New Stills of GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY; Trailer Tomorrow

 

Courtesy of USA Today who talked to Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn and star Chris Pratt about this summer's most ambitious outing for Marvel Studios we got three new images for the upcoming science-fiction/fantasy film based on the (not so wildly) popular Marvel comic-book series.

The stills look nice, and the new plot-details certainly set the film up to be a grand fantasy-adventure the likes of which we haven't seen in a long time, or ones that the audience didn't exactly like to, like 2012's John Carter. I especially love the still of the space-ship that looks like a Pandora-bird from AVATAR.

 

The movie teams five disparate personalities: Peter Quill (Pratt), aka Star-Lord, was taken from Earth as a 9-year-old, possesses a mysterious orb artifact and pilots the Milano, a muscle car of a spaceship. Gamora (Zoe Saldana) is connected to Thanos, arguably the cosmos' biggest baddie. Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista) is a muscular dude you don't want to upset. And then there are the aliens Rocket Raccoon and Groot (computer-generated characters voiced by Bradley Cooper andVin Diesel, respectively).

USA Today goes on about the films plot:

Their stories converge in the space prison Kyln. After the characters break out, they venture to Knowhere (the severed head of a celestial being that serves as a hangout for aliens) and visit the weird menagerie of the Collector (Benicio Del Toro). They also have to avoid two villains, Ronan (Lee Pace) and Nebula (Karen Gillan), who are in hot pursuit of Quill's orb, which has the power to destroy the galaxy.

Gunn then went into detail about the project, likening it to a band that suddenly goes main-stream; but re-assuring fans that beneath the glitz and glam of a main-stream Hollywood action film the key-point of the film will be it's diverse cast and their respective stories.

The director is aiming for a mix of drama, romance and humor. Heroic Quill, with his '80s references and stunted social graces, provides some of the comic relief.

"Being stuck in space with no accountability makes for a strange combination of youthful vibrancy and cluelessness in a childlike man," says Pratt, whose character has a Han Solo-esque rogue quality in the beginning.

"He does some things that most people wouldn't get away with. But part of his arc is being willing to essentially sacrifice himself for the greater good of other people."

If anything, Guardians of the Galaxy is a fresh diversion for fans of superhero movies, Pratt says. "They know what to expect at every turn. So that's why it's important now to do a comic-book movie that no one's ever seen before.''

 

Guardians of the Galaxy makes it's way into theaters August 1, 2014 and will be Marvel's last outing before 2015 both ends "Phase 2" with The Avengers: Age of Ultron and starts "Phase 3" with ANT-MAN.

The trailer for the film will air tomorrow night during Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC.