
James Gunn returns to direct Guardians of the Galaxy, though that wasn't always a certainty. But, as Gunn tells Total Film in the new issue, featuring Fast X on the cover, the major reason he came back to finish his trilogy is none other than Rocket Raccoon – and you can see an exclusive new image of the furry being in question above.
Following on from the events of the gang's Holiday Special, the makeshift family – still led by Chris Pratt's Peter 'Star-Lord' Quill – have an alt-timeline Gamora (Zoe Saldaña) to contend with, as well as fresh antagonists in the form of Will Poulter's Adam Warlock, and the High Evolutionary (Chukwudi Iwuji, one of Gunn's cast members from The Suicide Squad TV spin-off Peacemaker).