GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Animated Series “Greatest Hits” Trailer
Disney XD has released a new promo spot for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy animated series. Even though the show is in no way connected to the story of the live-action movie, you'll see in this trailer that it was heavily influenced by it. The promo even uses Blue Swede’s “Hooked on a Feeling,” which was used heavily in the marketing for the live action film.
In case you missed it, last week Marvel and Disney XD released a clip from an animated short featuring Peter Quill meeting Yondu for the first time. The series really looks like it actually has the potential to be solid. I’m not expecting it to be as good as the movie, but I’m sure it will provide my kids and I some good entertainment.
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy follows the newly-formed team who finds a strange artifact keyed only to the DNA of Peter Quill. Upon opening it, Quill unleashes a treasure map leading to a powerful weapon known as the Cosmic Seed which is capable of giving birth to the next universe. It’s up to the Guardians to find, protect and ultimately destroy the Cosmic Seed in order to keep it out of the hands of those who would abuse its power, from galactic big boss Thanos, to the conniving brothers the Collector and the Grandmaster, to a resurrected Ronan, to the ultimate trickster, Loki, in order to save the universe.
Featuring the hugely popular characters introduced in the record-breaking Marvel Studios film of the same name, the series stars Will Friedle (Boy Meets World) as the brash adventurer Peter Quill/Star-Lord, Trevor Devall (Johnny Test) as fan-favorite Rocket Raccoon, Vanessa Marshall (Star Wars Rebels) as the enigmatic, expert fighter Gamora, David Sobolov (Transformers: Prime) as the rough-edged warrior Drax the Destroyer, Kevin Michael Richardson (The Cleveland Show) as tree-like humanoid Groot, and James Arnold Taylor (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) as leader of the space pirates Yondu and the telepathic dog, Cosmo.
The series will premiere on September 26th on Disney XD, with a special sneak preview event set to air on Saturday, September 5th.