While the world of the Guardians is something that has yet to be fully explored, it seems like James Gunn is down to doing some of that adventuring with the characters that were introduced in the first movie and even those who weren't.

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Speaking with Collider at Dragon-Con on Monday, Gunn talked about the possibility of doing spin-off films for the series and what those would entail.

"At a convention for comic writer Grant Morrison, rightfully called "Morrisoncon", Gunn had been asked which comic book properties he would like to make into a major motion picture," the site reported.

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"The first was a story written by Grant Morrison outside of Marvel called We3 involving a cat, a dog, and a rabbit trying to make their way home, who also happen to be locked into mech suits."

Gunn also talked about another spin-off movie he wanted to do called Hit Monkey. "a story of an assassin who happens to be a monkey in a business suit." His third pitch to Marvel was Thunderbolts, but Gunn added that "would have to be placed on the backburner, if ever happening at all, so that he could focus on the "cosmic" side of the Marvel movie-scape which included Guardians along with other spinoff films he had rattling around in his head."

Gunn also talked about the original cameo that Marvel legend Stan Lee had in the movie, that was nixed by the studio because they thought it went too far.

"One of the losing battles regarded Stan Lee's original cameo in the film. Originally, Gunn had planned to have Lee in one of the Collector's exhibits. Groot would then look at the exhibit aghast, to which Lee would flick off the large tree creature," the site reported.

Guardians of the Galaxy 2 is set to open in theaters on July 27, 2017.

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