Marvel has chosen a writer for its forthcoming Guardians of the Galaxy movie adaptation, reports suggest.

Chris McCoy will take responsibility for a rewrite of the original script, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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McCoy's work has appeared on the movie industry's annual 'Black List' of highly-rated yet unproduced scripts on three occasions.

Beatles-themed time travel adventure Get Back made the list in 2007, a futuristic dating comedy titled Good Looking got the nod in 2009, while coming-of-age movie Good Kids appeared last year.

Nicole Perlman from Marvel's former writing programme produced the first draft of the script.

The Guardians of the Galaxy movie was confirmed at Comic-Con last month and is expected to be released in August 2014, after Thor: The Dark World and Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

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