GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 2 Will Not Set Up INFINITY WARS
Ever since Marvel announced their Phase 3 movie lineup, fans have been speculating on how all of these films will connect with each other. A lot of fans assumed that Guardians of the Galaxy 2 would help lead into Avengers: Infinity Wars, because it seems one of the big things they have in common is the Mad Titan Thanos. According to director James Gunn, though, that won't be the case.
In an interview with MTV, he explained that Guardians of the Galaxy 2 will not pave the way for the battle over the Infinity Gauntlet in Infinity Wars.
"I don’t feel beholden to that stuff at all. I think it's really about the Guardians and what they are doing. We're not subservient to the Avengers. 'Guardians 2' is not a movie that's made to move toward 'Infinity War.' It's something that's made to move toward future cosmic movies, so I don't feel that that is something that affects me that much."
Back in August, before the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie was released, Gunn told Sky Movies that he and Marvel had "talked about all sorts of possibilities for a crossover," and said that he knew what the basic plan was, but also said, "it could always change at any minute." He added:
"That could or could not include a couple of Avengers and a couple of Guardians meeting up, or all of the Avengers and all of the Guardians. But, we do inhabit the same universe and they're pretty big personalities that are likely to, at some point or another, run into each other."
Now, just because Guardians of the Galaxy 2 is going to to be a standalone adventure, and won't set up what happens in Avengers: Infinity Wars, it doesn't mean we won't see these teams of superheroes team up in it. A crossover is inevitable.
Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, and Bradley Cooper will all be back to reprise their roles in the sequel, which is set to be released on May 5th, 2017.