Last month during San Diego Comic-Con, we brought you the news when Marvel Studios unveiled the logo, release date and concept art for their forthcoming big-screen adaptation of Guardians of the Galaxy.

Now, THR reports that the studio has hired Chris McCoy to pen the script for the film, based off of an original draft written by Nicole Perlman. While McCoy doesn’t have any produced writing credits to speak of, three of his spec scripts have been on the Black List (the list of Hollywood’s most liked, unproduced screenplays).

[Below] Concept art of the team to be featured in Guardians of the Galaxy – Drax the Destroyer, Groot, Star-Lord, Rocket Racoon, and Gamora.

Guardians of the Galaxy is slated to hit theaters on August 1, 2014.