Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will be the ‘end of this team’
polygon.comGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is almost here. 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. 3, Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Nebula, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, and Mantis will face a new threat, the High Evolutionary (Chukwudi Iwuji ) and meet the mysterious Adam Warlock, who was teased in the conclusion 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!
Actor Will Poulter (Midsommar, The Maze Runner) will make his MCU debut as Adam Warlock in 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
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