Marvel officially announced the release of
Guardians of the Galaxy 2 at Comic-Con this evening. The sequel is scheduled to hit theaters on July 28, 2017, will be written and directed by James Gunn, and will star Chris Pratt, among other new and returning cast members (to be confirmed at a later date). No further details were revealed.
Guardians of the Galaxy arrives in U.S. theaters next weekend, opening on August 1st.
Guardians of the Galaxy Synopsis: Brash adventurer Peter Quill (Pratt) finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan (Lee Pace), 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 (Bradley Cooper), a gun-toting raccoon; Groot (Vin Diesel), a tree-like humanoid; the deadly and enigmatic Gamora (Zoe Saldana); and the revenge-driven Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista). But when Quill 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.