Check out official Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor 2and Captain America 2 concept art from San Diego Comic Con 2013 by Charlie Wen and Ryan Meinerding!

The Marvel Cinematic Universe films, Iron Man (2008), followed by The Incredible Hulk (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), Thor(2011), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), and Marvel's The Avengers (2012) have been nicknamed "Phase One" by producer Kevin Feige.

This week we got a sneak peek at the "Phase Two" films Thor: The Dark World (2013) Captain America: The Winter Soldier(2014) and Guardians of the Galaxy(2014).

Charlie Wen is a professional concept artist working for Marvel Studios on films like The Avengers (2012), Thor (2011) and Iron Man 3 (2013). Ryan Meinerding is a professional concept illustrator working for Marvel Studios on big budget films like The Avengers (2012), Iron Man (2008) and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011).

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At San Diego Comic Con 2013 (SDCC 2013) Marvel Studios' made a strong showing giving away posters of concept art for two of their movies Thor 2 and Captain America 2. After a blockbuster panel Saturday evening, Marvel's Executive Editorial Director of its Digital Division tweeted two new pieces of Guardians of the Galaxy concept art.

Thor: The Dark World concept art by Charlie Wen
This poster shows Thor (Chris Hemsworth) rising into the sky with various enemies and friends in the background.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier(2014) concept art by Ryan Meinerding
This poster is full of detail and features Captain America (Chris Evans) fighting the mysterious Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan)

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) by Charlie Wen
The poster features a line-up of Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista), Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), Groot, and Rocket Raccoon.

See more of Charlie Wen's work at charliewen.typepad.com.

Click on the links if you want to see more of Charlie Wen and Ryan Meinerding's work and Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor: The Dark World and Captain America: The Winter Soldierconcept art on my blog.

What do you think of the concept art?

Official Thor: The Dark World Summary
Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself. In the aftermath of Marvel’s Thor and Marvel’s The Avengers, Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos…but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.

Starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Tadanobu Asano and Jaimie Alexander with Rene Russo and Anthony Hopkins as Odin, Thor: The Dark World is directed by Alan Taylor, produced by Kevin Feige, from a story by Don Payne (credit not final) and screenplay by Christopher Yost and Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely (credit not final) and is based on Marvel’s classic Super Hero Thor, who first appeared in the comic book Journey into Mystery“ #83 in August, 1962.

Thor: The Dark World is presented by Marvel Studios. The executive producers are Louis D’Esposito, Alan Fine, Stan Lee, Victoria Alonso, Craig Kyle and Nigel Gostelow. The film releases November 8, 2013, and is distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

Directed by Alan Taylor
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Tadanobu Asano, Jaimie Alexander, Rene Russo, Anthony Hopkins

Release date: November 8, 2013 (USA)

Official Site: http://marvel.com/thor

Official Captain America: The Winter SoldierSummary
As Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world and teams up with Natasha Romanoff, aka Black Widow, to battle a powerful yet shadowy enemy in present-day Washington, D.C.

Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo
Starring: Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Redford, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Cobie Smulders, Frank Grillo, Georges St-Pierre,

Release date: April 4, 2014 (USA)

Official Site: http://marvel.com

Official Guardians of the Galaxy Summary
A U.S. pilot who ends up in space in the middle of a universal conflict and goes on the run with futuristic ex-cons who have something everyone wants.

Directed by James Gunn
Starring: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Djimon Hounsou, Benicio del Toro, John C. Reilly, Glenn Close

Release date: August 1, 2014 (USA)

Official Site: http://marvel.com

© Copyright 2014 Marvel Studios, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. All rights reserved

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The Marvel Cinematic Universe films, Iron Man (2008), followed by The Incredible Hulk (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), Thor (2011), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), and Marvel's The Avengers (2012) have been nicknamed "Phase One" by producer Kevin Feige.

This week we got a sneak peek at the Phase Two films Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), The Avengers 2 (2015) and the "Phase Three" film Ant-Man (2015) from a promotional video in the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One - Avengers Assembled (10-Disc Limited Edition Six-Movie Collector's Set) Blu-ray box set.

In the video was hidden some concept art for the films. While most of the artists are unidentified, some do have cut off signatures and I'm pretty sure I recognize Charlie Wen's in the corner of one the Guardians of the Galaxy illustrations.

Check them out after the jump and click on the images to enlarge. If you're here for the A-Z Challenge Blogfest, skip to the end for today's post.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) "Captain America"

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) "Captain America pre-viz"

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) "The Winter Soldier"

 

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) "Rogers fights The Winter Soldier"

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) "Falcon"

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

 Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) "Icarus"

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) "Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista), Rocket Raccoon, Gamora, Groot and Star-Lord (Chris Pratt)" by Charlie Wen (?)

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

Here are some reference images:

 Guardians of the Galaxy

Spaceship Icarus

Watch the featurette here


Phase Two starts soon! Iron Man 3 opens May 3, 2013 directed by Shane Black. Thor: The Dark World opens November 8, 2013 and is directed by Alan Taylor. Captain America: The Winter Soldier opens April 4, 2014 directed by Joe and Anthony Russo. Guardians of the Galaxy opens August 1, 2014 directed by James Gunn. The Avengers opens 2 May 1, 2015 directed by Joss Whedon.

Images via Comic Book Movie, Movie Web, Geek Zenith, /Film

Wikipedia Description
The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is a film franchise and shared fictional universe that is the setting of superhero films independently produced by Marvel Studios, based on characters that appear in publications by Marvel Comics. The shared universe of the films, much like the Marvel Universe in comic books, was established by crossing over common plot elements, settings, cast, and characters.

The first film to be released in the Marvel Cinematic Universe was Iron Man (2008), followed by The Incredible Hulk (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), Thor (2011), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), and Marvel's The Avengers (2012). Six additional films are in various stages of development as of April 2013: Iron Man 3 (2013) and Thor: The Dark World (2013) are in post-production, Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) is filming, and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), The Avengers 2 (2015) and Ant-Man (2015) have entered pre-production.
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Guardians of the Galaxy concept art above shows (left to right): Drax the Destroyer, Groot, Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon and Gamora.

Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige have more details on three upcoming Marvel films at San Diego Comic Con. They also revealed concept art for the superhero team film Guardians of the Galaxy scheduled for release August 1, 2014. It was done by in-house concept artist Charles "Charlie" Wen (Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger, Iron Man 2).


The galactic superhero group, which was created in 1969 by Arnold Drake and Gene Colan. It was rebooted in 2008 by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning with a new timeline. The team has featured multiple characters over the years, but the lineup for the movie will be: Drax the Destroyer, Groot, Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon and Gamora.

Here's what the characters look like in the comics.

Drax the Destroyer

Groot, (Moondragon), Star-Lord and Rocket Racoon

Gamora

The most radical design change is Gamora's rather "Vampirella" style costume to a warrior uniform. I'm thinking armor is useful for covering an exposed chest.

Charlie Wen has a bunch of great concept art at his blog charliewen.typepad.com

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What do you think of the illustrations? Are you looking forward to the Guardians of the Galaxy? Are you glad they modified Gamora's costume?

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