Brian Michael Bendis, writer of Marvel's current "Guardians Of The Galaxy" comic book series, revealed his impressions of Marvel Studio's upcoming 3D "Guardians Of The Galaxy" feature, to be directed by James Gunn:
"Here's the cool thing about the 'Guardians'," said Bendis. "There are a lot of fantastical elements, like 'Rocket Raccoon' and 'Groot'.
"I mean, initially you go, 'hey, that's pretty funny.' But what surprises you is how much you end up caring about them.
"The movie may not seem like an obvious choice on the surface, but once you see what the plan is, you will say 'oh yeah, I totally see that.'
"...almost every Marvel comic is a sci-fi comic. It all feels to me on some level like science fiction, but my favorite kind of science fiction is the character stuff.
"And 'Guardians of the Galaxy' allows that - the characters are fascinating, the're broken, they're struggling, they're trying desperately to do right even though the odds are against them."
As for the lead character 'Star-Lord', Bendis said, "He's like 'Peter Parker' and 'Luke Skywalker'. He's an everyman with a very specific destiny in front of him. A lot of people don't know his origin story or what his deal is - literally his origin is stuffed in the back of a '70's comic.
"Once you find it, you go 'well that's about as good an origin story as anybody,' that's up there with 'Superman' and 'Spider-Man'. He gets himself into outer space and tries to figure out who he really is, takes off to do what he thinks is right for the Galaxy and meets up with all these other interesting characters..."
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"Guardians of the Galaxy" will be produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, as the tenth installment in the 'Marvel Cinematic Universe'. Screenplay is by Nicole Perlman, Chris McCoy and director Gunn. Filming is scheduled to start June 2013 at Shepperton Studios, London, England.
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