As we’re now only a few weeks away from the arrival of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, the studio is officially kicking the marketing campaign into high gear. Today they’ve lifted the embargo on past set visits, meaning we’ll be seeing a ton of interviews and set reports flooding the web throughout the day. Additionally, Marvel has released a lot of new content for the film, including a great new extended trailer, several TV spots, and a host of new images.
So, strap in, sit back, and take a look at what appears to be Marvel’s craziest, most adventurous film yet.
Guardians of the Galaxy hits theaters on August 1st, 2014. It stars Chris Pratt as Peter Quill aka Star-Lord, Zoe Saldana as green-skinned assassin Gamora, Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer, Bradley Cooper as the voice of Rocket Raccoon, and Vin Diesel as the voice of Groot. They’re joined by Benicio del Toro as The Collector, Lee Pace as the villainous Ronan the Accuser, Karen Gillan as his blue-skinned loyalist Nebula, Djimon Hounsou as Korath, John C. Reilly as Rhomman Dey, Michael Rooker as Yondu, Glenn Close as Nova Prime Rael, and Josh Brolin as the voice of Thanos.
Check out the extended trailer below, followed by four new TV spots, the new images for the film, and its official synopsis. Then let us know in the comments if you’re excited for Guardians of the Galaxy! At this point though, you better be.
From Marvel, the studio that brought you the global blockbuster franchises of Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and The Avengers, comes a new team — the Guardians of the Galaxy. 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.