It’s been six years and an extended than anticipated wait, however the MCU’s group of sci-fi misfits return with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Famously, the film was backburnered after the firing of franchise author/director James Gunn in 2018, adopted by his rehiring the next 12 months. Throughout that window the place he was not employed by Marvel Studios, Gunn made his personal superhero horror movie Brightburn, then jumped ship over to Warner Bros. to direct and write The Suicide Squad (and its TV spinoff Peacemaker), then get employed full time to co-lead DC Studios and write/direct a Superman film.
Guardians 3 has loads using on it; along with being Gunn’s last Marvel movie for the subsequent decade, it’s additionally the final hurrah for one of many MCU’s “classic” franchises like Iron Man, Thor, and Steve Rogers’ Captain America films. In between their final principal film and now, the Guardians bought to hold with the Avengers in Infinity Warfare and Endgame, pal round with Thor for a little bit little bit of Love & Thunder, and star in a vacation particular.
However now that they’re headlining their very own film once more, it sounds prefer it was effectively definitely worth the wait, as Guardians 3 has gotten fairly optimistic critiques and viewers reactions. Largely deemed a satisfying finish for Gunn’s trilogy and touching story for Bradley Cooper’s Rocket Raccoon, it’s additionally been referred to as probably the greatest MCU films in fairly a while. And it’s had the added impact of serving to renew an appreciation for the earlier two installments within the sequence. Wherever the subsequent incarnation of Guardians go from right here, the unique batch of films have positively left an impression on audiences that’ll opens up some fascinating prospects for his or her future adventures.
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