Sequel's villain possibly revealed

While the studio is keeping details of the new movie underwraps until its release, JoBlo has information on the central villain.

According to its report, Elizabeth Debicki will portray Ayesha, aka Her/Kismet/Paragon, who will be the antagonist of the film.

Ayesha was the second attempt at the creation of a perfect test-tube grown human being by a collective of scientists calling themselves the Enclave. She is also known as the female version of Adam Warlock.

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The upcoming sequel stars Chris Pratt as Peter Quill/Star-Lord, Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Dave Bautista as Drax, Vin Diesel as the voice of Groot, Bradley Cooper as the voice of Rocket, Michael Rooker as Yondu, Karen Gillan as Nebula, Sean Gunn as Kraglin, Pom Klementieff as Mantis, Elizabeth Debicki, Chris Sullivan and Kurt Russell.

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"Guardians of the Galaxy" follows the newly-formed team who finds a strange artifact keyed only to the DNA of Peter Quill.

Upon opening it, Quill unleashes a treasure map leading to a powerful weapon known as the Cosmic Seed which is capable of giving birth to the next universe.

It’s up to the Guardians to find, protect and ultimately destroy the Cosmic Seed in order to keep it out of the hands of those who would abuse its power; from galactic big boss Thanos, to the conniving brothers the Collector and the Grandmaster, to a resurrected Ronan, to the ultimate trickster Loki, in order to save the universe.

Written and directed by James Gunn, the film earned over $770 million at the worldwide box-office.

"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" is scheduled to hit theaters on May 5, 2017.