"We're back. You're welcome." That is the caption on Disney XD's new animated series: Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy.
Due to the movie's massive box office hit, Disney is capitalizing and moving the title to a new franchise. Just like the Avenger's animated series, Disney moves Guardians of the Galaxy in to the television screen while the second instalment is still far away. Until James Gunn finish creating Guardians of the Galaxy 2, the animated series will somehow fill in the blanks for the younger fans.
Story-wise, the series will still follow the same characters: Star-Lord voiced by Will Friedle from Boy Meets World, Groot voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson from The Cleveland Show, Drax the destroyer voiced by David Sovolov from Transformers: Prime, Rocket Raccoon voiced by Trevor Devall from Johnny Test, Gamora who is voiced by Vanessa Marshall from Star Wars: Rebels, and Yandu/Cosmo who is voiced by James Arnold Taylor.
The story follows the new crew as they find a rather odd artefact that is synced to Peter Quill's DNA. Reports from Screenrant said that the artifact then opens up as a treasure map that leads to a weapon known only as the Cosmic Seed. The weapon is said to be capable of giving birth to a new universe. The Guardians is now tasked in keeping the seed from the hands of evil. Villains like Thanos, the trickster Loki, the Collector, the Grandmaster, and a resurrected Ronan will come after the crew and their precious cargo. Peter Quill and his crew will eventually destroy the weapon to keep it from falling to villainous hands.
The television series is reported to fill in the void. Under no circumstance will it be related to the next movie. IGN's reported gives fans the lay-out of Disney's plans:
AUGUST 1 - AUGUST 29
Each Saturday throughout August, two new character shorts will telecast on Disney XD.
- August 1: Star-Lord - Part 1 (8:58 p.m., ET/PT) & Part 2 (10:28 p.m., ET/PT)
- August 8: Groot - Part 1 (8:58 p.m., ET/PT) & Part 2 (9:58 p.m., ET/PT)
- August 15: Rocket Raccoon - Part 1 (8:58 p.m., ET/PT) & Part 2 (9:58 p.m., ET/PT)
- August 22: Drax - Part 1 (8:58 p.m., ET/PT) & Part 2 (9:58 p.m., ET/PT)
- August 29: Gamora - Part 1 (8:58 p.m., ET/PT) & Part 2 (9:58 p.m., ET/PT)
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
- Disney XD debuts sneak peek at first episode of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy at 9:00 p.m., ET/PT.
"Road to Knowhere" - The newly-christened Guardians of the Galaxy come into possession of a dangerous artifact that has Thanos' new lieutenant, Korath, after them.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
- One-hour premiere of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy featuring back-to-back episodes on Disney XD (9:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m., ET/PT).
Encore presentation of "Road to Knowhere" followed by "Knowhere to Run." In "Knowhere to Run," the Guardians struggle to subdue the suddenly-sprung-to-life Celestial head that is the Knowhere space colony, as well as storm Korath's ship to rescue Quill, Gamora and the mysterious CryptoCube that holds the Cosmic Seed.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
- Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy available to WATCH Disney XD users on WATCHDisneyXD.com and the WATCH Disney XD app for smartphones, tablets and connected TVs.
More on IGN's exclusive report stated that the new animated series will on Disney XD on Sep 26.
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