All eyes have been on Avengers: Infinity War and its sequel to this point, so any real discussion about what is coming in the mysterious phase four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is still inside the heads of the filmmakers who will tackle the first films on that era. We know that Jake Gyllenhaal will jump into Mysterio’s fishbowl for the sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming in 2019, but James Gunn’s third foray into the Marvel galaxy with the Guardians hasn’t revealed too much just yet.
But Gunn did hop on social media to post an image of him working on the script for the film and answered some fan questions about what they might expect from the third film, including the soundtrack which he says is “mostly” done, but he’s “changed it a lot, so who knows!”
According to some of the other answers, Gunn is deep in his process on the third script and gave fans a look at what it takes for him to put one together at this point:
“I’m more than a year into the process, so the script is far along. For many, many months I first write the treatment which is 80 pages or so with photographs. That turns into GotG – I’m now rewriting and making sure my rough draft works…
“It’s very, very, very different,” Gunn said. “Very different, but I won’t say how! You’ll have to wait to see the movie, it’s a long time away.”
The “very, very, very different” line could always be typical fluff, but it does fall in line with Gunn’s other statements on the films elsewhere — calling a “complex” film in one Twitter post. Will it involve a direct reaction to the events of Infinity War and Avengers 4? The idea is certainly there if they want to tackle it and the arrival of Adam Warlock could signal that as a potential plotline.
https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1003009736290140160
As for the Marvel characters we could see in the film, Gunn says he could “add anyone Marvel owns” at this point and doesn’t face the red tape you might expect. He also clears up the possibility of any Fox characters making their way into his film, saying that he’s already chosen the characters he’ll have in the movie, and any Fox additions won’t happen in “any major way” since the writing process is too far along at this point. He did say that the studio doesn’t own Venom, so don’t expect Tom Hardy to ever make the jump into space as the character as he did in the comics. At least not for a long while.
Elsewhere, giving us a little misdirection or blurb to save his hide, Chris Pratt discussed when he’ll start shooting Guardians 3 and where it might fit in with what happened in Infinity War:
“I’m slated to film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 in January…
“We don’t know yet, time-wise, where that lines up [with Avengers 4],” he said. “I’m hoping it’s not the last you’ll see me, but I can’t be sure.”
The odds of anything sticking from Infinity War seem pretty low without all of this possible spoilers or leaks that are being reported. That doesn’t mean Avengers 4 and a few Guardians-related tidbits, in particular, won’t affect the third film in the franchise. Whatever Pratt and Gunn can share might be very limited until next summer.
At least he didn’t share any more heartbreaking Groot background information.
(Via SyFy Wire / ComicBook.com / Gamespot)