Guardians of the Galaxy added to Marvel's movie slate

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Guardians of the Galaxy added to Marvel’s movie slate

As Marvel begins to explore the weirder corners of their comics universe, we’ve already seen how they’re talking about a Doctor Strange movie, and now comes rumors that they’re possibly going to be going stranger than Strange with a film adaptation of Guardians of the Galaxy.

Originally launched in 1969, the Guardians are a group of beings, each the last of their kind, that travel back in time to save Earth from alien invasion.

The Guardians are active in the 31st century in an alternate time-line of the Marvel Universe (Earth-691). The original members of the team include Major Vance Astro, an astronaut from the 20th century Earth who spends a thousand years travelling to Alpha Centauri in suspended animation. He is also the future-counterpart of the hero Vance Astrovik, now called Justice. Martinex T’Naga, a crystalline being from Pluto; Captain Charlie-27; a soldier from Jupiter, and Yondu Udonta, a blue-skinned “noble savage” from Beta Centauri IV comprise the original team. Each is apparently the last of their kind and is forced to unite as a team against the actions of the Badoon, an alien race which attempts to conquer Earth’s solar system. During the course of the war against the Badoon, the team recruit two more members – Starhawk and Nikki – and travel back in time and encounter several of the heroes of 20th century Earth, including Captain America and the Thing.

And then in 2008, the series was re-launched:

Star-Lord decides to form a team of interstellar heroes that will be proactive in protecting the galaxy, rather than reacting to crises as they happen. To this end, he recruits Adam Warlock, Drax the Destroyer, Gamora, Phyla-Vell (the new Quasar), Rocket Raccoon, and Groot, with Mantis as support staff. On the recommendation of ally Nova, the group establishes a base of operations at the space station Knowhere, which possesses a teleportation system with near-universal range. An intelligent, super-powered dog called Cosmo acts as Knowhere’s chief of security and works closely with the new team. After an initial clash with the revitalised Universal Church of Truth, the team’s investigation of a mass of “Limbo ice” reveals a semi-amnesiac man who identifies himself as Vance Astro – Major Victory of the original Guardians of the Galaxy. Astro’s declaration inspires the as-yet-unnamed team to adopt the “Guardians of the Galaxy” name for their own.

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