Casting is about to get underway on the strangest of Marvel Studios' upcoming superhero features - James Gunn's "Guardians Of The Galaxy." Now comes a report that a short list has been drawn up of actors to test for the key role of Star-Lord (aka. Peter Quill), an interplanetary policeman and the Guardians leader who is born of a human mother and alien father. As Marvel Studios does each time it looks to land a lead for a superhero franchise, Kevin Feige’s hit-making studio has put together a short list for the lead in its next major project, Guardians Of The Galaxy.