Marvel has released new Guardians of the Galaxy images featuring Zoe Saldana as Gamora and Lee Pace as the film’s villain.

Last week Marvel released a new extended TV spot featuring loads of new footage, and some new character posters featuring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel and Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon.

Today we have new images from Empire with closeups of Zoe Saldana, Chris Pratt and Lee Pace:

Marvel is ramping up its promotion for Guardians of the Galaxy as it heads closer to its world premiere on August 1. We recently found out that fan-favorite Nathan Fillion will have a cameo in Guardians and you won’t believe who he’ll be playing.

Marvel recently released some new looks at Guardians of the Galaxy’s villains, which are Karen Gillan as Nebula and Lee Pace as Ronan The Accuser. The two new posters featured the villains on one and the heroes on the other and gave us our first great shot of Lee Pace as Ronan.

Guardians of the Galaxy’s recent trailer gave us some great looks at Chris Pratt and Zoe Saldana, and more importantly, showed us quite a bit more of Bradley Cooper voicing Rocket Raccoon. It looks as though he’ll be quite talkative in the film.

Guardians of the Galaxy’s release date is set for August 1, 2014. Featuring an intergalactic group of Guardians, led by Star-Lord, they make a desperate stand to save the galaxy.

Two-time Academy Award nominee Bradley Cooper voices the machine-gun-wielding Rocket Raccoon and is joined by Vin Diesel as the tree-like Groot, with Zoe Saldana, Chris Pratt, Karen Gillan and Dave Bautista filling out the leading roles.