Disney's boss offers hints of a Guardians Of The Galaxy 2, as Marvel releases new pictures from the film...
As things stand, Marvel's phase three of movies in its cinematic universe is set to feature Captain America 3, Thor 3, Ant-Man, The Avengers 3 and more than likely Doctor Strange. Unless Marvel is looking to slot a sixth film into this particular phase, that's your lot until 2018.
One name missing from that slate is a possible Guardians Of The Galaxy 2. The first film, directed by James Gunn, is due out on August 1st, and is arguably the toughest sell Marvel has to date. That said, the trailer certainly helped. However, as things stand, there's no space in Marvel's calendar for a sequel until at least 2018 - which would be four years after the first movie came out.
But is Marvel planning a sequel anyway, or is this more of a standalone? Well, according to Disney CEO Bob Iger, Guardians Of The Galaxy is a film "we believe... has strong franchise potential". Those are not the words of a man who has ruled out Guardians Of The Galaxy 2 at all.
Talking further about the film, Iger said that it's "a whole other Marvel realm or universe in terms of where it takes place, the characters that populate it and the stories that you can tell for those characters. So, I think, I'm not going to predict that we've got another Avengers on our hands, but that's certainly the goal".
One last thing on Guardians Of The Galaxy while we're here: Marvel has released a pair of new stills from the film, featuring Chris Pratt. You can see those below.
Guardians Of The Galaxy arrives in cinemas on August 1st 2014.
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Any reason why his "Eye-lights" are down closer to the level of his nose? The faux-brows are about eye level...
OF COURSE it has "franchise potential". Aside from the Thanos & infinity Stone connections to the other Marvel-verse flicks, Im betting that this movie is gonna surprise a LOT of folks who have no clue who these characters are in a VERY good way. As Iger said--you could tell a whole range of stories with these characters and the supporting cast of baddies , AND--though its set far across the Galaxy, they COULD end up on Earth at times, and interact with the better known Avengers, as has happened in the comics.
If GotG is as funny and entertaining as I think it will be, it's going to be a smash, and very possibly THE blockbuster film of the summer.
agreed--I think it has the potential to catch folks off guard & blow them away in the same way the original Star Wars did
Well, I don't know about that. I do think that Rocket Raccoon could be a huge merchandising opportunity if they pull it off. I just hope the script is tight and the film is funny and exciting. If it's good then it will do really well.
while I admit its a stretch of a comparison, the way I mean it is the fact that nobody knew anything about Star Wars & even FOX expected it to be a tax write off. While Marvel certainly expects this to succeed, it has the same unknown by most quality to it & it is looking like it has that fun space saga vibe that SW did--at least to me. I love Pratt on Parks & Rec & he seems to be playing StarLord with a Han Solo-like cockyness & the whole team seems cast very well to me, as a fan of the comic for a number of years