Guardians Of the Galaxy First Look

[RandomPrincess]

There’s Chris Pratt as Peter Quill (a.k.a. Star-Lord)…

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…Zoe Saldana as Gamora…

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…Rocket Raccoon, who will be voiced by Bradley Cooper

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…WWE wrestler Dave Batista as Drax the Destroyer…

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…and Groot, who will be voiced by Vin Diesel.

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Disney also released the first official synopsis for the film:

An action-packed, epic space adventure, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy expands the Marvel Cinematic Universe into the cosmos, where brash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the entire universe. To evade the ever-persistent Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a quartet of disparate misfits — Rocket, a gun-toting raccoon, Groot, a tree-like humanoid, the deadly and enigmatic Gamora, and the revenge-driven Drax the Destroyer. But when Peter discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must do his best to rally his ragtag rivals for a last, desperate stand — with the galaxy’s fate in the balance.

 

[|Q|]

Can't wait.

 

[KeithVH]

I really want it to be good. But I also want Rocket to be the manic schizoid he can be. I'm concerned they'll just make him a talking furball to appeal to the masses <sigh>.

 

[IndianaJones]

Easily my most anticipated film of next year.

Can't wait to see footage. I still haven't seen the Comic Con stuff.

 

[|Q|]

I really want it to be good. But I also want Rocket to be the manic schizoid he can be. I'm concerned they'll just make him a talking furball to appeal to the masses <sigh>.

On ComicBookMovie.com they report this interview that James Gunn gave to website Small Furry Pets (!):

For his first interview since wrapping principal photography on Guardians of the Galaxy, James Gunn talked with British magazine Small Furry Pets. Revealing his brother Sean Gunn's contribution to the film, Gunn also talks up Rocket Raccoon and his on-set model, a real raccoon by the name of Oreo. “We needed a raccoon to study how he looked and his behavior, so that our on-screen raccoon, which is generated through CGI will be realistic,” he explained. “Our Rocket is based on a combination of our voice actor, Bradley Cooper, our on-set actor, my brother Sean Gunn, the movements and behavior and look of Oreo, as well as my own animation… Bradley is one of those actors that can do drama and comedy equally well. He can do character work as well as being a leading man. These are important qualities in the role of Rocket – which is a lot more dramatic than you might think.” James Gunn once again dubbed Rocket “the heart of the movie” in a separate interview with Total Film magazine. “He is most representative of the Guardians in the fact that he’s this little mangled beast that was taken and experimented on and torn apart and put back together, and we have to feel that character’s soul,” Gunn says. “If we see his plight, and see why he’s such an angry little guy, then the movie will work.”
Read more at http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/MarvelFreshman/news/?a=92581#LR5cH2WBlVzyc2cZ.99