In the trailer for "The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special," Cosmo the Spacedog is introduced along with a number of other characters, suggesting she'll be playing a bigger part in this special. One major difference from the comics is actually the gender of Cosmo, but James Gunn had a specific reason for preferring a female Cosmo the Spacedog.
"Cosmo is based on Laika, a female Soviet space dog who died in orbit in 1957. I'm just going back to the original source material," Gunn explained on Twitter.
There are no details on how Cosmo the Spacedog works into this holiday special, but the trailer suggests plenty of intergalactic travel as the Guardians try to put together the perfect Christmas for Star-Lord/Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora (Zoe Saldana) in "Avengers: Infinity War."
This version of Cosmo the Spacedog already has an actor to provide the voice as the director also confirmed on Twitter that Maria Bakalova has the part. Bakalova previously appeared in films like Judd Apatow's "The Bubble" and the "Borat" sequel, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award, per IMDb. The actor is also taking on the role for "Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3," so MCU fans should expect to see much more of Cosmo the Spacedog.
