Now that Marvel has formally announced a Guardians of the Galaxy movie for 2014 we get our first glimpse at new characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). With every other formally announced phase 2 movie being sequels (I’m excluding Ant-Man, as he doesn’t have specified date yet) it’s time we get to see something new. The below image was officially released concept art during the Marvel Panel at San Diego Comic Con.
The Guardians of the Galaxy are the space opera version of the Avengers, but more importantly lets talk about why you should care. This rag tag group of intergalactic heroes might just be the next big thing coming from Marvel Studios. Its already been established that Marvel wants to move towards the cosmic side of there of properties and really expand the cinematic universe at the same time. This is what Green Lantern was suppose to do for WB/DC movie properties, however that was less than successful. With the massive success of Thor, Marvel seems to believe that fans are ready for something even more out of this world. So GotG are basically broken into two major groups. The former being a time traveling group from the 31st century, and the latter being an assembled team that was created just after the events of Annihilation: Conquest. We will be concentrating of the latter team, as they were created in 2008, and are the likely team chosen for a live action movie.