Marvel shared a new concept art poster (first revealed at the comic con) of Guardians of The Galaxy, the upcoming science-fiction superhero movie directed by James Gunn:

Guardians of the Galaxy Movie Trailer

(Click on the poster to enlarge.)

Plot:
“A jet pilot (Chris Pratt) gets stranded in space, and must unite a diverse team of aliens to form a squad capable of defeating cosmic threats.”

The guardians are Marvel’s equivalent to the Green Lantern Corps from the DC universe.

Movie cast:
– Chris Pratt as the human Peter Quill aka Star-Lord
– Zoe Saldana as Gamora, a green skinned humanoid
– Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer, a human resurrected as a green warrior with the sole purpose of killing Thanos
– Lee Pace as Ronan the Accuser
– Michael Rooker as Yondu
– Karen Gillan as Nebula
– Djimon Hounsou as Korath
– Benicio del Toro as The Collector
– John C. Reilly as Rhomann Dey, the leader of Nova Corps
– Glenn Close as Nova Prime

From what I heard, Thanos, the alien villain seen in the after-credits scene of The Avengers, will show up in the Guardians of the Galaxy movie. According to the online rumor Vin Diesel (Dom from the Fast and Furious franchise) could play the role of Thanos. but take this with a pinch of salt for now…

Earlier concept art pictures below:

(Click on a picture to enlarge.)

Thanks to I Am Rogue here’s the video of the conference panel at the comic con:

The release date of Guardians of the Galaxy is set for August 1, 2014.
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