Director James Gunn Confirms At Least Two New Female Additions To ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy 2’ Cast; Part 2 To Deviate Further Away From Comic Book Story Arc; Ronan To Return?

New teammates are confirmed to join the "Guardians of the Galaxy 2" cast; James Gunn muses on the sequel and confirms it'll deviate further from the graphic novel's story arc.

Fans can expect new villains and heroes in the "Guardians of the Galaxy 2" cast. The new movie follows through on part one, and will reveal the identity of Star Lord's father; fans of the graphic novels can expect the cinematic story to move further away from the comics, though.

It turns out even the first movie was significantly different to the story portrayed in the comics. Drax was supposed to be human, and Ronan turned coat from villain to hero, for example. James Gunn seriously tweaked the details, and he plans to do it again with "Guardians of the Galaxy 2."

"It's not really based on anything," Gunn referred to the first "Guardians of the Galaxy" movie.

"The story for Guardians 2 is an original story that I came up with that I started working on actually while I was shooting Guardians 1, and it'll answer some of the questions that were put forth in the first movie about Peter Quill's father and who he is and what's going on with that. We'll get to know some of the characters a little bit more and then we're going to meet a couple of new characters who will be very important to Guardians movies and probably important to the Marvel Universe as a whole." (screenrant.com)

Gunn previously confirmed at least two female additions to Star Lord's team of misfits, with new villains and supporting characters to boot. The movie will also likely have characters tied in to the two-part "Avengers: Infinity War," set to screen 2018 and 2019.

"It's different than what's in the comic books," the director confirmed.

"Peter Quill's father is somebody different in the comics. So then when the movie came out, we got green-lit on the sequel right away. I went in and I sat down with those guys and I'm like, 'Okay, here's what I think the sequel should be.' And they were like, 'Oh, whoa. That's risky, but okay.' Now I'm going to turn over the story in a few short weeks and we'll find out how well it works."