According to Deadline, Moneyball and Zero Dark Thirty star Chris Pratt has been officially cast as Star-Lord, aka wayward pilot Peter Quill, the leader of the Guardians Of The Galaxy in James Gunn’s Marvel Phase 2 offering.
The role had previously been affixed to such varied array of talent as Chuck‘s Zachary Quinto, Smallville‘s Michael Rosenbaum, The Dark Knight Rises‘ Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Superman Returns‘ James Marsden.
Guardians Of The Galaxy is due in cinemas 1 August 2014. Pick up James Gunn’s Super on DVD for £4.49 or Blu-ray for £6.99 from Amazon.co.uk.