “Twilight” compared to his much loved “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” TV series.

– Marvel’s series “Venom” is set to end with the 42nd issue, but Flash Thompson – the lead – is set to appear past this book in “Superior Spider-Man” and potentially others according to Marvel. Never was a big fan of this book, but so long Venom. Best of luck in the symbiote in the sky.