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  • RUMOR: Kevin Bacon May Appear in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ or Its Holiday Special

    RUMOR: Kevin Bacon May Appear in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ or Its Holiday Special

    Here’s an interesting rumor, as a Redditor by the name of u/CassandraOracle has shared some insight into the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 productions. They were filming near her some days ago and she shared some of her observations. It seems they were working on an action scene which involved Beverly Hills police cars. Yet, what stands out is that it seems word was going around that Kevin Bacon was involved with the scene.

    The addition of Kevin Bacon would be a perfect way to round out the third entry of the trilogy, as Star-Lord has an ongoing obsession with the film Footloose. What is highlighted is that the police cars may be from the past, as a retro design was on set with a hint at it potentially being the early 2000s. Drax’s stunt double was sighted on set, but unsure if he actively had a role of some kind in the scene. So, either we have some time travel shenanigans or someone is toying with Peter Quill’s mind. There’s always a chance that this is also something involving the Disney+ Holiday Special that is being developed around the same time.

    We had the famous David Hasselhoff cameo during the second entry of the franchise, when Ego briefly transformed into him to tease Peter’s role models. So, the addition of Kevin Bacon seems to likely lean towards that direction rather than him playing a character. Yet, it would be a fun twist that the actor is some kind of space warrior in his spare time adding to his theory that the actor is some kind of hero.

    Source: Reddit

  • First ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ Set Photos Offer First Look at Pom Klementieff and Dave Bautista

    First ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ Set Photos Offer First Look at Pom Klementieff and Dave Bautista

    It looks like we finally got a look at the returning Guardians from the set of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. While we don’t see anything of the actual set, we do get a look at Pom Klementieff‘s return as Mantis and Dave Bautista‘s Drax. We don’t get a good look at Mantis’ design for the threequel, but it looks like Drax has finally accepted that he should wear a jacket. Of course, it could just be something he is wearing on his way to the set, but who knows what kind of trouble they are getting into that he’ll take the risk and put it on.

    https://twitter.com/guardiansupdate/status/1504923133584814080

    There have been a lot of hints that the Guardians as we know it will disband after the events of this film, especially with it being James Gunn swansong in the MCU before focusing more on his DC projects. We know very little about what the future has in store for this team, or even if any of these characters will exit the film alive. Bautista has also kind of hinted at his interest in moving on after the next film, even if he seemed to enjoy his time with Marvel. It’s not uncommon that some of the actors are open to leaving the franchise behind after enough time.

    There’s sadly not much to take away from these photos, but it’s great to know that production is still underway. Gunn has been cheekily sharing teases of Rick and Morty figurines showing up on his workspace. It almost seemed like he’s building up to something, but has been mostly just having fun sharing the fact that he’s still busy working on the film. He’s always been one of the more active users of Social media and we’ll see if he’ll share something from the set.

    Source: Twitter

  • Deep Thoughts: Hypothetical Marvel Studios 2023 Release Calendar, V3

    Deep Thoughts: Hypothetical Marvel Studios 2023 Release Calendar, V3

    The future slate of Marvel Studios is more fluid now than it’s ever been. With the industry STILL being impacted by COVID to some degree, a backlog of projects that could be shuffled in and out of any date at any time, and the interesting lack of a 2022 press preview kit from Disney, fans are left frivolously hypothesize, predict and speculate when to expect their most anticipated MCU projects. And we’re here to help you with your favorite addiction. This isn’t our first attempt to pin down 2023’s projects; you can check out V1 here and V2 here to compare notes.

    As much as everybody wants to see the Samuel L. Jackson/Nicky Fury-led Secret Invasion, the 2022 schedule seems to be complete without it. While we still don’t know very much about the plot of either Secret Invasion or The Marvels, it does seem like the two could share some sort of narrative bridge that would be well-served by them debuting relatively close to one another.

    By the time The Marvels hits theaters, it will have been in the can for nearly a year and a half. That’s part of the backlog of projects created by the pandemic, which really changed the well-established production paradigm that Marvel Studios had followed for well over a decade. That means a lot of time to breathe for the characters in between appearances which creates a lot of anticipation…and you know Marvel Studios likes that.

    After a little bit of a delay to the start of its production, Echo looks like it’ll be up and running in Georgia in April of 2022 and permits have been filed around Atlanta for the month of May. Given the “grounded” nature of Maya and the types of characters being cast in supporting roles, it doesn’t sound like this one is going to be a VFX showcase, so it should be ready to stream on Disney Plus in March of 2023. Of course, the question on fans’ minds is how much will Daredevil and Kingpin be involved and how might this series dovetail into the Daredevil solo project in development at Marvel Studios. Here’s to hoping Maya remains the focus of this series as there’s plenty of room for Daredevil to explore on his own.

    At some point in the first half of 2023, Ahsoka, a highly-anticipated, live-action Star Wars streaming series, will hit Disney Plus. We now know that Disney Plus is not opposed to streaming live-action Star Wars and Marvel Studios’ projects simultaneously, but if Ahsoka rolls out sometime in early May, X-Men ’97, which is on track for a 2023 release, could stream concurrently with that and fill the Marvel Studios streaming void until June, leaving some live-action stuff for later in the year.

    James Gunn’s third Guardians’ film might well be his last Marvel Studios’ project. By the time this comes out, it’ll have been over a decade since Gunn started work on Guardians of the Galaxy and as we’ve seen through his recent work on The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker, he’s really on top of his game. This one sounds like it’ll be something really special and emotional, with Gunn saying goodbye not only to Marvel but to some characters he’s really grown to love.

    With the production of Season 2 of Loki on track to begin in June of 2022, it should be ready to roll out in June of 2023. While it isn’t clear whether or not Secret Invasion provides a direct runway to the events of The Marvels, it seems VERY clear that Loki Season 2 and Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania share a narrative canvas and that the former can easily hand off a storyline to the latter.

    2023 could end up being the Summer of Kang. Jonathan Majors thrilled audiences with a tease of what to expect when the character returns, and it looks like when he does it’ll be a much heavier dose. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania will feature some version(s) of the character fresh off of what’s expected to be a major role in Season 2 of Loki. Of course, Kang’s not the only villain fans can look forward to, as M.O.D.O.K. is also reportedly making his live-action debut, played by Corey Stoll. Should the schedule fall this way, it would represent a great example of the type of synergy Marvel Studios can pull off thanks to a parent company that has its own streaming service and total control over the release schedule.

    While a lot of fans are expecting this to be tied into Armor Wars, all the early evidence suggests it is essentially a follow-up to Riri Williams adventures in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. That’s not to say that Riri might not show up in Armor Wars or that the events of Ironheart might not lead into the Don Cheadle-led streamer, in fact it would make a lot of sense if she did, but Riri will be busy enough on her own following her huge role in Wakanda Forever.

    When V2 of the 2023 Hypothetical Calendar was published, Agatha: House of Harkness had only just been revealed by the trades a few days before and the official Disney Plus Day announcement was about a week away. Now, it really does look like it could make the 2023 release slate given the tentative October 2022 start of production. It seems like the perfect Spooky Season release for Marvel Studios, so slotting it here seems a no-brainer.

    After a couple of production delays, Blade is looking at a Fall 2022 start of principal photography, which makes it the best candidate for the currently unfilled November 3, 2023 release date, especially with production on Captain America 4 officially delayed until 2023. It doesn’t hurt, of course, that it’ll come out right around Halloween and feature a vampire hunter, and it wouldn’t be entirely surprising to see this date slide back a week earlier where nothing major is currently scheduled for any studio.

    Armor Wars, like Agatha: House of Harkness, is on track for a late-2022 start of production. While a 2023 debut is by no means set in stone for Armor Wars, there is a nice end-of-the-year window for it, should it be completed and ready to stream. We know very little about the project, but Kevin Feige seems to enjoy playing with the idea of having some streaming series thematically tied to the seasons in which they are released, so maybe, like Hawkeye, Armor Wars could be set during the holidays. After all, is there any better present than Stilt-Man?

  • Vin Diesel Started Recording His Groot Lines for an Upcoming MCU Project

    Vin Diesel Started Recording His Groot Lines for an Upcoming MCU Project

    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is currently busy filming, as James Gunn returns to finish the trilogy he started back in 2014. The story will see the ragtag team continue on their quest after whatever may happen between them and Thor in Thor: Love and Thunder. We still don’t know what the future has in store for this intergalactic team, but we know we’ll be getting a lot more of Groot. Vin Diesel has shared his excitement on exactly that as he shared a video on his Instagram as he returns to record voicing the character.

    Curiously, he didn’t confirm what project this recording is for, as there are currently four projects that we can expect to see Groot return. The before-mentioned Love and Thunder, the animated I Am Groot Disney+ series, the third Guardians film, and its Holiday Special. It wouldn’t be surprising if he is recording all the projects in one sitting, especially as the next Thor entry won’t release until July. Plus, the animated series is confirmed to release this year.

    It’s sweet he is sharing the video not only highlighting that he started recording for the character, but also giving a shoutout to his history of recording the voices of characters that say very little, like his time on The Iron Giant. It’s strange to think that he ended up tackling a similar role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which still opens up the possibility for him to join a project in a different capacity at some point in the future. Yet, it’s hard to beat just how iconic he made Groot since he first appeared in 2014.

    Source: Instagram

  • Karen Gillan on ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’: “It’s a Juggernaut Movie”

    Karen Gillan on ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’: “It’s a Juggernaut Movie”

    In 2014, James Gunn introduced the Guardians of the Galaxy to the MCU. In the years since, the ragtag bunch of losers who were, at the time, unknown to all but the most hardcore of comic book readers, have become household names and among the most beloved characters in the MCU. Gunn and the cast are now deep into production on the third volume of their story, one that Gunn has called the last go around for this version of the team, and the film is set to hit theaters in May of 2023.

    Chief among the characters that Gunn brought into the public eye through the films is Nebula, played by Karen Gillan. Over the course of the two Guardians’ films and Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, the character has gradually grown into a bigger role as Gillan has grown into a bigger star. Gillan’s latest film, a sci-fi movie about clones titled Dual, premiered last week at Sundance. During a recent AMA with Dual co-star Aaron Paul, Gillan talked about what it’s like working with Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn.

    It’s a juggernaut movie, right? Like all the Marvel films are but what James Gunn brings to it is this real indie spirit. Like it doesn’t necessarily feel like…like you’re not so aware that you’re making a giant movie. It’s like…it fells as loose and free and as flexible as an indie can feel sometimes. And he always directs with a microphone. And so you’re always just getting like this booming voice from God, essentially. He’s like, “Do it again. Do it like this.” And then he throws out lines that aren’t even in the script. And you know, “Call him this. Do this.” And then you literally hear him laughing over the microphone, which is also maybe the best feeling ever, too. Your like, “Yes, I made him laugh.”

    There is no doubt that Gunn will look to tell a monster of a story in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 as not only is it the last go around for the characters that he’s spent the better part of a decade developing, but also potentially his last time in a director’s chair for Marvel Studios as he looks to work more closely with DC. Given the quality of Gunn’s two most recent superhero projects, The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker, MCU fans could be in for something very special.

    Source: Instagram

  • RUMOR: ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’s to Feature the High Evolutionary as its Main Villain

    RUMOR: ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’s to Feature the High Evolutionary as its Main Villain

    After many delays, we’ve been anxiously awaiting the next entry in the Guardians of the Galaxy film. James Gunn’s final romp into the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s galaxy will feature our favorite ragtag team of space heroes. Even after all this time, it’s surprising how little we know about the actual project, but it turns out we might’ve gotten our first hint at the main antagonist.

    KC Walsh, who is famous for his work on GWW and dropped the World War Hulk news, recently appeared on the Change My Mind podcast and seemingly revealed that the upcoming threequel will feature the High Revolutionary as its main antagonist. He highlights that he is “essentially the idea in the movie is that he’s gonna be the one who created Rocket,” which has been hinted at something that the film would explore. His full quote states that:

    I did hear – this is a thing that’s been floating around – the villain of Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 is the High Evolutionary.

    KC Walsh

    Exploring Rocket’s origin sounds like a promising direction for the franchise, as he’s also been the emotional core of some of the stories. Of course, we don’t know how it continues the story out of Thor: Love and Thunder where they’ll be featured and if they continue their hunt for Gamora from a different timeline. We still have some time until it releases but it’ll be interesting to see what the future has in store for the Guardians.

    Source: YouTube via The Direct

  • Kumail Nanjiani Almost Didn’t Join ‘Eternals’ Due to ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’

    Kumail Nanjiani Almost Didn’t Join ‘Eternals’ Due to ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’

    Sometimes things happen for a reason. There are castings that are hard to imagine being played by someone else, but others were you imagine what could’ve been. It seems that Kumail Nanjiani had quite a curious history in joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We now know him as the Eternal Kingo, but it seems he almost didn’t have the role. In an interview with the podcast My Mom’s Basement, writer Kaz Firpo pointed out that the actor didn’t initially join the project because he was already cast in James Gunn‘s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.

    Little fun fact, we literally basically pitched from like the jump. We were like, we love Kumail, we love everything he pretty much has done, specifically Silicon Valley and what he is up to. And we pitched to the producers right from the beginning, like it’s got to be Kumail. They were like: ‘It can’t be because he’s got a role in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, James Gunn like has already written him into it so he can’t do Eternals.’

    Kaz Firpo

    Of course, as we all know things didn’t quite pan out for the third Guardians film early on and it got delayed indefinitely. Luckily, the wait has come to an end, as it just recently entered production. Sadly, the writer has pointed out that they don’t know what role exactly he had, but it’s quite interesting that Gunn wrote one with him in mind. Perhaps we’ll find out later down the line once we’ve learned more about the threequel.

    You can watch the full interview on the topic here:

    Source: Twitter

  • Chris Pratt Gives Details on the First Day of Production for ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’

    Chris Pratt Gives Details on the First Day of Production for ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’

    Once upon a time, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 was scheduled to hit theaters in May of 2020. As it turns out, if things go according to plan, we’ll see what director James Gunn has called the final chapter for this version of the team 3 years after that original date. It’s been a long time coming, both for fans and for the cast of the film, but production finally began on the film yesterday and, according to star Chris Pratt, the wait will be worth it for us all.

    Following the first day, Pratt took the time to give some feedback on the first day via Instagram and left us wondering just exactly what went on:

    We’ve heard several members of the cast describe the Vol. 3 script as emotional and with Gunn continuing to insist it’s the end of the line for this version of the team and indicating that it’s quite possible some members of the team won’t make it out of this one alive, it’s no surprise to see Pratt share those sentiments.

    Films don’t always shoot scenes in the order in which they appear in the film and thank to Gunn, we know what cast members were on set yesterday, including newcomer Chukwudi Iwuji. Given Pratt’s comments and the presence of both Iwuji and Zoe Saldana (whose Gamora will probably need some time to be located and figure out her place on the team since she is the time-displaced version of the character), it’s possible the scene filmed yesterday could be one from later on in the film where one of the characters has met his or her fate. Pratt says the movie will be worth the wait and for now, we’ll have to take his word for it.

    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is currently scheduled to rock into theaters on May 5, 2023.

  • ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’

    ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’

    Premiere: May 5, 2023

    Originally scheduled to release in May of 2020, James Gunn’s dismissal and return as director pushed the film down the road a bit. In May 2021 we got confirmation of the newly scheduled release date, with the movie moving to May 2023. By late June 2021, production was said to be eyeing a November start date.

    In October 2021 a trade report and later James Gunn himself confirmed that Adam Warlock, a character teased in the previous Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 2, would be played by Will Poulter. The same happened a few months later as Daniela Melchior (The Suicide Squad) was reported to be appearing in the threequel, with James Gunn confirming said announcement just a few hours later. Later that same month both Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm) and Nico Santos (Crazy Rich Asians) joined the cast, both in undisclosed roles. Both Iwuji and Bakalova later had their roles officially confirmed at San Diego Comic-Con 2022.

    Cast

    • Chris Pratt as Peter Quill / Star-Lord
    • Zoe Saldana as Gamora
    • Dave Bautista as Drax
    • Karen Gillan as Nebula
    • Pom Klementieff as Mantis
    • Sean Gunn as Kraglin
    • Vin Diesel as the voice of Groot
    • Bradley Cooper as the voice of Rocket
    • Will Poulter as Adam Warlock
    • Chukwudi Iwuji as the High Evolutionary
    • Maria Bakalova as Cosmo
    • Elizabeth Debicki as Ayesha
    • Daniela Melchior in an unknown role
    • Nico Santos in an unknown role