Guardians of the Galaxy Gets a New Screenwriter

Last month, Marvel Studios confirmed the mystery project that was scheduled for an August 1, 2014 release was indeed Guardians of the Galaxy. The studio also put out the first teaser art for the comic book-inspired film [see above]. And now there's movement on the project again as The Hollywood Reporter says they've handed the job of rewriting Nicole Perlman's script to Chris McCoy.

If you haven't heard of McCoy, that's probably because he doesn't have any feature film credits yet. What he does have, and what makes studios ready to take a chance on him with major projects, is three scripts included on the Black List (the annual list of the best unproduced screenplays).

Guardians of the Galaxy will feature Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Gamora and Drax the Destroyer. There's no word yet on casting or who will direct the superhero film.

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