Marvel has released a cast shot and synopsis for Guardians of the Galaxy, according to Variety.  We’ve seen a picture of Groot’s head with Vin Diesel’s announcement that he’s been cast in the role (see “’I Am Groot!’ Says Diesel”), but otherwise have seen nothing of the film. 

Marvel’s synopsis is:

An action-packed, epic space adventure, Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” expands the Marvel Cinematic Universe into the cosmos, where brash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the entire universe. To evade the ever-persistent Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a quartet of disparate misfits — Rocket, a gun-toting raccoon, Groot, a tree-like humanoid, the deadly and enigmatic Gamora and the revenge-driven Drax the Destroyer.  But when Peter discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must do his best to rally his ragtag rivals for a last, desperate stand — with the galaxy’s fate in the balance.

The film will be released on August 1, 2014.