Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (Earth-113599)

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy is a 2014 live-action superhero film produced by Touchstone Pictures and Marvel Studios based on the comic book team by the same name. It is the overall thirteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and was released worldwide August 1st 2014.

Production
Nicole Perlman was hired to write script outlines for many different Marvel teams by Disney including the Guardians of the Galaxy. The idea being if The Avengers for whatever reason couldn't be made or was a financial disappointment, Marvel Studios would have another team to fall back on. After the Avengers turned out to be a smash hit, Kevin Feige went forward with the Guardians of the Galaxy outline believing them to be a good opportunity to explore the vast cosmic side of the Marvel universe and it would help establish backstory for Thanos, who was slated to be an overreaching villain for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This was announced at Comic Con 2012 to be part of Phase 2 and to be released sometime in 2014, as part of the newly implemented one new franchise a year policy Marvel Studios was attempting to enforce.

James Gunn at the beginning of 2012 was in talks to work with Marvel Studios and direct one of their upcoming films, at Comic Con it was announced he would be attached to Guardians of the Galaxy. By 2013 point the Marvel Cinematic Universe was considered a juggernaut in cinema and was able to hire A-List stars such as Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, and Zoe Saldana to play roles in the film. In addition to keeping to their tradition of casting lesser known actors as well, Chris Pratt, Michael Rooker, and Chris Sullivan joined the cast as well. Josh Brolin also announced in an interview of him joining the film to reprise his role as the villain Thanos. Details on the film released that it would be inspired from the Legacy line up consisting of Star-Lord, Gamora, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, and Drax the Destroyer. Gunn said that he would be taking some inspiration from the early Guardians comics but also wanted to tell his own story due to a general lack of source material, describing his vision as being the "Star Wars of the Marvel Universe". It was later confirmed the Ravagers would be the film's main villains and notorious Nova Corps would be making an appearance.

Filming began in 2013 and the movie was ultimately released worldwide on August 1st 2014.

Cast

 * Chris Pratt as Jason Quill/Star-Lord


 * Zoe Saldana as Gamora/Umbra Requiem


 * Bradley Cooper as Rocket (Voice)


 * Vin Diesel as Groot (Voice)


 * Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer


 * Chris Sullivan as Taserface


 * Karen Gillan as Nebula


 * Michael Rooker as Yondu Udanta


 * Benecio Del Toro as Taneleer Tivan/The Collector


 * John C. Reilly as Rhomann Dey


 * Glenn Close as Irani Rael/Nova Prime


 * Sean Gunn as Kraglin Obfonteri


 * Josh Brolin as Thanos (Cameo)