Kevin Feige Says GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 Takes Place a "Couple Months" After First Film
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 will pick up just a couple months after the events of the original film according to Kevin Feige. Comicbook writes that the story will find our heroes recognized as celebrities across the galaxy and trying to profit off of it. Feige shares the details in the quote below...
"I think they’re giving it a shot at being more organized heroes...They are, they are available for do-gooding, so to speak. It doesn’t always good well, but they try that. And when we first meet them, in the beginning of the movie, they’re on a place called Sovereign, where they’ve been asked to help with this giant sort of interdimensional beast that comes out and eats their batteries, their power source, and wreaks havoc on the planet, and the Guardians have been asked to come in and dispatch with that thing, and that’s how our film starts. And their legend and their mythology has grown and spread throughout the universe, because they defeated Ronan and because they were able to hold, Peter, in particular, was able to hold an Infinity Stone and not die, which also has spread his legend."
Something tells me that ability of Peter Quill's will play into Avengers: Infinity War, but let's leave that conversation for another day. The only thing I'm confused about at this point is where the events of Guardians take place in regards to the rest of the Marvel universe? If this film takes place only a couple months after the first film (which released in 2014), do these events take place at the same time or shortly after the events of Civil War and Doctor Strange? I feel like these timelines will need to be established. At some point if all the characters are going to appear in Avengers: Infinity War, so now I need to know. I refuse to believe Marvel doesn't have an explicit timeline for these things, but now that I'm curious I can't find an answer to my question! Anyone have any guesses?
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 will release May 5th.