Guardians of the Galaxy 2 Release Date, News: James Gunn Reveals Sequel Details
James Gunn, director of the successful "Guardians of the Galaxy" movie and sometimes considered a maverick in the film industry, recently came out and shared with fans some details about the upcoming "Guardians of the Galaxy" sequel. While Marvel Studios chooses to keep things hush-hush in most of its movie projects, Gunn has broken the mold once again by allowing himself to be interviewed about the movie.
In a recent interview done using a new livestreaming app called Periscope, Gunn gamely shared the status of the film's script. He said that he was 70 pages into the script and he has lined up various meetings with Marvel folks this week to plan out how he will implement his plans for the movie.
He also acknowledged that the studio had earlier called his plan as "very risky" but that they "trust him and was okay with his seemingly radical plan."
The sequel "is not really based on anything. The story for Guardians 2 is an original story that I came up with that I started working on actually while I was shooting Guardians 1, and it'll answer some of the questions that were put forth in the first movie about Peter Quill's father and who he is and what's going on with that," he previously told Screen Crush.
Another revelation is about two new characters who will important to Guardians movies as well as the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
He did not reveal who these two new characters are during the interview, however. One of the things he confirmed is the return of Nebula, played by Karen Gillan. Nebula is the adopted sister of Gamora, one of the Guardians played by Zoe Saldana. Some speculations says that perhaps the two will pick up where they left off in the first movie. Ronan, the other villain who made an appearance in the first movie, will not come back as he was killed off the first time around.
Shooting is set to begin in February 2016 at Pinewood Studios in Atlanta. It is slated for a May 5, 2017 release.
