“This is the end for us, the last time people will see this team of Guardians,” James Gunn told us on today’s Hero Nation about the franchise’s conclusion with Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol.
3 due out on May 5, 2023.You can listen to our conversation with Gunn about the last chapter in the $1.6 billion-plus grossing series as well as his latest HBO Max series Peacemaker, below:“It’s big; it’s so, so big and dark, and different from what people might be expecting it to be,” Gunn teased from the Marvel production’s set in Atlanta.“I just want to be true to the characters, the story and give people the wrap-up that they deserve for the story,” Gunn continued, “That’s always a little bit scary; I’m doing my best.”“I’m aware that the third film in most trilogies sucks; not always,” he added.When we last saw Peter Quill aka Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) in the 2017 movie, he had just met his diabolical galactic padre, Ego, played by Kurt Russell.
Meanwhile, his foster-father, so to speak, Yondu (Michael Rooker) met his maker in an ultimate sacrifice. In the wake of that, the Guardians continued on to help the Avengers in defeating Thanos in Avengers: Endgame.
In regards to Vol. 3’s mixed tape, Gunn told us it’s obviously “Youndu’s Zune; the Zune is the mix.”Fred Raskin, who edited The Suicide Squad and previous GOTG movies for Gunn, is also returning for Vol.
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