Good news everybody, we’re one step closer to the release (slated for May 5, 2017) of “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.” The anticipated sequel to the 2014 Marvel film has officially begun principal photography at Pinewood Studies in Atlanta, Georgia.

The original cast, which includes Chris Pratt (Jurassic World), Zoe Saldana (Star Trek Into Darkness), Dave Bautista (Spectre), Vin Diesel (Furious 7), Bradley Cooper (American Sniper), Michael Rooker (Jumper), Karen Gillan (The Big Short), and Sean Gunn (Gilmore Girls), are all set to reprise their roles. This comes as no surprise after the first “Guardians” made over $770 million at the worldwide box office, which makes it the most successful debut film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Some newcomers will also be joining, including Elizabeth Debicki (The Great Gatsby), Chris Sullivan (The Drop) and Kurt Russell (The Hateful Eight), although no details about their characters have been revealed. It has been revealed though that Pom Klementieff (Oldboy) will be joining as Mantis, a former member of the Avengers.

With the news, Marvel also released the above image, which seems to show Rocket (voiced by Cooper), Drax (Bautista), Star-Lord (Pratt), and Gamora (Saldana) standing from left to right. It’s probably a safe bet to assume that Groot (voiced by Vin Diesel) is standing on Drax’s shoulder. Written and directed by James Gunn, “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2″ will follow Peter Quill (Pratt) and his team as they unravel the mystery of Peter Quill’s true parentage.

What’s better than roses and chocolate on Valentine’s Day? Ryan Reynolds in a skin-tight costume, that’s what! No, we’re not going to discuss the disappointment known as “Green Lantern” –because really who wants that– we’re going to dig into the love all comic-book nerds (and Marvel movie junkies) have for “Deadpool.”

If you’re wondering what the big deal is about their NSFW red-band trailer, here it is:

1. It continues the string of lesser-known superheroes.
After Marvel released movies for the other superheroes in their universe (Guardians of the Galaxy and Ant-Man), we just can’t get enough of these quirky, lesser-known heroes.

2. Who doesn’t love scripts dripping in sarcasm and sexual innuendo?
With lines like, “You look like Freddy Krueger face-fucked a topographical map of Utah,” in the trailer, the movie must hold more gems that we will be quoting for the next few years.

3. It’s the piece of X-Men we’ve all been waiting for.
Let’s be honest, we were all disappointed in Marvel for the awful job they did with Deadpool’s character (why was his mouth sewn shut?) in 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine. This is Marvel admitting their mistakes and making a strong comeback.

4. This isn’t your mother’s Disney movie.
Disney famously acquired Marvel in 2009, and they haven’t been shy of making that famous ‘D’ (the inappropriateness of the Deadpool trailer has gotten to us) appear in all the opening and closing credits of Marvel films. But alas! The day has come for Disney to step back and allow Marvel to give us a highly-inappropriate R-rated movie.

5. Because, Ryan Reynolds.
Yes, he’s Canadian (*shudders*) but he’s not all that bad. Besides divorcing ScarJo, the major mistake he made was getting together with DC Comics. While he failed as a man rocking a fluorescent green ring, we’re confident that he can live up to the raunchiness that Deadpool is known for. Also, who else can be as charmingly sarcastic as Reynolds?

Here’s the trailer if you haven’t seen it! (NSFW)

Deadpool hits theaters February 12, 2016.

Shortly after some of the cast of “Guardians of the Galaxy” made a surprise appearance at Comic-Con last weekend in San Diego, Marvel confirmed another cast member.

Saturday’s appearance consisted of director James Gunn, and revealed the cast as follows: Chris Pratt as the Star-Lord, Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Dave Bautista portraying Drax the Destoryer, Benicio Del Toro as the Collector, Lee Pace as Ronan the Accuser, Karen Gillan as Nebula, Djimon Hounsou playing Korath the Pursuer and Michael Rooker as Yondu.

During the panel, Gunn revealed that production of the film had already began, but audiences are still anxiously waiting for the announcements of the rest of the cast. (Make sure to also check out our coverage of the event here) On Tuesday (July 23), Marvel announced Glenn Close would be joining the group as Nova-Prime, leader of the police force Nova Corps. Little is known about the character since “Nova-Prime” is in fact a rank, not a name. It is unknown whether or not Close’s character will be an alien or human. It is also interesting to note that the title has been held by men only. Looks like Marvel might be changing things up.

The film is slated for a North American release of August 2014.