James Gunn Answers Guardians Holiday Special and Future DC Questions

It’s becoming that James Gunn simply launched a vacation particular as a result of he’s at the moment the intense star on the middle of the superhero film world. Not solely did Gunn simply launch The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special forward of subsequent 12 months’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, however he’s additionally the brand new co-head of DC Films, at the moment figuring out learn how to compete with Marvel throughout all media.

If these forms of issues curiosity you—and should you’re studying this, they in all probability do—Gunn’s Twitter is a must-follow. He’s one in all a really, very small handful of highly effective geek creatives who nonetheless actively engages on the platform, and this previous weekend Gunn was in full drive, answering followers’ burning questions concerning the Guardians and even teasing some bigger generalizations about the way forward for DC.

Starting with Guardians, Gunn did his finest to clear up one of many greater questions surrounding the particular, which is when and the way did the Guardians of the Galaxy purchase Knowhere, the massive celestial cranium the place the Collector resided within the first movie. “Although the Guardians are sometimes heroes, they work as mercenaries & it brings in a fair amount of money,” Gunn tweeted. “So after Thanos attacked Knowhere they bought it from the Collector. It was a burnt out husk & they’ve been rebuilding it.” On Knowhere, we see the Guardians are actually associates with Cosmo, the canine briefly seen within the Collector’s assortment within the authentic Guardians. Gunn confirmed Cosmo hadn’t left, and met the Guardians on the planet.

In phrases of timelines between the Holiday Special and the Guardians’ final look in Thor: Love and Thunder, Gunn was rather less clear. “I’m not sure how it works out in the timeline (these things aren’t discussed) but in my mind they were only with Thor a few weeks,” he said. He was clear although on why Peter Quill is much less OK going again to Earth than he’s different locations. “Because when we’re 8 years old we process trauma much, much differently than we do when we’re 38,” Gunn tweeted. 

There additionally gave the impression to be many, many questions on the brand new Groot, which Gunn has lovingly dubbed “Swole Groot.” In his thoughts, this isn’t the identical Groot we noticed within the first movie who lovingly sacrificed himself for his crew. And with a brand new life and experiences, that explains why his physique has developed in a different way. “I think it’s explicit in the movies,” Gunn tweeted. “As Baby Groot was explicitly a baby without the knowledge of OG Groot. But now that Groot’s body is developing differently it’s more obvious.”

Answering questions concerning the practicality of the particular, Gunn confirmed what was, and wasn’t actual, when it comes to taking pictures places. “Knowhere was mostly practical with some extensions & the spaceship (& Hollywood Blvd) were all practical,” he said.

Just a bevy of Marvel info. Since it’s a lot newer in Gunn’s profession, his openness about the way forward for DC Film was definitely much less particular, however no much less thrilling. “The DCU will be connected across film and TV (and animation),” Gunn said, sort of wrapping up a slew of tweets the place he mentioned there can be 2D and 3D animation, that a number of the animations would tie into the world of the films and TV (while others won’t), future video games will tie into the bigger DC Universe, he expects to write down and direct some DC tasks sooner or later, and whereas there’s communication between movie and comics, he’s solely concerned with the movies.

Finally, whereas Gunn is trustworthy that he’s solely been at DC just a few weeks and plans are in place, he expects at least some news to be out about his and co-chair Peter Safran’s plans effectively earlier than subsequent 12 months’s San Diego Comic-Con. But within the meantime, he’s bought to complete and promote Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, which can tie up not simply the story of the Guardians, however Gunn’s at Marvel too.

What’s the primary takeaway right here? Well, observe James Gunn on Twitter for one. And two, everybody please preserve being good to him so he doesn’t depart. Because it’s unimaginable to have somebody with such affect be so accessible.

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