Guardians of the Galaxy (film)

Guardians of the Galaxy is an upcoming film made by Marvel Studios and will be the tenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It will be based on the Guardians of the Galaxy comics from 2008, in which a team of extraterrestials team up against foes, such as Thanos.

Plot
In the far reaches of space, an unlikely cast of characters including an American pilot and a group of futuristic ex-cons go on the run with a highly coveted object and must join forces to defeat a cosmic force of epic proportions. 

Cast

 * Chris Pratt as Peter Quill/Star-Lord
 * Dave Bautista as Arthur Douglas/Drax the Destroyer
 * Vin Diesel as Groot
 * Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon
 * Zoe Saldana as Gamora
 * Michael Rooker as Yondu Udonta
 * To-be-confirmed actor as Thanos
 * Benicio del Toro as Taneleer Tivan/The Collector
 * Ophelia Lovibond as The Collector's Aide
 * Lee Pace as Ronan the Accuser
 * Djimon Hounsou as Korath the Pursuer
 * Enzo Cilenti as a to-be-confirmed character
 * Glenn Close as Nova Prime
 * John C. Reilly as Rhomann Dey
 * Karen Gillan as Nebula
 * Peter Serafinowicz as a Nova Corps officer
 * Gregg Henry as a to-be-confirmed character
 * Stephen Blackehart as a to-be-confirmed character
 * Laura Haddock as Meredith Quill
 * Janis Ahern Meredith's Mother
 * Lloyd Kaufman will have a cameo in the film

Production
In June 2012, numerous sources claimed that Marvel Studios' mystery 2014 project was Guardians of the Galaxy and that a script had already been written by Nicole Perlman, with a re-write by James Gunn.

The studio hired Christopher McCoy to come aboard and rewrite the first draft penned by Nicole Perlman and James Gunn.

Trivia

 * The first non-Avengers Marvel property developed by Walt Disney Pictures.
 * Although the Guardians of the Galaxy were created way back in 1969 by Arnold Drake and Gene Colan, the movie will be primarily focused on the 2008 reinvention of the team by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning.
 * Joel Edgerton, Eddie Redmayne, Jensen Ackles, Lee Pace, Wes Bentley, Jack Huston, Cam Gigandet, Sullivan Stapleton, Logan Marshall-Green, Garrett Hedlund, Chris Lowell, James Marsden, Jim Sturgess, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Aaron Paul, Michael Rosenbaum and John Krasinski auditioned and screen tested for the role of Peter Quill/ Star Lord. Pace was cast as Ronan the Accuser.
 * The Guardians of the Galaxy is primarily based on the 2008 comic team (Star-Lord, Gamora, Nova, Drax, Rocket Raccoon and Groot), but features Yondu, a member of the original 1969 comic team.
 * Olivia Wilde turned down the role of Gamora, while Gina Carano, Rachel Nichols and Adrianne Palicki auditioned before the role went to Zoe Saldana.
 * According to producer Victoria Alonso, Rocket Raccoon and Groot will be created through a mix of motion-capture and rotomation VFX.
 * Iron Man was planned to have a cameo role in this film (in homage to his being the Guardians' latest member in the comics), but this was scrapped when Robert Downey Jr. said he may not reprise his role as Tony Stark in any non-Avengers film.
 * To prepare for the role of Nebula, Karen Gillan shaved her head.
 * According to the filmmakers, Rocket Raccoon in this film is a unique product of experimentation: "He's a little animal that was taken and experimented on and pulled apart and put back together again and implanted with cybernetics and he's half-machine and half-raccoon. And he's a gnarled, miserable, angry creature because there's nothing else like him. And that's something not easy to be."
 * Director James Gunn cites "Iron Man" as an influence on the film: "we are starting Phase 2 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This is Marvel Cosmic. And we're doing exactly what they did with the first Iron Man film."
 * When attending the 18th Nantucket Film Festival, Glenn Close stated that she only agreed to star in the film since "it will then afford me to go do the other kind of movies that I really love". However, she followed it up by saying; "And hopefully I will have a great time. It'll be a new experience for me, but practically speaking it will mean that I can do those smaller movies and it'll be okay."
 * According to Kevin Feige, Peter Quill left earth in the mid-80's but by the beginning of the film he's "very much a citizen of the universe", Gamora is initially introduced as a villain working with Ronan and Nebula whilst being associated with Thanos and has a reputation as the deadliest woman in the galaxy, Drax is on a hunt to kill Ronan because of a past tragedy, Rocket Raccoon has been genetically and mechanically altered due to being an experiment from one part of the galaxy and Groot is a species that happens to look like trees and is somewhat communicative if one can understand the different inflections in the way he says "I am Groot".
 * Regarding the villains, Kevin Feige stated that Ronan the Accuser is intended to be the main villain of the film yet Thanos is lurking above it all, also revealing that the audience will learn more of him beyond his brief appearance/smirk at the end of The Avengers.
 * Kevin stated the movie won't exactly reveal what year or month it takes place in relation to the other Phase Two films but it is definitely taking place around the same time.
 * James Gunn has stated on his Facebook page that unlike most films, Tyler Bates would write some of the score so the director could film to the music.
 * Adam Sandler, David Tennant, Sharlto Copley, Jim Carrey and H. Jon Benjamin were amongst the actors considered to voice Rocket Raccoon.
 * Glenn Howerton auditioned for the role of Star-Lord.
 * When Karen Gillan was announced to star in the film. It was rumored that was she was going to play Angela, a sword wielding bounty hunter from the "Guardians of the Galaxy" comic books. But the Scottish actress was cast in the role of the brutal space pirate Nebula and shaved off her hair for the role.