Guardians Of The Galaxy has released a new extended clip online, featuring nearly five minutes of new footage from the finished film.

The new clip shows our five heroes in the custody of John C. Reilly’s Corpsman Dey, and serves as a neat introduction to what each of them is about.

There’s backstory galore here, not only on the five leading characters, but also on how they fit in to the film’s wider storyline, with mention made of villains Nebula, Ronan and even Thanos.

Take a look at the new clip, below…

Nice contribution from Peter Serafinowicz there! And Rocket’s one-liner, “ain’t no thing like me, but me” is surely destined to adorn many a Comic-Con t-shirt in years to come…

Directed by James Gunn and co-starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana and Bradley Cooper, Guardians Of The Galaxy will open in the UK on 31 July 2014.