Guardians Of The Galaxy SPOILERS: Vin Diesel Confirms More Marvel Projects, ‘Merging Of Brands’ Hints At Grand Crossover

"Guardians of the Galaxy" star Vin Diesel has confirmed that Groot is not his only character. He had a meeting with Marvel and they talked about "long term plans."

 "Guardians of the Galaxy" was an offbeat follow-up to "The Avengers" but it has a stellar cast with Vin Diesel and Bradley Cooper, certified A-list Hollywood stars. Observers have questioned how Marvel convinced the star of the "Fast and Furious" franchise and the "Riddick" series (showing now) to lend his voice for the fighting tree character. Apparently, it was just part of a package deal to address the demand for Vin Diesel to be part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

"Marvel talks to me and says 'We're going to send something over in two weeks. We want to focus on the 2016 but we also want to, if possible, answer this growing request for something now."

In an interview with Maria Menousnos, he reveals big plans with Marvel.

"When I met with Marvel it wasn't for anything immediate, it was to talk about a film that would be introduced in the Phase 3 part of Marvel, not for a few years. You wouldn't be able to see it for a few years. In my mind, Marvel were doing it right, they were enrolling me at the ground level which is the best way to enrol me.

I get the call, I go down to Marvel. A great meeting. It was even talking about something so big I can't even talk about because it's like the merging of brands in a way, which I won't get into. That was something way, way, way, way, way down the road.

Quite frankly, it would have been too much to say and it might have been anticlimactic to say "We're working on something for 2016" and so I just said "You're going to hear some really big news" and I left at the end of that and it went crazy."

The juicy parts of interview will really get fans of both the Marvel franchise and Vin Diesel breathless with anticipation (and speculation).  Fans from both sides have actually demanded Diesel in any Marvel project.

"Guardians of the Galaxy" will be released on July 31, 2014.