Guardians of the Galaxy 3 director James Gunn explains why he won’t factor Thor: Love and Thunder into the finale of his trilogy.
James Gunn has explained why Thor: Love and Thunder won’t have any impact on Guardians of the Galaxy 3. A few years ago, star lord and company intercepted an Asgardian distress signal and rescued the God of Thunder. This happened at the beginning of Avengers: Infinity Warafter the brutal attack of Thanos. After becoming one of the comic claims of that film, the Thor of Chris Hemsworth traveled aboard the benatar beside Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) and the rest of “Asgardians of the Galaxy”, as he called them at the end of Avengers: Endgame.
Thor: Love and Thunderthe long-awaited sequel to Thor: Ragnarök directed by Taika Waititi, hit theaters in early July. Chris Hemsworth returned in his solo movie letter giving life to the leading hero. events happen after Avengers: Endgameso we find the Asgardian god next to Star-Lord, Drax the Destroyer, Mantis, Rocket, nebula Y groot. However, James Gunn’s motley crew of misfits only appear in the film for a few minutes. That’s supposed to be where we’ll pick them up at Guardians of the Galaxy 3. But, seen what has been seen, it will not be like that.
The repercussion of the appearance of these characters next to the God of Thunder is practically non-existent
James Gunn has confirmed that the events of Thor: Love and Thunder will have little effect on Guardians of the Galaxy 3. She has completely passed them by. In an interview given to ScreenRant during the San Diego Comic Con 2022Director of peacemaker briefly mentioned their characters’ reduced role in Taika Waititi’s film. When asked about it, the filmmaker admitted that he wrote the script for the finale of the trilogy long before he knew they were going to be in the God of Thunder movie. Therefore, he did not even contemplate that possibility. It pretends it doesn’t exist.
“The appearance of the characters in Thor: Love and Thunder will not have an impact“said the director of Guardians of the Galaxy 3, James Gunn. “I wrote the script without thinking that someday they would be having adventures with the God of Thunder. So no, they are not affected by this story at all“. The third Guardians film, the last in the saga with these characters and this filmmaker, will be released on May 5, 2023. As confirmed Marvel Studioswill be part of the MCU Phase 5.