Fans of Marvel's smash hit 'Guardians of the Galaxy' will be happy to know that the director, James Gunn will be at the helm of the sequel, and has already mapped out what he plans to do with it.

Gunn has confirmed that the next film will be a completely original idea with some original characters that aren't based on the comics at all. He cautions that these new implications will have a significant affect on the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a whole.

When Gunn pitched this idea to Marvel they responded that they thought it was "risky." Gunn believes this risk is something that the franchise might need.

In a recent podcast with Alison Rosen, Gunn spoke on the sequel:

"It's not really based on anything. The story for Guardians 2 is an original story that I came up with that I started working on actually while I was shooting Guardians 1, and it'll answer some of the questions that were put forth in the first movie about Peter Quill's father and who he is and what's going on with that. We'll get to know some of the characters a little bit more and then we're going to meet a couple of new characters who will be very important to Guardians movies and probably important to the Marvel Universe as a whole."

"It's different than what's in the comic books. Peter Quill's father is somebody different in the comics. So then when the movie came out, we got green-lit on the sequel right away. I went in and I sat down with those guys and I'm like, 'Okay, here's what I think the sequel should be.' And they were like, 'Oh, whoa. That's risky, but okay.' Now I'm going to turn over the story in a few short weeks and we'll find out how well it works."

Despite Marvel's uneasiness on the project, it would seem like Gunn is the only one they'd trust to helm 'Guardians of the Galaxy 2'.

As it stands, 'Guardians of the Galaxy 2' is set to release in 2017.