Avengers - How Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 follows Infinity War
MARVEL Avengers Infinity War will lead in to Guardians Vol 3
Tonight the film-maker confirmed he will be back to helm the third film in Marvel's GOTG series, ahead of Vol 2’s release next month In a lengthy post on Facebook, he revealed how it will work around the timeline of next year’s all-out Avengers blockbuster. “Much of what’s happened in the MCU for the past ten or so years has been leading, in a big way, to the Avengers’ Infinity War,” he said. “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will happen after all that.
MARVEL Guardians vol 2 is out next month
GETTY James Gunn confirmed he's back for the threequel
What’s happened in the MCU for the past ten years has been leading to the Avengers’ Infinity War James Gunn
“It will conclude the story of this iteration of the Guardians of the Galaxy, and help catapult both old and new Marvel characters into the next ten years and beyond. “I will be working side-by-side with Kevin Feige and the gang to help design where these stories go, and make sure the future of the Marvel Cosmic Universe is as special and authentic and magical as what we have created so far.” Earlier in the post, he had opened up on why exactly he would be returning, saying: “In the end, my love for Rocket, Groot, Gamora, Star-Lord, Yondu, Mantis, Drax, and Nebula – and some of the other forthcoming heroes – goes deeper than you guys can possibly imagine, and I feel they have more adventures to go on and things to learn about themselves and the wonderful and sometimes terrifying universe we all inhabit.
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