The Opening Of Guardians Of The Galaxy Barely Changed From James Gunn’s Original Pitch 

The Opening Of Guardians Of The Galaxy Barely Changed From James Gunn’s Original Pitch 

It shouldn’t come as a huge surprise that James Gunn writes everything down before he shoots it — the guy has a seemingly endless reservoir of information about the way he filmed things, what music fits where and storyboards. But now he’s shared a bit from the packet he gave Marvel when he was trying to get the Guardians of the Galaxy directing gig.

Image: Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel

Gunn shared the information on — where else? — Facebook. What’s kind of amazing is how much of his initial pitch ended up in the movie. This is almost exactly how we first saw Chris Pratt as Star-Lord:

By the way, the maths here tells us that Gunn gave Marvel 72 pages when he was presenting himself as a potential director. You cannot say he didn’t want it.

[Facebook via CBR]


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