James Gunn says Guardians of the Galaxy 3 is the end of the story
James Gunn loves interacting with fans on social media. When someone asked about him potentially working on a fourth Guardians of the Galaxy movie, he was incredibly candid about the franchise’s future. Though he’s open to anything, he wrote Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 as the bookend to the story that started in the first movie. “Me? Never say never but I see Vol 3 as the end of the Guardians’ story I started telling back with Vol 1.”
Gunn’s post comes as Drax actor Dave Bautista suggested that his Marvel contract will be up at the end of filming Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Bautista insisted that Drax could still live on through another actor, but Gunn only sees Bautista in the role.
Will Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 be the final Guardians movie?
When Guardians of the Galaxy debuted in 2014, no one knew how the story of a rag-tag team of space-faring loners would be received. The Guardians weren’t as well-known as other Marvel characters like Iron Man or Captain America. Upon its debut, Rocket, Groot and the rest of the team became instant icons.
The movie’s success was a welcome sign for Marvel, proving that it could take even lesser known heroes and make them stars. A sequel was planned along with tie-ins to future Marvel movies, and Disney transformed the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror at Disneyland into Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission – Breakout.
Bautista, who has been with the franchise from the start, notes that by the time Vol. 3 is released he’ll be 54 years old and (probably) ready to hand the role to someone else. At the very least, he’s only under contract through the third movie, so his future with the franchise is uncertain.
Gunn insists that he would never want someone else to play Drax, so that puts a fourth movie into a challenging position because it would require contracts to be extended and that might not be possible.
Whether or not a fourth movie is forthcoming, it looks like James Gunn is working hard to ensure the third movie delivers a satisfying story that brings his characters to a fulfilling end, even if there are more adventures beyond the trilogy.
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