After establishing their respective universes, studios are attempting to branch out and head out different paths with upcoming movies. We recently learned 20th Century Fox will be moving forward with a few X-Men spin-offs, while Sony just confirmed Drew Goddard (Cabin in the Woods) will be writing and directing Sinister Six, which is said to feature Doctor Octopus, Electro, Sandman, Mysterio, Vulture and Kraven the Hunter.
When it comes to Marvel, their first true deviation from the standard comic book outline looks to be with Guardians of the Galaxy. With a batch of off-kilter characters, we recently got an enticing preview for the James Gunn-directed film and now the first clip has landed. Reminiscent of Raiders of the Lost Ark, the clip shows Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) venturing to steal an artifact and then his quick escape. While it doesn’t show a great deal of new footage, one can check it out below.
Synopsis:
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 blanace. Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” is presented by Marvel Studios.
Starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Glenn Close, Dave Bautista, John C. Reilly, Peter Serafinowicz, Lee Pace, and Benicio Del Toro, Guardians of the Galaxy will open on August 1.