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"Marvel comics editor Steve Wacker has hinted that a Guardians of the Galaxy animated series is in the works. In the letters section of the Guardians comic&amp;#039;s latest issue, Wacker hinted that he had discussed the project at a &amp;quot;writing summit&amp;quot; for Disney XD&amp;#039;s Ultimate Spider-Man.  &amp;quot;Now, look, I can&amp;#039;t officially confirm that we spent a LOT of time talking about the Guardians of the Galaxy cartoon but wouldn&amp;#039;t that HYPOTHETICALLY\u2026 be amazing?&amp;quot; he wrote. &amp;quot;Seriously though, don&amp;#039;t ask me about it because it totally didn&amp;#039;t happen.&amp;quot; A movie adaptation of Guardians of the Galaxy - starring Chris Pratt, Benicio del Toro, John C Reilly, Glenn Close and Doctor Who&amp;#039;s Karen Gillan - will be released in cinemas on August 1, 2014. The Avengers writer-director Joss Whedon recently admitted that he was initially sceptical about the James Gunn-directed film. &amp;quot;It seemed out there to me,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;Then they brought on James [Gunn] and he really turned me around. As soon as they said James, the movie started to make sense to me in a way it hadn&amp;#039;t.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; Doctor Strange movie villains revealed? &amp;gt; Stan Lee on Silver Surfer movie: &amp;#039;There is no way it&amp;#039;s not coming&amp;#039; Photo gallery - Marvel at the movies:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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