Alternate Nova Corps Designs for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy

Marvel Studios’ conceptual artist Andy Park has shared a cool new piece of concept art from 2014’s […]

September 5, 2017, 9:08pm

Marvel Studios’ conceptual artist Andy Park has shared a cool new piece of concept art from 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy. It’s an unused costume design for the Nova Corps, the intergalactic military and police force of the Nova Empire.

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“It was an amazing time trying to come up with the look & feel of this totally new franchise in the Marvel Cinematic Universe,” Park wrote. “Up until this point it was all Avengers related films. This was our chance to do something different. We saw it as Marvel’s Star Wars while working on it.”

Back in August 2014, Oscar-winning costume designer Alexandra Byrne explained her and director James Gunn’s approach to the Nova Corps uniform. “I think there have been quite a lot of films, which have gone very sort of dark and gritty and real,” she told Screen Crush. “And James was very clear about his use of colors. And obviously Nova Corps was where we wanted to have a statement of the color.”

Set to the backdrop of ‘Awesome Mixtape #2,’ Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 continues the team’s adventures as they traverse the outer reaches of the cosmos. The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill’s true parentage. Old foes become new allies and fan-favorite characters from the classic comics will come to our heroes’ aid as the Marvel cinematic universe continues to expand.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is written and directed by James Gunn (Slither). The film marks the return of the original Guardians, including Chris Pratt (Jurassic World) as Peter Quill/Star-Lord; Zoe Saldana (Star Trek Into Darkness) as Gamora; Dave Bautista (Spectre) as Drax; Vin Diesel (Furious 7) as the voice of Groot; Bradley Cooper (American Sniper) as the voice of Rocket; Michael Rooker (Jumper) as Yondu; Karen Gillan (The Big Short) as Nebula; and Sean Gunn (Gilmore Girls) as Kraglin. New cast members include Pom Klementieff (Oldboy), Elizabeth Debicki (The Great Gatsby, Everest), Chris Sullivan (The Knick, The Drop) and Kurt Russell (The Hateful Eight, The Thing).