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James Gunn Will Return To Direct ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3’
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Never has there been a director to direct an entire trilogy of Marvel films in the age of the MCU, though a few have come close with Jon Favreau on the first two Iron Man films, Joss Whedon on two Avengers films, and The Russo Brothers with the latter two Captain America films. (Thor has had three different directors.) But James Gunn is set to become the first to have directed three for Marvel. That’s right, Gunn has confirmed that he will be directing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. More on the story below.

Gunn made the announcement over at his official Facebook page. News of this comes on the heels of the Guardians Vol. 2 press tour. Here’s what he had to say.

For those who are unable to read the post, here’s it is:

Well, this week we start the U.S. press junket, before traveling to Europe at the end of the week. Of course I know some of the questions that come up a lot – “Wasn’t there a lot more pressure dealing with the sequel of a beloved film?” (No, there was less, because this time I knew there was an audience waiting to see it!) and, “What was it like working with Kurt Russell and Sylvester Stallone?” (Daunting and at times overwhelming – I ran around in my backyard as a kid pretending to be Snake Plissken and John Rambo, so these guys are true icons to me.)

But the question that comes up perhaps the most is, “What’s the deal with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and are you going to direct?”

Before I was able to honestly answer this, I needed to know it was, in my heart, what I truly felt called to do. There is a history in Hollywood of haphazard endings to trilogies, and I didn’t want to become a part of that dishonorable tradition of pretending the third one doesn’t exist. I couldn’t do it for the money, and I couldn’t do it because it was what other people wanted me to do. I needed to do it because it was what I needed to do. I have never made choices in my career based on anything other than passion and love for the stories and characters, and I didn’t want to start now.

So, after many months of ruminations and discussions, I know the answer. I could save this answer for the first, random interviewer to ask me during the press junket but instead I thought I’d share it with the most important people in the Guardiansverse – you, the fans, who have been so incredibly supportive and enthusiastic over the past five years, it has moved me to tears on a regular basis.

So, yes, I’m returning to write and direct Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.

In the end, my love for Rocket, Groot, Gamora, Star-Lord, Yondu, Mantis, Drax, and Nebula – and some of the other forthcoming heroes – goes deeper than you guys can possibly imagine, and I feel they have more adventures to go on and things to learn about themselves and the wonderful and sometimes terrifying universe we all inhabit. And, like in both Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, we will work on creating the story that goes beyond what you expect.

My partnership with the folks at Marvel Studios – Kevin Feige, Lou D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, and Jonathan Schwartz – has been the best of my professional career, and is a huge contributing factor to my decision – as is my relationship to the guys at Disney Studios – Bob Iger, Alan Horn, and Alan Bergman – who have been cheerleading innovation and the pure love of movies from the start. This is the kind of thing you’d expect a director to say about the people who have just hired him, but people who know me know I would never put up working with people I don’t like for a single movie, much less two, and much, much less three. I love them all and appreciate immensely their collaboration. I wake up every day pinching myself that they’d allow this punk rock kid from Missouri to help create this wonderful universe, and to not only allow but encourage creative freedom while doing so.

I can’t fricking wait to get started.

Much of what’s happened in the MCU for the past ten or so years has been leading, in a big way, to the Avengers’ Infinity War. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will happen after all that. It will conclude the story of this iteration of the Guardians of the Galaxy, and help catapult both old and new Marvel characters into the next ten years and beyond. I will be working side-by-side with Kevin Feige and the gang to help design where these stories go, and make sure the future of the Marvel Cosmic Universe is as special and authentic and magical as what we have created so far.

I promise you, the fans, I’ll do it all with integrity and love and respect for the characters.

Make mine Marvel.

We are Groot.

Excelsior!

Love,
James

Gunn explains how his love for these characters goes deeper than he originally imagined. Guardians of the Galaxy was once considered a huge gamble for Marvel. Using a relatively unknown property and giving it to a little-known director was a huge risk that paid off for Marvel. Not only was it one of the highest-grossing films of 2014, but it went on to spawn not only two sequels but will also be a significant part of the final two Avengers films.

As of now, there is no word on when Vol. 3 will be released.

The director credits his relationship with the Disney and Marvel family for helping him make this decision. And while giving studio execs credit may sound like something you would hear from an employee talking about their employer, Gunn assures us that if you knew him, you would know he doesn’t “put up working with people I don’t like for a single movie, much less two, and much, much less three.”

Obviously, he couldn’t give any plot details for a third, and that doesn’t really matter at this point because the vision and story are going to be fluid and cohesive.

You’ll be able to see all these lovable a-holes when Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 hits theaters on May 5, 2015.

[Source: James Gunn Facebook]

1 Comment »

  1. I might be reading this into what Gunn said, because I’d so want it to be true, but it sounds as if there’s plans to make GotG 3 the basis for a larger Marvel Cosmic Universe. Obviously the Skrulls and Starjammers are owned by Fox, but there’s a whole range of other properties that they could draw on to make an entire spin-off universe of movies.

    Comment by Spag_Hoops — April 18, 2017 @ 6:56 am

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