SDCC 2022: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will be the ‘end of this team’

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 We are almost there. After the Guardians tagged along on Thor’s galaxy-spanning journey of self-discovery in Thor: Love and Thunder, Marvel’s team of space misfits is back for one last adventure helmed by director James Gunn.

At San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday, Marvel Studios offered a peek at the gang’s new adventure, which picks up after Thor and the Guardians of the Galaxy parted ways in Love and Thunder. For Vol. 3Star-Lord Gamora and Drax will be facing a new threat: the High Evolutionary (Chukwudi Iwuji) and meeting the mysterious Adam Warlock. This was revealed in the concluding to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.

In a trailer shown to the audience at Hall H, there are hints of big changes to the status quo — like Gamora leading the Ravagers, as she’s a totally different person from the Gamer of the first two films — and a new focus on Rocket, who we get a brief glimpse of as a baby.

During the Hall H presentation, Iwuji appeared in character as the High Evolutionary to give the crowd a taste of his whole character’s deal — which is essentially taking “disgusting creatures” (us) and transforming them into something “less revolting” (In the comics, this is usually weird beast-men).

So you’ve got a sort of supervillain eugenicist and a trippy space Jesus (that’s Adam Warlock) to look forward to. Pretty big finale Marvel’s got planned here!

Will Poulter, Actor (Midsommar, The Maze RunnerAdam Warlock, a MCU rookie will debut with ) Guardians 3. Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Bradley Cooper, and Vin Diesel will all return for the third — and apparently final, with this team lineup, anyway — Guardians of the Galaxy film to be helmed by Gunn.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3It is expected to release in theatres on May 5, 2023. This movie will be released in theaters on May 5, 2023. Holiday Special by Guardians of the GalaxyA one-off Disney Plus adventure. Gunn is the director and writer of this holiday special.

Guardians’ official announcement been a circuitous saga. In July 2018, Disney fired Gunn following a number of tweets being resurfaced, and then made widely public by far right internet trolls. At the time, Walt Disney chairman Alan Horn called Gunn’s tweets “offensive” and “indefensible and inconsistent with our studio’s values” in a statement announcing Gunn’s termination. But Gunn was supported by comedians and actors. This included the Guardians of the Galaxy cast, who could not imagine Gunn as their director.

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