''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'' is a 2017 American
superhero film
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based on the
Marvel Comics
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superhero team
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Guardians of the Galaxy is a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
It may more specifically refer to:
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, produced by
Marvel Studios
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and distributed by
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
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. It is the sequel to ''
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Guardians of the Galaxy is a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
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'' (2014) and
the 15th film in the
Marvel Cinematic Universe
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(MCU). Written and directed by
James Gunn
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, the film stars an
ensemble cast
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Structure
In contrast to ...
featuring
Chris Pratt
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,
Zoe Saldaña
Zoë Yadira Saldaña-Perego (née Saldaña Nazario; born June 19, 1978) is an American actress widely known for her work in science fiction franchises, she has appeared in three of the five highest-grossing films of all time (''Avatar'', '' Av ...
,
Dave Bautista
David Michael Bautista Jr. (born January 18, 1969) is an American actor and retired professional wrestler. He had several stints in WWE between 2002 and 2019. In his acting career, he is most widely known for his portrayal of Drax the Destro ...
,
Vin Diesel
Mark Sinclair (born July 18, 1967), known professionally as Vin Diesel, is an American actor. One of the world's highest-grossing actors, he is best known for playing Dominic Toretto in the ''Fast & Furious'' franchise.
Diesel began audition ...
,
Bradley Cooper
Bradley Charles Cooper (born January 5, 1975) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and two Grammy Awards, in addition to nominations for nine Academy Awards, si ...
,
Michael Rooker
Michael Rooker (born April 6, 1955) is an American actor known for his roles as Henry in '' Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer'' (1986), Chick Gandil in ''Eight Men Out'' (1988), Frank Baily in ''Mississippi Burning'' (1988), Terry Cruger in ''S ...
,
Karen Gillan
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,
Pom Klementieff
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,
Sylvester Stallone
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, and
Kurt Russell
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. In the film, the
Guardians
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* ''The Guardian'', a British daily newspaper
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travel throughout the cosmos as they help
Peter Quill
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learn more about his mysterious parentage.
The film was officially announced at the 2014
San Diego Comic-Con International
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before the theatrical release of the first film, along with James Gunn's return from the first film, with the title of the sequel revealed a year later in June 2015.
Principal photography
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Personnel
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began in February 2016 at
Pinewood Atlanta Studios
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in
Fayette County, Georgia
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, with many crew changes from the first film due to other commitments. Filming concluded in June 2016. James Gunn chose to set the sequel shortly after the first film to explore the characters' new roles as the Guardians, and to follow the storyline of Quill's father established throughout that previous film. Russell was confirmed as Quill's father in July 2016, portraying Ego, a departure from Quill's comic father.
''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'' premiered in Tokyo on April 10, 2017, and was released in the United States on May 5, 2017, as part of
Phase Three of the MCU. It grossed more than $863 million worldwide, making it the
eighth-highest-grossing film of 2017, while also outgrossing its predecessor. The film received praise for its visuals, direction, soundtrack, humor, and performances, though some critics deemed it inferior to the original. It received a nomination for
Best Visual Effects at the
90th Academy Awards
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. A sequel, ''
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3'' (stylized as ''Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3'') is an upcoming American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team Guardians of the Galaxy (2008 team), Guardians of the Galaxy, produced by Ma ...
'', will be released on May 5, 2023, preceded by a
Disney+
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special ''
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
''The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special'' is an American television special written and directed by James Gunn for the streaming service Disney+, based on Marvel Comics featuring the superhero team Guardians of the Galaxy. It is the secon ...
'', released in November 2022.
Plot
In 2014,
Peter Quill
Star-Lord (Peter Jason Quill) is a fictional character and superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character, created by Steve Englehart and Steve Gan, first appeared in ''Marvel Preview'' #4 (January 1976) ...
,
Gamora
Gamora is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer/artist Jim Starlin, the character first appeared in ''Strange Tales'' #180 (June 1975). Gamora is the adopted daughter of Thanos, and ...
,
Drax,
Rocket
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, and
Baby Groot are renowned as the
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Guardians of the Galaxy is a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
It may more specifically refer to:
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* Guardians of the Galaxy (1969 team), the original 31st-century team fr ...
.
Ayesha, leader of the Sovereign race, has the Guardians protect valuable batteries from Abilisk, an inter-dimensional monster, in exchange for Gamora's estranged sister
Nebula
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, who was caught attempting to steal the batteries. After Rocket steals the batteries for himself, the Sovereign attacks the Guardians' ship with a fleet of drones. A mysterious figure destroys the drones and the Guardians crash-land on a nearby planet. There, this figure reveals himself as Quill's father,
Ego, and invites Quill, Gamora, and Drax to his home planet. Rocket and Groot remain behind to repair the ship and guard Nebula.
Meanwhile, Ayesha hires
Yondu Udonta
Yondu Udonta, or simply Yondu (), is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The original version of the character is depicted as the last survivor of his species in the 31st century, and is a founding ...
and his crew, who have been exiled from the greater
Ravager community for
child trafficking
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, to recapture the Guardians. They capture Rocket, but when Yondu hesitates to turn over Quill, whom he raised, his lieutenant
Kraglin Obfonteri
Kraglin is a fictional alien appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by plotter Stan Lee, writer Ernie Hart and artist Don Heck, he first appeared in ''Tales to Astonish'' #46 (August 1963). He is a member of the Rava ...
questions his objectivity, and another lieutenant,
Taserface
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Taserface appears in several forms of media, such as the Ma ...
, leads a mutiny with help from Nebula. Taserface imprisons Rocket and Yondu aboard the latter's ship and executes his loyalists by releasing them into the
vacuum of space. Nebula leaves to find and kill Gamora, whom she blames for the torture inflicted on her by their adoptive father,
Thanos
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. While imprisoned, Rocket and Yondu bond. Groot and Kraglin, the latter having never intended to start the mutiny, free Rocket and Yondu, and they use Yondu's arrow to destroy the ship and its crew as they escape, but Taserface warns the Sovereign before dying.
Ego, a god-like
Celestial
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* Objects or events seen in the sky and the following astronomical terms:
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** Celes ...
that manipulated the matter around his consciousness to form his "home" planet, explains that he projected a humanoid guise to travel the universe and discover a purpose, eventually falling in love with Quill's mother
Meredith. Ego hired Yondu to collect the young Quill after Meredith's death, but the boy was never delivered, and Ego has been searching for him ever since. He teaches Quill to manipulate the Celestial power. Nebula arrives at Ego's planet and tries to kill Gamora, but the pair reach an uneasy alliance when they discover a cavern filled with skeletal remains. Ego reveals to Quill that in his travels, he planted seedlings on thousands of worlds that can
terraform into new extensions of himself, but only the power of two Celestials can activate them. To that end, he impregnated countless women and hired Yondu to collect some of the children, but killed them all when they failed to access the Celestial power. At first, under Ego's influence, Quill fights back when Ego reveals that he gave Meredith the brain tumor that killed her due to the distraction she posed, forcing Ego to parasitically draw Quill's energy to activate the seedlings, which begin to consume every world.
Mantis
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, Ego's naïve
empath
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servant, grows close to Drax and warns him of Ego's plan. Gamora and Nebula also learn of the plan as Rocket, Yondu, Groot, and Kraglin arrive. The reunited Guardians travel to Ego's brain at the planet's core, during which Yondu reveals that he kept Quill to spare him from the fate of Ego's other progeny. As they come under attack from the Sovereign's drones, Rocket makes a bomb using the stolen batteries, which Groot plants on the brain. Quill fights Ego with his newfound Celestial powers to distract him long enough for the other Guardians and Mantis to escape. The bomb explodes, killing Ego and disintegrating the planet. Quill loses his Celestial powers soon after Ego's death. Yondu sacrifices himself to save Quill and dies in the vacuum of space. Having reconciled with Gamora, Nebula still chooses to leave and resume her quest to kill Thanos by herself. The Guardians hold a funeral for Yondu, which Kraglin and dozens of Ravager ships attend, acknowledging Yondu's sacrifice and accepting him as a Ravager again. During the funeral, Gamora admits she loves Peter, and they become a couple.
In a series of mid-and
post-credit scene
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s, Kraglin takes up Yondu's telekinetic arrow and control-fin; Ravager leader
Stakar Ogord reunites with his ex-teammates; Ayesha creates a new artificial being with whom she plans to destroy the Guardians, naming him Adam; Groot has grown into a teenager; and a group of uninterested
Watchers abandon their informant, who is discussing his experiences on Earth.
Cast
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Chris Pratt
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as
Peter Quill / Star-Lord:
The half-human, half-
Celestial
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** Celes ...
leader of the
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Guardians of the Galaxy is a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
It may more specifically refer to:
Comic book teams
* Guardians of the Galaxy (1969 team), the original 31st-century team fr ...
who was abducted from Earth as a child and raised by a group of alien thieves and smugglers called the
Ravagers.
Pratt, who returns as part of a multi-film contract with Marvel,
said Quill is now famous throughout "the galaxy for having saved so many people... He feels like he's part of this group, a leader of this group. He's a little more responsible and trying to stay out of trouble, but not necessarily doing the best job."
Pratt stated that working on the film forced him to come to terms with the death of his own father.
Wyatt Oleff
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once again portrays a young Quill.
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Zoe Saldaña
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as
Gamora
Gamora is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer/artist Jim Starlin, the character first appeared in ''Strange Tales'' #180 (June 1975). Gamora is the adopted daughter of Thanos, and ...
:
A member of the Guardians and an orphan from an alien world who seeks redemption for her past crimes. She was trained by Thanos to be his personal assassin.
Saldaña described Gamora's role in the team as "the voice of reason", saying, "She's surrounded by all these dudes who are so stupid half the time,"
and added that she is the "Mom" of the team, saying that she is "just a meticulous, detailed, professional individual."
Regarding Gamora's relationship with Nebula, Saldaña described it as "volatile" and added, "we're starting somewhere very crazy but appropriate given where we had ended things off in the first installment".
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Dave Bautista
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as
Drax the Destroyer
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:
A member of the Guardians and highly skilled warrior.
Bautista waited for the final version of the script to not take "away from the magic", which he felt had happened when he read early drafts of the first film.
He added that "I wasn't crazy about my part
n ''Vol. 2'', initially It went a different direction than what I thought they were going to go with Drax," noting he did not "think Drax was that significant in the film". The part "clicked" for Bautista after the
table read
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In addition to the ca ...
with the other cast.
Bautista called Drax "more funny, driven" than in the first film,
and having "a sense of innocence and heartbreak about him",
despite "most people's first perception of Drax
hat
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he's just a big, muscly brute".
Bautista's makeup took only 90 minutes to apply, down from four hours for the first film. He would have to sit in a sauna at the end of the day to get the makeup off, after his makeup test was found to be too "abrasive".
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Vin Diesel
Mark Sinclair (born July 18, 1967), known professionally as Vin Diesel, is an American actor. One of the world's highest-grossing actors, he is best known for playing Dominic Toretto in the ''Fast & Furious'' franchise.
Diesel began audition ...
as
Baby Groot:
A member of the Guardians who is a tree-like humanoid and the accomplice of Rocket.
The character began growing from a
sapling
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at the end of the first film, with
James Gunn
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intending for him to be fully grown by the sequel. Gunn eventually decided to keep him as "Baby Groot", which was one of the reasons the film is set only a few months after the first.
Gunn described Baby Groot as the son of Groot from the first film,
with Diesel explaining that "we're going to see this goofy, adorable, baby Groot
ust UST or Ust may refer to:
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kinda learning as he goes."
Prop master
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Russell Bobbitt created a 1:1 scale model of the Baby Groot for filming, to use as a lighting reference and sometimes as a puppet for the actors to interact with.
As Groot only communicates with the phrase "I am Groot" in different inflections, Gunn created a "Groot Version" of the script for himself and Diesel, which contains each of Groot's lines in English.
Diesel used a higher register of his voice for Baby Groot, which was pitched up by seven to nine
semitone
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It is defined as the interval between two adjacent no ...
s depending on the take. He also delivered lines slowly to avoid any time stretching issues.
Diesel recorded Groot's voice for sixteen foreign-language releases of the film (up from six in the first film).
Sean Gunn
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provided on-set reference for adolescent Groot in the post-credit sequence.
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Bradley Cooper
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as
Rocket
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:
A member of the Guardians who is a genetically-engineered
raccoon
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-based bounty hunter, mercenary, and master of weapons and battle tactics.
Sean Gunn once again served as the stand-in for the character during filming,
with Cooper's performance also referenced.
Sean Gunn said that "Rocket has the same sort of crisis of faith
hat he had in the first filmabout whether or not he belongs in this family",
with James Gunn adding, "this is really about Rocket coming to terms with accepting his place within a group of people, which probably seemed like a good idea" when they were heroes together at the end of the first film, but now "he's just not very comfortable with the idea". Feige stated that the relationship between Rocket and Groot has changed, saying, "Groot was Rocket's protector in the first movie,
nd nowRocket is Groot's protector."
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Michael Rooker
Michael Rooker (born April 6, 1955) is an American actor known for his roles as Henry in '' Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer'' (1986), Chick Gandil in ''Eight Men Out'' (1988), Frank Baily in ''Mississippi Burning'' (1988), Terry Cruger in ''S ...
as
Yondu Udonta
Yondu Udonta, or simply Yondu (), is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The original version of the character is depicted as the last survivor of his species in the 31st century, and is a founding ...
:
A blue-skinned buccaneer of the Ravagers who is a fatherly figure to Quill and member of the Guardians. He is also the former deputy to Ayesha.
Yondu has a larger head fin in the film, to look closer to his comic counterpart,
and Rooker worked with the prosthetic department to add gaps to his prosthetic teeth, "just like real teeth", to aid him in whistling as the character.
Rooker explained that, for the sequel, Gunn "wanted people to experience more in-depth what Yondu was thinking and how he's feeling—a more serious Yondu." Rooker noted the complex relationship between Yondu and Quill where "we don't agree on things...they are constantly at each other's throats
utYondu truly cares about this kid."
Gunn was reluctant to kill Yondu in the film, but ultimately felt that "this is a story about a father's love for his son, his ultimate love, so much love that he sacrifices himself for that, and that's what Yondu is. He is 100 percent Peter Quill's father" despite Ego being Quill's biological father.
Before the release of ''Vol. 2'', Rooker spent time on the set of ''
Avengers: Infinity War'' (2018) to counteract rumors that the reason his character would not appear in that film was that he would die in this one.
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Karen Gillan
Karen Sheila Gillan (; born 28 November 1987) is a Scottish actress. She gained recognition for her work in British film and television, particularly for playing Amy Pond, a primary companion to the Eleventh Doctor in the science fiction seri ...
as
Nebula
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:
An adopted daughter of Thanos who was raised with Gamora as sisters and a former enemy of the Guardians.
Gillan stated the film would further explore the sisterly relationship between Nebula and Gamora,
including their backstory "and what happened to these two girls growing up and actually how awful it was for them and how it has ruined their relationship",
adding "we're
lsogoing to start to see how much pain
hanosactually caused
ebula.. we really start to see the emotional crack in her character".
While Gillan had to shave her head for the first film, she only had to shave half of her head for the sequel, taking away the underneath part and leaving the top.
Gillan's makeup took two and a half hours to apply, down from five hours for the first film.
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Pom Klementieff
Pom Alexandra Klementieff (; born 3 May 1986) is a French actress and model. She was trained at the Cours Florent drama school in Paris and appeared in such French films as '' The Easy Way'' (2008) and '' Sleepless Night'' (2011), before making ...
as
Mantis
Mantises are an order (Mantodea) of insects that contains over 2,400 species in about 460 genera in 33 families. The largest family is the Mantidae ("mantids"). Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. They ha ...
:
A mantis-like creature and member of the Guardians with empathic powers who lives with Ego.
Executive producer Jonathan Schwartz said the character "has never really experienced social interaction", and learns about "social intricacies" from the other Guardians.
Klementieff added, "She was really lonely and by herself, so it's a completely new thing to meet these people and to discover new things", comparing this to a child making awkward mistakes in social situations. Mantis and Drax have an "interesting" relationship in the film due to both being "complete odd balls".
Steve Englehart
Steve Englehart (; born April 22, 1947) is an American writer of comic books and novels. He is best known for his work at Marvel Comics and DC Comics in the 1970s and 1980s. His pseudonyms have included John Harkness and Cliff Garnett.
Early li ...
, Mantis' co-creator, was disappointed with the character's portrayal, saying, "That character has nothing to do with Mantis ... I really don't know why you would take a character who is as distinctive as Mantis is and do a completely different character and still call her Mantis."
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Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Enzio Stallone (; born Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone, ) is an American actor and filmmaker. After his beginnings as a struggling actor for a number of years upon arriving to New York City in 1969 and later Hollywood in 1974, h ...
as
Stakar Ogord:
A high-ranking Ravager who holds a grudge against Yondu.
Stallone likened his character's relationship with Yondu to a father-son relationship, and called the confrontation they have in the film "pretty intense".
For Stakar's acceptance of Yondu as a Ravager at the end of the film, Gunn asked Stallone to channel the "That'll do, pig" line from the film ''
Babe
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* Babe, a term of endearment
* A newborn baby
* An attractive (especially female) person
People Nickname
* Babe Adams (1882–1968), American Major League Baseball pitcher
* Babe Barna (1917–1972), American Maj ...
''.
Gunn described Stakar as "very important to the Marvel Universe",
and said that "it's our plan to see more of Stallone" in future MCU films, though he was not sure then if that would include ''Vol. 3''.
*
Kurt Russell
Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. He began acting on television at the age of 12 in the Westerns on television, western series ''The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (TV series), The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters'' (19 ...
as
Ego:
An ancient
Celestial
Celestial may refer to:
Science
* Objects or events seen in the sky and the following astronomical terms:
** Astronomical object, a naturally occurring physical entity, association, or structure that exists in the observable universe
** Celes ...
who is Quill's father.
Pratt was the first to suggest to Gunn that he consider Russell for the role; he portrays an avatar of Ego who is more traditionally seen in the comics in his "Living Planet" form.
Russell appreciated why he was wanted for the role after seeing Pratt's performance in the first film, feeling "That's my kinda guy. I know where that kind of goof comes from." He added, "I bring the right things
rom previous roles..I connected the dots from some of the things I've done in the past."
Ego replaces Quill's original comic father of
J'son,
and was allowed to be used in the film after
20th Century Fox
20th Century Studios, Inc. (previously known as 20th Century Fox) is an American film production company headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles. As of 2019, it serves as a film production arm of Walt Dis ...
reached a deal with Marvel Studios to return the film rights of Ego for changing the power set of
Negasonic Teenage Warhead
Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Ellie Phimister) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, the character first appeared in '' New X-Men'' #115 (2001). She is named after ...
, whom Fox wanted to use in ''
Deadpool
Deadpool is an antihero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Fabian Nicieza and artist/writer Rob Liefeld, the character first appeared in ''New Mutants'' #98 (cover-dated Feb. 1991). Initially, Deadp ...
'' (2016).
Gunn originally thought Marvel held the rights to the character, and stated that, had the deal with Fox not been made, there was "no back up plan, and it would
ave been
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nearly impossible to just drop another character in," given the extensive work done surrounding the character.
For the film's opening sequence, set in 1980 Missouri,
Aaron Schwartz served as facial reference for the young Ego.
Elizabeth Debicki
Elizabeth Debicki (born 24 August 1990) is an Australian actress. After studying drama at the Victorian College of the Arts, she made her film debut with a brief role in the Australian comedy ''A Few Best Men'' (2011). Debicki's role in Baz Luh ...
appears as
Ayesha, the golden High Priestess and the leader of the Sovereign people,
a genetically engineered race who are "gold and perfect and wanting to be physically and mentally impeccable". Gunn was "very specific" when writing the character, and after casting director Sarah Finn suggested Debicki, Gunn "knew right away that she was the one". Gunn highlighted the actress' beauty and height. Debicki wore platform shoes to increase her height to .
Chris Sullivan portrays
Taserface
Taserface is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a supervillain and a recurring adversary of the original Guardians of the Galaxy.
Taserface appears in several forms of media, such as the Ma ...
, the leader of a mutinous group of the Ravagers.
Gunn originally posted a photo of the comic book character on his social media after landing ''Guardians of the Galaxy'', calling him "the dumbest character of all time" and saying he would never feature the character in a film. After eventually deciding to use the character in the sequel, Gunn felt the character had given himself the name Taserface and is "a real dumbass".
Sullivan's makeup took two-and-a-half to three-and-a-half hours to apply each day.
Sean Gunn
Sean Gunn (born May 22, 1974) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Kirk Gleason on The WB series ''Gilmore Girls'' (2000–2007), and Kraglin Obfonteri in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In this role, he has been in the films ''Gu ...
appears as
Kraglin Obfonteri
Kraglin is a fictional alien appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by plotter Stan Lee, writer Ernie Hart and artist Don Heck, he first appeared in ''Tales to Astonish'' #46 (August 1963). He is a member of the Rava ...
, Yondu's second-in-command in the Ravagers.
Kraglin has an expanded role compared to the previous film—Sean Gunn explained, "In the first film he did a lot of just saying yes and being at Yondu's side, but in this movie things take a little bit of a different turn as Kraglin has a little bit of a crisis of conscience and has to decide whether he's going to stick with Yondu or join forces with the growing faction of mutineers."
Additionally, reprising their roles from the first film are
Laura Haddock
Laura Jane Haddock (born 21 August 1985) is an English actress. She is known for portraying Zoë Walker in ''White Lines (TV series), White Lines'', Kacie Carter in ''Honest (TV series), Honest'', Lucrezia in ''Da Vinci's Demons'', Meredith Quil ...
as
Meredith Quill,
Gregg Henry
Gregg Lee Henry (born May 6, 1952) is an American character actor and rock, blues and country musician.
He is best known for his performance as serial killer Dennis Rader in the made-for-television film '' The Hunt for the BTK Killer'', and for ...
as her father,
Seth Green
Seth Benjamin Green ( ''né'' Gesshel-Green; born February 8, 1974) is an American actor, producer, and writer. Green's film debut came with a role in the comedy-drama film ''The Hotel New Hampshire'' (1984), and he went on to have supporting ...
as the voice of
Howard the Duck
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, and canine actor Fred as
Cosmo
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* Cosmopolitan (magazine), ''Cosmopolitan'' (magazine), a magazine for women, sometimes referred to as "Cosmo"
* ''Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure'', a 1992 video game
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.
Members of Yondu's Ravager crew appearing in the film include
Evan Jones as Retch,
Jimmy Urine
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Early life
James Eurin ...
as Half-Nut,
Stephen Blackehart
Stephen T. Blackehart (born December 1, 1967) is an American character actor, author, and producer.
Education
Blackehart began his artistic education at the University of South Florida under BAFTA-winning character actor Paul Massie, before ...
as Brahl,
Steve Agee
Steven Douglas Agee (; born February 26, 1969) is an American comedian, actor, writer and musician, known for roles including Steve Myron on the Comedy Central series ''The Sarah Silverman Program'' and as John Economos in the 2021 superhero fil ...
as Gef,
Mike Escamilla as Scrote,
Joe Fria as Oblo, Terence Rosemore as Narblik,
and
Tommy Flanagan
Thomas Lee Flanagan (March 16, 1930 – November 16, 2001) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He grew up in Detroit, initially influenced by such pianists as Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, and Nat King Cole, and then by bebop musicians. ...
as Tullk,
as well as
Charred Walls of the Damned
Charred Walls of the Damned is an American heavy metal supergroup formed in 2009 consisting of drummer Richard Christy, bassist Steve Di Giorgio, vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens and guitarist Jason Suecof. The band was formed by Christy after a fiv ...
drummer and ''
Howard Stern Show
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'' personality
Richard Christy
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in a cameo appearance.
The other members of Stakar and Yondu's old team, based on the comic's
original incarnation of the Guardians of the Galaxy, include
Michael Rosenbaum
Michael Owen Rosenbaum (born July 11, 1972) is an American actor and podcaster. He is known for portraying Lex Luthor on the Superman television series ''Smallville'', a role that ''TV Guide'' included in their 2013 list of "The 60 Nastiest Vill ...
as
Martinex
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,
Ving Rhames
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as
Charlie-27
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, and
Michelle Yeoh
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as
Aleta Ogord
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.
Also included in the team are the CG characters
Krugarr
Kaecilius
Elloe Kaifi
Kala
Jennifer Kale
Noble Kale
Kaluu
Kamikaze
Kamran
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and
Mainframe
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, with the latter voiced, in an uncredited cameo, by
Miley Cyrus
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.
Rosenbaum had previously auditioned to play Peter Quill in ''Vol. 1''.
Gunn cast Yeoh because of his love of 1990s
Hong Kong films
The cinema of Hong Kong ( zh, t=香港電影) is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China and the cinema of Taiwan. As a former British colony, Hong Kong had a greater degree of po ...
,
and Cyrus after admiring "the tone of her voice" while watching her as a coach on ''
The Voice
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Fictional entities
* The Voice or Presence, a fictional representation of God in DC Comics
* The Voice (''Dune''), a fictional ability in the ''Dune'' universe
* The Voice, a character in the American TV series ''Cleo ...
''.
He added that the team would return in future MCU films alongside Stallone's Stakar.
Stan Lee
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appears as an informant to the
Watchers, discussing previous adventures that include his cameos in other MCU films; he specifically mentions his time as a
FedEx
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delivery man, which connects to Lee's cameo as a FedEx delivery man in ''
Captain America: Civil War'' (2016).
This acknowledged the fan theory that Lee may be portraying the same character in all his cameos,
with Gunn noting that "people thought Stan Lee is a Watcher and that all of these cameos are part of him being a Watcher. So, Stan Lee as a guy who is working for the Watchers was something that I thought was fun for the MCU."
Feige added that Lee "clearly exists, you know, above and apart from the reality of all the films. So the notion that he could be sitting there on a cosmic pit stop during the jump gate sequence in ''Guardians''...really says, so wait a minute, he's this same character who's popped up in all these films?"
Lee filmed several different versions of the scene, including an alternative where he references his role in ''Deadpool'', which would have been the first acknowledgment of the
''X-Men'' film series by an MCU film.
Gunn later admitted that the ''Civil War'' reference is a
continuity error
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Continuity is particularly a concern in the production of ...
, given ''Vol. 2'' is set before the events of ''Civil War'', saying, "I screwed up; I wasn't thinking. But I'm going to say that probably Stan Lee used the guise of a FedEx guy more than one time."
David Hasselhoff
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makes a cameo appearance as himself, when Ego shape-shifts to his likeness,
while
Rob Zombie
Rob Zombie (born Robert Bartleh Cummings; January 12, 1965) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, filmmaker, and voice actor. His music and lyrics are notable for their horror and sci-fi themes, and his live shows have be ...
once again has a Ravager voice cameo.
Footage of
Jeff Goldblum
Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum (; born October 22, 1952) is an American actor and musician. He has starred in some of the highest-grossing films of his era, such as ''Jurassic Park'' (1993) and '' Independence Day'' (1996), as well as their sequels.
...
dancing as the
Grandmaster from the set of ''
Thor: Ragnarok'' (2017) is used briefly during the end credits, with Feige explaining that Marvel "thought it would be fun to put it in there" especially since the comic version of Grandmaster is the brother of the
Collector, who appeared in the first ''Guardians'' film.
Ben Browder
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, the star of the series ''
Farscape
''Farscape'' is an Australian-American science fiction television series, produced originally for the Nine Network. It premiered in the US on Sci-Fi Channel's SciFi Friday, 19 March 1999, at 8:00 pm EST as their anchor series. The series was c ...
'', of which Gunn is an avid fan, cameos as a Sovereign Admiral.
Molly Quinn
Molly Caitlyn Quinn is an American actress who has worked in theatre, film, and television. Her roles include Alexis Castle, daughter of the title character on ABC's ''Castle'', and the voice of Bloom, one of the main characters in the Nickelod ...
appears as Howard the Duck's date.
Jim Gunn Sr. and Leota Gunn, parents of James and Sean Gunn, also make cameo appearances in the film as an elderly couple on Earth.
''
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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''’s
Guillermo Rodriguez has an uncredited cameo appearance as a police officer on Earth when the seedling was terraforming.
Production
Development
In May 2014,
Disney
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CEO
Bob Iger
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stated he felt the first ''
Guardians of the Galaxy
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It may more specifically refer to:
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'' film had "strong franchise potential".
He added that their goal was to create "another ''
Avengers
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Arts and entertainment In the Marvel Comics universe
* Avengers (comics), a team of superheroes
**Avengers (Marvel Cinematic Universe), a central team of protagonist superheroes of ...
''".
James Gunn, who directed and co-wrote the first film, said that he would like to return for a sequel, and that he was contractually obligated to if asked.
The next month, producer Kevin Feige said there are "places we can take
he franchise
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* He (letter), the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets
* He (Cyrillic), a letter of the Cyrillic script called ''He'' ...
and we have ideas of where we'd like to go" based on the wide array of characters, worlds and storylines from the comics.
In July 2014, ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' co-screenwriter
Nicole Perlman
Nicole Perlman (born December 10, 1981) is an American screenwriter, best known for co-writing the Marvel Cinematic Universe film ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' (2014), and the story for Marvel's '' Captain Marvel'' (2019), and for ''Pokémon Detecti ...
confirmed a sequel, saying it was "going to happen" due to the positive internal response to the first film at Disney, and that Gunn would write and direct.
At
San Diego Comic-Con International
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soon after, the sequel was given a release date of July 28, 2017.
Gunn had begun work on the film within a month, and said it would include at least one new Guardian from the comics.
In October, Gunn confirmed that all five original Guardians would return for the sequel, along with other supporting characters,
and the release date was moved up to May 5, 2017.
In the following months,
Michael Rooker
Michael Rooker (born April 6, 1955) is an American actor known for his roles as Henry in '' Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer'' (1986), Chick Gandil in ''Eight Men Out'' (1988), Frank Baily in ''Mississippi Burning'' (1988), Terry Cruger in ''S ...
said he would return as Yondu, and was looking forward to exploring new areas of the character.
Chris Pratt
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, who played Peter Quill/Star-Lord in the first film, confirmed the sequel would be one of his next projects.
Bradley Cooper
Bradley Charles Cooper (born January 5, 1975) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and two Grammy Awards, in addition to nominations for nine Academy Awards, si ...
expressed interest and excitement when asked if he would return as Rocket.
Vin Diesel
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Diesel began audition ...
also confirmed he would return as Groot.
In March 2015, Gunn revealed that filming would take place in
Atlanta
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,
Georgia
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* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
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with "major crew changes" from the first film, and that his brother, Sean Gunn, would return as Kraglin alongside
Karen Gillan
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as Nebula.
He explained his relationship with Marvel, saying the company "let me go and do my thing, and I truly listen to their notes and ideas. I've never been told to put in any character or plot element at all... When they trust you they give you a wide berth... we just fit".
In May, Gunn said the sequel would feature fewer characters than the first film, and that he had planned to introduce two major new characters in the script—Mantis and
Adam Warlock
Adam Warlock (also known as simply Warlock) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character would first appear in ''Fantastic Four'' #66–67 (cover-dates September 1967 and October 1967) cr ...
.
Talks had begun with an actor Gunn had in mind to portray Mantis,
while he had decided to remove Warlock due to the film "getting too busy", explaining, "one of the main things with ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' is not to add a bunch of characters, not to make it bigger in that way but to go deeper with the characters... and getting to know them more emotionally... everything is just getting too sprawling and too crazy for me in these superhero comic book movies".
Gunn added, "I adored what we had done with him. I think we did something really creative and unique with Adam Warlock. But it was one character too many and I didn't want to lose Mantis and Mantis was more organically part of the movie anyway".
He noted that Warlock could appear in future Guardians films, and is considered "a pretty important part" of the cosmic side of the
Marvel Cinematic Universe
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.
The character's future introduction is hinted at in one of the film's mid-credits scenes.
Gunn noted that Marvel gave him "some blowback" for including the Warlock teaser because they felt fans would believe the character would be appearing in ''Avengers: Infinity War'' and ''
Avengers: Endgame'', which was not the case. By including the scene, Gunn promised Marvel he would use his social media presence to clarify for fans that the character would not be seen in either of the Avengers films.
Writing
After the film's announcement, Gunn said he knew "a lot of where I want to go
n the sequel,
having written the backstory of Peter Quill, his father, and his history with Yondu during the making of the first film with the intention of exploring them in a future film.
Gunn wanted to give the sequel a different structure from the first film, since "one of the reasons people like ''Guardians'' is because it's fresh and different, so the second one will be fresh and different from the first one".
Before starting on the script, Gunn hoped to further explore Drax, Nebula, Kraglin, and the Collector, and expand on
Xandar
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ian,
Kree
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,
Krylorian, and Ravager culture.
He also hoped to introduce more female characters in the sequel, though wanted to avoid including "earthlings" such as
Carol Danvers
Carol Susan Jane Danvers is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Gene Colan, Danvers first appeared as an officer in the United States Air Force and a colleague of the ...
,
as well as Novas
Richard Rider
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or
Sam Alexander, saying, "I think Quill being the only earthling is important. That serves the entire movie-going audience and not just the handful of Nova
nd Carol Danversfans".
The character
Darkhawk
Darkhawk (Christopher Powell) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in ''Darkhawk'' #1 (March 1991), and was created by writer Tom DeFalco and artist Mike Manley. The c ...
had also been considered for the film.
Feige said exploring Quill's father "would certainly be part of a next Guardians adventure", adding "I think there's a reason we seeded it at the very end of the
irst
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IR ...
film like that".
Gunn also stated that he wanted to make sure "Yondu's place in everything made sense" in regards to his relationship to Quill and his father, and also revealed Quill's father would not be
J'son as in the comics.
Gunn "was less confident
arvelwas going to buy in on Baby Groot than" including Ego, since "adult Groot was the most popular character from the first film and I didn't think they'd want to risk a good thing". However, by changing Groot, Gunn felt it "opened the film up" creatively, allowing Gunn to bring out "new aspects of our other characters".
Gunn said Thanos would only appear in the sequel "if he helps our story and he will not show up at all if not. Thanos is not the most important thing in ''Guardians 2'', that's for damn sure. There's the Guardians themselves and other threats the Guardians are going to be facing that are not Thanos".
Feige later confirmed that Thanos would not appear in the sequel, as he was being saved for a "grander" return.
When asked about how the film would connect with the other
Phase Three films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Gunn said, "I don't feel beholden to that stuff at all. I think it's really about the Guardians and what they are doing".
Gunn set the film two to three months after the first film
"because he felt the group are just such fragile egos and he didn't think this story could start years later".
Major planets visited in the film include Sovereign, Berhart and Contraxia. Feige also stated two or three other worlds would be seen, as well as "a little bit of Earth in this film, but it's not these characters going to Earth".
In December 2014, Gunn revealed the story for the film was written, saying, "It's
till
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constantly shifting, but I feel like it's pretty strong. I'm excited about it".
By early February 2015, Gunn was "a few short weeks" away from submitting a full story treatment to Marvel, and said that when he first presented his idea for the sequel to the company they thought it was "risky". He described it as "not really based on anything" from the comics, being mainly an original story.
Gunn later referred to the full treatment as a "scriptment", "a 70-page combination of a script and a treatment and it goes through every beat of the movie".
By April, he was preparing to write the screenplay,
and in May he was hoping to complete the script before he began work on ''
The Belko Experiment
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'' in June 2015.
Pre-production
![James Gunn by Gage Skidmore 2](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/James_Gunn_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg)
On June 2, 2015, Gunn announced on social media that he had completed the first draft of the screenplay, and that the film's title would not simply be ''Guardians of the Galaxy 2''.
The same week, he confirmed the return of
Zoe Saldaña
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,
Dave Bautista
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, and Cooper as Gamora, Drax, and Rocket, respectively.
At the end of the month, Gunn announced the film would be titled ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'',
saying he "came up with a LOT of titles for ''Vol. 2''. But because 'Guardians of the Galaxy' is already so wordy, it seemed strange to add another bunch of words after it. I liked ''Vol. 2'' the best, so that's what I stuck on the cover of the screenplay—and, fortunately,
arvelliked it".
In September 2015, Gunn said in a
Facebook
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post that he wanted to use
Sneepers, an alien race that first appeared in Marvel Comics in 1964, as background characters in the film, but was advised against it by Marvel's legal department because the name was too similar to
snípur, the Icelandic word for
clitoris
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.
The Marvel legal department later cleared the use of Sneepers in the film, in part because of all the media coverage Gunn's initial post received.
At the end of the month, Feige stated casting announcements would be made before the end of 2015,
and by the end of October,
Pom Klementieff
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was cast as Mantis.
Also, it was reported that
Matthew McConaughey
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had recently turned down the role of "the villain" in the film,
in favor of ''
The Dark Tower'' (2017). McConaughey felt he would have been "an amendment" in ''Vol. 2'' in "a colorful part
ade
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for another big-name actor".
In December, Gunn said that he was corresponding with
John C. Reilly
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about him reprising his role as
Nova Corps
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man
Rhomann Dey
The Nova Corps is a fictional intergalactic military/police force appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Marv Wolfman, the Corps first appeared in ''Fantastic Four'' #205 (April 1979). They have since appea ...
,
while
Kurt Russell
Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. He began acting on television at the age of 12 in the Westerns on television, western series ''The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (TV series), The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters'' (19 ...
entered early talks to play Quill's father.
After the
death
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of
David Bowie
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in January 2016, Gunn said that there had been discussions for Bowie to appear in the film as a member of Yondu's original crew.
Gunn also stated that he had completed the final draft of the script.
Benicio del Toro
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, who portrayed the Collector in the first film, expressed interest in portraying the character again, despite Marvel not contacting him about the sequel;
Gunn explained that the Collector "just didn't fit" into ''Vol. 2''.
In early February, comedian
Steve Agee
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was revealed to be in the film.
Prop master
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Russell Bobbitt had difficulty finding the cassette decks that had been used in the first film, and all of the
Sony
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Walkman
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headsets they sourced for the sequel were broken. Sony also did not have any headsets available for filming, while three pairs Bobbitt found on
eBay
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cost around $1,800 and were not the exact model. Bobbitt eventually created six from scratch for ''Vol. 2''. Other props he created for the film included two sets of blasters for Quill, with removable blaster cartridges, and "steampunk-looking weapons and belts" for the Ravagers;
Bobbitt explained that four different weapons were designed for the latter group, and then 15–20 versions of those were produced to be used by the various Ravager actors (there could be up to 85–95 Ravagers per scene). For their belts, the props team cut the leather themselves rather than buying existing belts, and then parts from different electronic devices such as radios and cell phones were glued together to make each belt "a unique piece of art". The prop department also made edible props for certain scenes: a prop of a
stinkbug-inspired insect was made from chocolate and injected with black honey so it could be eaten on screen and "when he bit down the honey poured out of his mouth"; similarly, a "yarrow root" was designed based on enlarged images of pollen, and then created with non-dairy white chocolate to be eaten onscreen.
Filming
Pre-shooting began on February 11, 2016,
at
Pinewood Atlanta Studios
Trilith Studios is an American film and television production studio located south of Atlanta in Fayette County, Georgia. Originally known as Pinewood Atlanta Studios, the studio has been used to produce many films and television programs, particu ...
in
Fayette County, Georgia
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,
under the working title ''Level Up'',
with
Henry Braham
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Early life and career
Braham’s c ...
serving as
cinematographer
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and Scott Chambliss as
production designer
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.
Gunn noted that many of the crew from the first film, such as cinematographer
Ben Davis and production designer Charles Wood, signed on to work on ''
Doctor Strange
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'', and due to a late change in production schedule for that film, were unable to work on ''Vol. 2''.
Principal photography
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Personnel
Besides the main film personnel, such as actor ...
began on February 17,
with Marvel confirming that Russell had joined the cast, and revealing that
Elizabeth Debicki
Elizabeth Debicki (born 24 August 1990) is an Australian actress. After studying drama at the Victorian College of the Arts, she made her film debut with a brief role in the Australian comedy ''A Few Best Men'' (2011). Debicki's role in Baz Luh ...
and
Chris Sullivan had also been cast, all in undisclosed roles.
The production used all 18 stages at Pinewood Atlanta Studios, an increase in stage space from what was used for the first film. Gunn said the sequel required more sets than the first and "our sets are very large, even though a lot of the film is CGI. I like to have as many practical sets as we can and make the environments as real as possible so it balances out the CGI elements". Despite this, Gunn noted that there were less locations featured in the sequel, with the focus instead on being more specific and detailed with fewer places shown. Sets constructed for the film included several for the Sovereign planet, for which Chambliss used a "1950s pulp fiction variation on 1930s art deco design aesthetic"; the Ravager's main ship in the film, the ''
Eclector'', which was constructed in sections to provide a complete 360-degree view of the ship as well as the ability to move sections around and portray different areas of the ship; and the Iron Lotus establishment on the "pleasure planet" of Contraxia, which Chambliss wanted to feel like it had been put together from "a whole yard of repurposed junk where old spaceships are cast away and industrial materials that aren't of use anymore are just left to rot", creating a "kind of neon jungle in its own way and covered in ice and snow". Interiors for other ships were also constructed, to limit the amount of
blue screen the actors had to interact with;
this includes the cockpit of Quill's ship that had been built for the first film before being stored in
London
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which was transported to Atlanta for the sequel.
''Vol. 2'' was the first film to be shot with an
8K resolution
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8K display resolution is the successor to 4K resolution. TV manuf ...
camera, the
Red
Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a secondar ...
Weapon 8K.
Braham had wanted to use a different camera than the
Alexa 65 that had been used for several other Marvel films, because he found it to be a "very big and heavy camera". He wanted a camera that could deliver equivalent image quality to the Alexa 65, and tested multiple options. He eventually met with Red employees, whom he had a positive experience with working on ''
The Legend of Tarzan'', and they introduced him to an early prototype for the Weapon 8K. He, Gunn, and Marvel decided to use the camera in September 2015, when only that single prototype existed, and spent three months working with Red to get the camera ready for filming.
For the sequence where Rocket and Yondu escape from the Ravagers, a
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era was used to film scenes up to 2,000 frames per second, with the footage able to be moved from slow-motion to high-speed within a single shot. Each shot using the camera had to be carefully set up and choreographed.
Additional scenes were also shot in
IMAX
IMAX is a proprietary system of high-resolution cameras, film formats, film projectors, and theaters known for having very large screens with a tall aspect ratio (approximately either 1.43:1 or 1.90:1) and steep stadium seating.
Graeme F ...
and its aspect ratio.
Braham filmed almost 85 percent of the film using a stabilizing technology he had contributed to called Stabileye, which he called "a
handheld
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dolly" which allowed "a spontaneity to the way the camera moves that is different and that felt appropriate for this movie". For filming the cockpits of spaceships, Braham surrounded the practical sets with video panels and other light sources that he could use to create realistic lighting no matter the environment outside the ship. Exteriors of the ships were filmed with the camera on a
technocrane
Technocrane is a telescopic camera crane widely utilised in the film industry and in television production worldwide.
Initial Technocranes were made by Technovision and today derivates are available from several manufacturers such as SuperTechn ...
, but any shots inside the cockpits again used the Stabileye which is "so small that you can get it in there next to the actors".
In April 2016, Gunn revealed that Reilly would not be part of the film, and stated that there were many other characters he could not include in the film due to rights issues, saying that
20th Century Fox
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"owns so many awesome cosmic villains and minor characters that I'd love to play around with" such as
Annihilus
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and
Kang the Conqueror
Kang the Conqueror (Nathaniel Richards) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is most frequently depicted as an opponent of the Avengers and the Fantastic Four. A time-traveling entity, seve ...
.
Gunn also planned on filming scenes with
Glenn Close
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, reprising her role as Nova Prime Irani Rael from the first film.
When filming Stan Lee's cameo, Gunn also filmed two other cameos with Lee including one for ''Doctor Strange'', to limit the amount of travel Lee had to do.
Additional filming for ''Vol. 2'' took place in
Cartersville, Georgia
Cartersville is a city in Bartow County, Georgia, United States; it is located within the northwest edge of the Atlanta metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 23,187. Cartersville is the county seat of Bartow Coun ...
,
a state park north of
Portland, Oregon
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,
and in
St. Charles, Missouri
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.
The
Georgia International Convention Center
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served as additional soundstage space after pre-production on ''
Spider-Man: Homecoming'' (2017) began at several Pinewood Atlanta Studios soundstages.
Principal photography
wrapped on June 16, 2016.
Post-production
At San Diego Comic-Con 2016, Russell and Debicki were revealed to be playing Ego, Quill's father, and Ayesha, respectively.
Sylvester Stallone
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was also revealed to be in the film,
with his role later revealed as
Stakar Ogord.
Gunn also introduced multiple actors who were playing Ravager characters, since the Ravagers have a larger presence in the film.
On the decision to reveal Russell as Ego and Quill's father when he did, Gunn felt that since "people were going to figure it out eventually
..it was better that we took the reins in our own hands" and make the reveal. Gunn also felt that this would move the focus of audiences from wanting to discover who Quill's father is to "the story and the relationship that these characters have".
In August 2016, Gunn confirmed the film would feature a
post-credits scene
A post-credits scene (commonly referred to as a stinger or credit cookie) or mid-credits scene is a short clip that appears after all or some of the closing credits have rolled and sometimes after a production logo of a film, TV series, or video g ...
,
later stating there would be five in total, with four mid-credits scenes and one post-credits.
Gunn also planned a sixth scene, where the Ravager Gef is found "mortally wounded" on the ship, but "it ended up being a little confusing".
In November, Gillan revealed that the film was undergoing reshoots.
That February, it was reported that the film had scored a perfect 100 in
test screening
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s, the highest for any Marvel Studios film. ''
The Hollywood Reporter
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'' noted this score could not necessarily be compared to any non-Marvel movies due to Marvel's specific testing process that selects its audience "from a more select pool of recruits, what it terms 'friends and families screenings'".
In March 2017, Gunn revealed that
Michael Rosenbaum
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would appear in the film,
and that Gunn would provide reference for Baby Groot's dancing "in a much bigger way
han the first film I actually had to do like a full day's worth of dancing to get Groot's dance down this time. Last time it was me in front of an
iPhone, and this time it's me dancing on a huge soundstage and shooting it from five different angles".
Fred Raskin
Fred Raskin, (born September 26, 1973) is an American film editor. He is best known for editing three installments in ''The Fast and the Furious'' film series and Quentin Tarantino's ''Django Unchained'', ''The Hateful Eight'' and '' Once Upon ...
and
Craig Wood returned from the first film to serve as editors.
On scenes that were cut from the film, Gunn said
Nathan Fillion
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, who had had a voice cameo in the first film, was going to appear as
Simon Williams in a sequence that would have shown several
movie posters
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for films starring Williams, including films in which he portrays
Arkon
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and
Tony Stark
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.
Gunn chose Williams for Fillion's cameo because he wanted Fillion to have a bigger role in the MCU at some point and so did not want to give him a role that could prevent him from taking a more substantial one later. Gunn still considered Fillion's cameo canon to the MCU, despite it being cut.
He also confirmed that Close's scenes had been cut from the film, because it felt like he "was trying to cram Nova Prime into the second movie as opposed to having it happen organically".
Visual effects
Visual effects for the film were created by
Framestore
Framestore is a British animation, visual effects company and creative studio based on Chancery Lane in London. Formed in 1986, it acquired (and subsequently merged with) the Computer Film Company in 1997. It works on feature films and tele ...
,
Weta Digital, Trixter,
Method Studios
Method Studios is a visual effects company launched in 1999 in Los Angeles, California with facilities in New York, Atlanta, Vancouver, San Francisco, Melbourne, Montreal, and Pune. The company provides production and post-production services i ...
,
Animal Logic
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,
Scanline VFX
Scanline VFX is a global visual effects and animation company founded 1989 in Munich. The studio is led by VFX Supervisor Stephan Trojansky. The company has 7 locations including Munich, Stuttgart, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Montreal, London, and Se ...
, Lola VFX, Luma, and
Cantina Creative
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a live-action shot in filmmaking and video production.
The integration of live-action footage and other live-action foota ...
.
Previsualization was done by The Third Floor.
Framestore created 620 shots for the film, Weta Digital created 530, Method Studios more than 500, and Animal Logic created 147.
Framestore once again created Rocket and Groot,
with Method Studios, Weta Digital and Trixter also working on Rocket. Framestore rebuilt Rocket "from the ground up" for ''Vol. 2'', giving him an updated fur simulation, new facial shapes and phonemes, as well as a new eye rig, which came from a rig used for the character Gnarlack from ''
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
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'' (2016).
Trixter's work on Rocket included when he sets off a trap for the Ravagers, additionally working on the sequence when Rocket, Yondu and Kraglin jump across space.
Other work from Framestore included creatures, spaceships,
Ayesha's lair, the space chase, the ''Eclector'' scenes, and the adolescent Groot post-credit scene.
Framestore also created the film's opening sequence.
Despite appearing as a single shot, it ultimately was composed of 11 different visual effect shots. Gunn provided reference video for Baby Groot's dancing in the sequence.
Framestore animation supervisor Arslan Elver noted that the majority of the opening sequence includes CGI and digital doubles, with three moments (Quill falling on the ground near Baby Groot, Gamora talking to Baby Groot, and Drax rolling behind Baby Groot) consisting of actual photography.
As with the first film, Sarofsky created the typography for the opening, using the same style from ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' for consistency, "this time in rusty gold and glowing blue neon". Executive Creative Director Erin Sarofsky noted the challenge of placing the credits while the sequence was being refined by Framestore. Sarofsky proposed several different options for the credits, including having "a little hovering character that projected a hologram up on the screen", but Gunn did not want another character in the sequence to deal with. A simpler 2D option was used instead. Sarofsky also worked on the end credits, the first time for the company, integrating the actual credits from company
Exceptional Minds with designs inspired by old music album art, taking albums and scanning them for their old textures and scratches.
The destruction of the Ravager ship the ''Eclector'' was handled by Weta Digital.
Weta Digital also handled Ego during his fight with Quill, utilizing a digital double of Russell for many of their shots. Weta also needed to create a digital double for
David Hasselhoff
David Michael Hasselhoff (born July 17, 1952), nicknamed "The Hoff", is an American actor, singer, and television personality. He has set a Guinness World Record as the most watched man on TV. Hasselhoff first gained recognition on ''The You ...
for the moment when Ego shifts into Hasselhoff's guise. Guy Williams, Weta's visual effects supervisor, said, "We tried morphing to a live-action Hoff—but it did not hold up as well. The Kurt version looked better than the Hoff version ... and while we had built a very detailed Kurt digi-double ... we didn't want to go to the same level on the Hoff for just two shots. But in the end we did have to do a partial build digi-double of the Hoff. The reason we did the Kurt digi-double in the first place was to make sure all the effects stuck correctly to the body ... so we went with the approach of a full digi-double, the hair, the side of the face everything on Kurt. For the Hoff, we got pretty close, but it is not quite as detailed as for Kurt".
Additional work by Weta included the inside of Ego's planet, known as the Planet Hollow, which was inspired by the
fractal art
Fractal art is a form of algorithmic art created by calculating fractal objects and representing the calculation results as still digital images, animations, and media. Fractal art developed from the mid-1980s onwards. It is a genre of computer ...
of Hal Tenny, who Gunn hired to help design Ego's environment.
Gunn added that there are "over a trillion polygons on Ego's planet," calling it "the biggest visual effect of all time. There's nothing even close to it".
Animal Logic and Method Studios also worked on the various parts of Ego's planet, with Animal Logic focusing on Ego's cathedral, and Method on the arrival sequence and Baby Groot's "not that button" sequence in the Planet Hollow. Animal Logic's work for Ego's cathedral was also based on fractal art. The team at Animal Logic were initially brought on to the film to work on the story vignettes that were used to explain the backstory, which started as oil paintings before evolving to falling sand, and eventually the final plastic sculptures that were used. Method also created the film's final sequence for Yondu's funeral. To make Rocket shedding a tear convincing, Method used in-house footage of Animation Supervisor Keith Roberts "performing the scene for reference, studying the macro facial movements like minor eye darts or blinks, in addition to what was filmed on set and in the sound booth by" Cooper. Additional work included the scenes on the planet Berhart.
Lola VFX worked on
de-aging Russell, having previously done similar work in other MCU films; they also added to various characters, including Nebula. To achieve the younger Ego, Lola referenced Russell's performance in ''
Used Cars
''Used Cars'' is a 1980 American satirical black comedy film co-written and directed by Robert Zemeckis. The story follows Rudy Russo (Kurt Russell), a devious salesman, working for affable, but monumentally unsuccessful used-car dealer Luke Fuc ...
'' (1980), as "he had a lot of the
acialaction" the visual effects artists were looking for. They also used a younger stand in,
Aaron Schwartz, since he had "big broad jaw, chin, and most importantly the way the laugh lines move
and crease
as he talk
d, similar to Russell's.
Laura Haddock
Laura Jane Haddock (born 21 August 1985) is an English actress. She is known for portraying Zoë Walker in ''White Lines (TV series), White Lines'', Kacie Carter in ''Honest (TV series), Honest'', Lucrezia in ''Da Vinci's Demons'', Meredith Quil ...
, reprising her role from the first film of Meredith Quill in the sequence, was also slightly de-aged to play the younger version of that character.
Luma worked on the Sovereign people and their world, and Adam Warlock's cocoon.
Music
By August 2014, Gunn had "some ideas listed, but nothing for sure" in terms of songs to include in Quill's ''Awesome Mix Vol. 2'' mixtape,
for which he felt "a little pressure" due to the positive response to
the first film's soundtrack. Gunn added, "But I feel like the soundtrack in the second one is better."
By June 2015, Gunn had chosen all of the songs and built them into the script,
calling ''Awesome Mix Vol. 2'' "more diverse" than the first one, with "some really incredibly famous songs and then some songs that people have never heard."
Tyler Bates
Tyler Bates (born June 5, 1965) is an American musician, producer, and composer for film, television, and video game scores. Much of his work is in the action and horror film genres, with films like '' Dawn of the Dead, 300, Sucker Punch, Ha ...
was confirmed to score the film by August 2015, returning from the first film.
As with ''Guardians of the Galaxy'', Bates wrote some of the score first so Gunn could film to the music, as opposed to Bates scoring to the film.
Recording for the score occurred in January 2017 at
Abbey Road Studios
Abbey Road Studios (formerly EMI Recording Studios) is a recording studio at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London, England. It was established in November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of British music c ...
.
''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Volume 2'', along with the film score album composed by Bates, were released on April 21, 2017.
A cassette version of ''Awesome Mix Volume 2'' was released on June 23, 2017, while a deluxe-edition vinyl LP featuring both ''Awesome Mix Volume 2'' and Bates' score was released on August 11, 2017.
Marketing
In June 2016, Marvel announced plans for an expanded merchandising program for the sequel, with Groot playing a central role.
Gunn ensured the film's female characters received more representation in the merchandise than in the first.
Paul Gitter, senior vice president of licensing at
Disney Consumer Products
Disney Consumer Products, Inc. is the retailing and licensing subsidiary of the Disney Parks, Experiences and Products segment of The Walt Disney Company. Previously, Consumer Products was a segment of Disney until 2016, then a unit of Disney Con ...
, said they intended to build ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' into a tentpole franchise. Partners in the campaign included
Hasbro
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,
Lego
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Funko
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,
LB Kids
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,
GEICO
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,
Ford Motor Company
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,
Go-Gurt
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,
Hanes
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,
Synchrony Bank,
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,
Screenvision
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Sprint Corporation
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, and
Wrigley Company
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.
Additionally, Marvel partnered with
Doritos
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for their Rock Out Loud campaign to create a custom "limited-edition series of Doritos bags featuring a built-in cassette tape deck-inspired player that plays" ''Awesome Mix Vol. 2'' and can be recharged. The custom bags were available to purchase on
Amazon.com
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, with Doritos also hosting Rock Out Loud pop-up recording booths in New York and Los Angeles where fans could sing the songs from ''Awesome Mix Vol. 2'' and have the opportunity to win various prizes, including the custom bags, concert tickets, and free bags of Doritos."
In July 2016, Gunn, Pratt and other members of the cast attended San Diego Comic-Con to promote the film,
showing footage and revealing additional character information.
On October 19, a "sneak peek" teaser was released ahead of the first full teaser trailer. Ethan Anderton of
/Film
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felt the teaser was strong, despite not showing any of the new characters or relying on Baby Groot,
while ''
The A.V. Club
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''s Esther Zuckerman called it "an immediate crowd-pleaser".
According to media-measurement firm
Comscore and its PreAct service, the teaser was the top trailer for the week it released, generating 108,000 new social media conversations.
In early December, before Gunn revealed the first teaser trailer at
Comic Con Experience
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2016,
he said that finding scenes and moments to showcase in the trailer without revealing too much of the film resulted in hard choices, since "people really go through every single little shot and try to figure out what the movie's about. And there's a lot of mysteries in ''Guardians 2''."
Describing the teaser trailer, Jacob Hall of /Film noted that the trailer was able to succeed without giving too much away as it focused on character interactions rather than plot.
The teaser trailer received 81 million views in 24 hours, becoming
the second-most viewed teaser behind ''
Beauty and the Beast
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'' and largest Marvel Studios teaser ever. Additionally, Sweet's "Fox on the Run" reached number one on the
iTunes
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Rock Chart after featuring in the teaser.
A second trailer aired during
Super Bowl LI
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. Germain Lussier for
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called it "hilarious",
while Anderton said it was "one hell of a" Super Bowl spot, "one that probably overshadows the game itself for people like me... There's plenty of badass cosmic action, the humor we all love, a stellar soundtrack, and some great new footage from the sequel."
The spot generated the most Twitter conversation volume during the game with 47,800 conversations, according to Comscore, who measured the volume of trailers that aired during the game from the time it aired through the end of the game. The film also topped a
Fandango
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survey of fans' favorite film trailer during the Super Bowl.
An additional trailer debuted on February 28, 2017, on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!''. Haleigh Foutch at
Collider
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felt the trailer added "hype" to the film, and was "just an all-around wonderful trailer, lit up with the wacky humor and irreverent charm that made the first film such a hit, with an extra dose of visual splendor."
Pratt and Saldaña appeared at the
2017 Kids' Choice Awards
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, where they debuted an exclusive clip.
In mid-July, Marvel created a 1980s-inspired
infomercial
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and an
800 number
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to promote the film's home media release.
Release
Theatrical
![Guardians of the Galaxy Vol](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_Vol._2_premiere_1.jpg)
''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'' made its world premiere in Tokyo on April 10, 2017,
and its Hollywood premiere on April 19 at the
Dolby Theatre
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.
The film began its international release on April 25, in Australia, New Zealand, and Italy,
alongside a total of 37 markets in its first weekend, with 176 IMAX screens in 35 of those markets.
Its North American release on May 5 took place in 4,347 theaters, of which over 3,800 were in 3D,
388 in IMAX and
IMAX 3D,
588 premium large-format, and 194
D-Box locations.
The film's opening in China was in 400 IMAX theaters, the largest ever for the country.
On May 4, 2017, 550 theaters in the United States had a special
RealD
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''Guardians of the Galaxy'' double feature event before preview screenings of ''Vol. 2''. Guests who attended received an exclusive mini poster and a set of souvenir collectible buttons.
''Vol. 2'' was originally intended to be released on July 28, 2017.
The film is part of Phase Three of the MCU.
Home media
''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'' was released on
digital download by
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
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on August 8, 2017, and on
Blu-ray
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, Blu-ray 3D,
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, and
DVD
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on August 22.
The Ultra HD Blu-ray version is the first Disney home media release in
4K resolution
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.
The digital and Blu-ray releases include behind-the-scenes featurettes, audio commentary, deleted scenes, a blooper reel, and a music video for the song "Guardians Inferno". The digital release also exclusively features the breakdown of three scenes, from their initial ideas to their completed versions, and a behind-the-scenes look at the
Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: Breakout!, an accelerated
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attraction at
Disney California Adventure
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.
The 1970s-style music video for "Guardians Inferno" was directed by David Yarovesky and features Hasselhoff alongside James Gunn, Pratt, Saldaña, Bautista, Klementieff, Gillan, Rooker, and Sean Gunn. Stan Lee and
Guillermo Rodriguez also make cameo appearances in the video.
The digital release of the film had the most digital downloads and largest opening week of any Marvel Studios film.
The physical releases in its first week of sale were the top home media release, selling "nearly three times as many discs as the rest of the top 10 sellers combined", according to
NPD VideoScan data. The Blu-ray version accounted for 83% of the sales, with 10% of total sales coming from the Ultra HD Blu-ray version.
In its second week, the film was once again the top home media release.
As well, total sales of ''Vol. 2'' in the United Kingdom were more than the other films in the top 40 combined; it was also the top film in the country.
The IMAX Enhanced version of the film was made available on
Disney+
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beginning on November 12, 2021.
Reception
Box office
''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'' grossed over $389.8 million in the United States and Canada, and over $473.9 million in other countries, for a worldwide total of $863.8 million.
The film had earlier surpassed the first film's gross ($773 million) by
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weekend, three weeks after release, with $783.3 million worldwide,
and became the fifth-highest-grossing MCU film a week later.
''
Deadline Hollywood
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'' calculated the film's net profit as $154.7 million, accounting for production budgets, marketing, talent participations, and other costs; box office grosses and home media revenues placed it ninth on their list of 2017's "Most Valuable Blockbusters".
Since tickets went on sale on April 24, 2017, the film was the number one seller on
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, and surpassed the advance sales of ''
Avengers: Age of Ultron'' (2015) in the similar time frame.
Over 80% of sales on MovieTickets.com were for the film ahead of its release.
''Vol. 2'' earned $146.5 million in its opening weekend in the United States and Canada,
with IMAX contributing $13 million.
The $17 million that came from Thursday night previews was the highest preview amount of 2017.
The film had previously been projected to earn upwards of $160 million in its opening weekend,
with ''Deadline Hollywood'' predicting it could reach the $179 million debut of ''Captain America: Civil War''.
It remained at number one in its second weekend,
and fell to second in its third, behind ''
Alien: Covenant''.
''Vol. 2'' remained at number two in its fourth weekend, this time behind ''
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales'', and crossed $337.6 million, surpassing the domestic gross of the first film.
By its fifth weekend, the film fell to fourth,
and in its next, fell to fifth.
''Vol. 2'' continued to remain in the top 10 for two more weeks, placing ninth in its seventh weekend,
and tenth in its eighth weekend.
Outside of the United States and Canada, the film earned $106 million in its first weekend from 37 markets, becoming the top film in them all except Portugal, Turkey, and Vietnam. IMAX contributed $5 million to the opening-weekend gross. The film also outperformed the original's opening weekend in all markets except Belgium.
In its second weekend, the sequel opened as the top film in South Korea, China, and Russia.
It had the highest opening for an MCU film in Austria,
the second-highest in Australia ($11.8 million), the Netherlands ($500,000),
Germany ($9.3 million), and the United Kingdom ($16.9 million),
and the third-highest in New Zealand ($400,000), Italy ($1.4 million),
and Russia ($11.6 million).
The New Zealand and Netherlands openings were also the highest of 2017 for the countries,
while Germany and the United Kingdom's were the second-highest.
In South Korea, it had the biggest opening day ($3.3 million) and second-best opening weekend ($13.3 million) of 2017, the latter surpassing the original's entire earnings in the country. It also had the biggest May opening day and the third-highest opening day for an MCU film there.
Ukraine had the second-largest opening ever, while in Puerto Rico, the film had the largest IMAX opening.
More markets saw their gross for ''Vol. 2'' surpass the total gross from the first film in its third weekend,
with China following in its fourth.
The next weekend saw ''Vol. 2''s gross outside the United States and Canada ($451.1 million) surpass the international gross of the first film ($440 million).
''Vol. 2''s three biggest markets in total earnings were: China ($99.3 million), the United Kingdom ($51.3 million), and Germany ($28 million).
Critical response
The
review aggregator
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Rotten Tomatoes
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reported an approval rating of , with an average score of , based on reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'' action-packed plot, dazzling visuals, and irreverent humor add up to a sequel that's almost as fun—if not quite as thrillingly fresh—as its predecessor." On
Metacritic
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, the film has a
weighted average score of 67 out of 100, based on 47 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Audiences polled by
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gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale, while
PostTrak
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reported filmgoers gave it a 93% overall positive score and a 77% "definite recommend".
Owen Gleiberman
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of ''
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'' called the film "an extravagant and witty follow-up, made with the same friendly virtuosic dazzle... and just obligatory enough to be too much of a good thing." He cautioned that "this time you can sense just how hard
unn
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is working to entertain you. Maybe a little too hard."
Writing for ''
Rolling Stone
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'',
Peter Travers
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described the film as a "blast" and gave it three stars out of four, praising the film for its tone and fun, soundtrack, and characters. He noted that "''Vol. 2'' can't match the sneak-attack surprise of its predecessor...
utthe followup, while taking on some CGI bloat and sequel slickness, hasn't lost its love for inspired lunacy.
''
Chicago Sun-Times
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''
Richard Roeper
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also gave the film three stars, calling it not "quite as much fun, not quite as clever, not quite as fresh as the original—but it still packs a bright and shiny and sweet punch." Roeper continued that "even with all the silliness and all the snarkiness, the Guardians can put a lump in your throat", and praised the cast, especially Rooker, with "one of the best roles in the movie".
In his review for
RogerEbert.com, Brian Tallerico gave the film three stars out of four, describing it as "a thoroughly enjoyable summer blockbuster" that does not take itself seriously, avoiding "many of the flaws of the first movie, and
oingseveral things notably better. It's fun, clever and a great kick-off to the summer movie season."
Also giving the film three out of four stars, Sara Stewart at the ''
New York Post
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'' felt the film was overstuffed, but that Gunn's "lighthearted approach makes this matter surprisingly little" and "at least it's stuffed with good cheer". Praising the tone and 1980s references that gave the film a sense fun, Stewart called ''Vol. 2'' an "antidote to somber superheroes".
At ''
The Washington Post
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'', Michael O'Sullivan gave the film four stars, praising it as being "funnier, nuttier, and more touching" than the first film. O'Sullivan felt it avoided usual sequel problems by building on the original film rather than repeating it, and also noted the use of music as well as "dazzling" visuals throughout, describing the film as "a toe-tapping, eye-popping indication that summer is here, and that it might not be so bad after all."
Brian Lowry, writing for
CNN.com
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, criticized the middle portion of the film and its villain, but felt the film fared better than other Marvel sequels with its strong beginning and end, and "good-natured energy", saying it "ultimately shares just enough with its central quintet—rather heroically getting the job done, even if the trip from here to there can be a bit disjointed and messy."
For ''
The Atlantic
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'', Christopher Orr felt the film did not live up to the original, particularly due to its heavier themes and feeling that Russell was "badly miscast", but the rest of the cast, soundtrack, and humor were enough for him to give an overall positive review.
At ''The Hollywood Reporter'',
Todd McCarthy
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said "''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'' plays like a second ride on a roller-coaster that was a real kick the first time around but feels very been-there/done-that now."
Kenneth Turan
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of the ''
Los Angeles Times
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'' was positive of the film's soundtrack and cast, especially Russell, but felt Gunn was trying too hard to re-capture the magic of the first film, and the increased scope of effects and action becomes weary. Turan concluded, "There are enough reminders of the first ''Guardians'' to make the sequel an acceptable experience,
ut it'sless like itself and more like a standard Marvel production."
Manohla Dargis
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at ''
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'' said the film "certainly has its attractions, but most of them are visual rather than narrative." She also felt Gunn was trying too hard, and found many elements of the sequel to be too serious even with Russell balancing that with a much-needed "unforced looseness".
Anthony Lane in his review for ''
The New Yorker
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'' felt once Ego was introduced, the film began to suffer from "the curse of the backstory" and that the "point that the movie, which has been motoring along nicely, fuelled by silliness and pep, begins to splutter" was when Ego's desire for larger meaning is revealed. Lane concluded, "Let's hope that ''Vol. 3'' recaptures the fizz of the original, instead of slumping into the most expensive group-therapy session in the universe."
Accolades
Future
Sequel
''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3'' is scheduled to be released on May 5, 2023,
with Gunn returning to write and direct.
Pratt, Saldaña, Bautista, Diesel, Cooper,
Gillan,
Klementieff,
and Sean Gunn reprise their roles in the film,
and are joined by
Will Poulter
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as
Adam Warlock
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.
''I Am Groot''
In December 2020, ''I Am Groot'', a series of animated short films focused on Baby Groot, was announced for
Disney+
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Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and deligh ...
.
Diesel reprises his role, with all five shorts released on August 10, 2022.
''The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special''
''The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special'' is a
Marvel Studios Special Presentation
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was released on Disney+ on November 25, 2022,
with Gunn writing and directing.
Pratt, Bautista, Diesel, Cooper, Gillan, Klementieff, Rooker, and Sean Gunn reprise their roles in the special,
which is set before the events of ''Vol. 3''.
See also
* "
What If... the Watcher Broke His Oath?", an episode of the MCU television series ''
What If...?'' that reimagines some events of this film
Notes
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[{{cite web, url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/disney-ceo-bob-iger-marvel-702042 , title=Disney CEO Bob Iger: Marvel Is 'Just Getting Started' , last=McMillan , first=Graeme , work=]The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade pap ...
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[{{cite web, url=https://collider.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-news-avengers/ , title=Guardians of the Galaxy Q&A Highlights: James Gunn's Influences, the Soundtrack, the Sequel, Avengers Crossovers, and More , last=Chitwood , first=Adam , website=]Collider
A collider is a type of particle accelerator which brings two opposing particle beams together such that the particles collide. Colliders may either be ring accelerators or linear accelerators.
Colliders are used as a research tool in particle ...
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''Total Film'' is a British film magazine published 13 times a year (published monthly and a summer issue is added every year since issue 91, 2004, which is published between July and August issue) by Future Publishing. The magazine was launched i ...
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[{{cite web, url=https://www.thewrap.com/james-gunn-will-write-direct-guardians-of-the-galaxy-sequel/ , title=James Gunn Will Write, Direct 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Sequel (Video) , last=Shaw , first=Lucas , website=]TheWrap
''TheWrap'' is an American online news website covering the business of entertainment and media via digital, print and live events. It was founded by journalist Sharon Waxman
Sharon I. Waxman (born c.1963) is an American author, journalist, ...
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[{{cite web, url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/james-gunn-to-write-direct-guardians-of-the-galaxy-sequel-1201269345/ , title=James Gunn to Write, Direct 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Sequel , last=Graser , first=Marc , work=]Variety
Variety may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats
* Variety (radio)
* Variety show, in theater and television
Films
* ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont
* ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...
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[{{cite web, url=http://www.eonline.com/news/565485/guardians-of-the-galaxy-director-james-gunn-s-twitter-q-a-with-e , title=Guardians of the Galaxy: Director James Gunn's Twitter Q&A With E! , last=Pirshafiey , first=Nicole , publisher= E! , date=August 1, 2014 , access-date=August 4, 2014 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809044858/http://www.eonline.com/news/565485/guardians-of-the-galaxy-director-james-gunn-s-twitter-q-a-with-e , archive-date=August 9, 2014 , url-status=live]
[{{cite web, last=Anderton , first=Ethan , title=James Gunn Begins 'Guardians of the Galaxy 2,' Thanks Cast & Crew , url=http://www.firstshowing.net/2014/james-gunn-begins-guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-thanks-cast-crew/ , access-date=August 5, 2014 , publisher=Firstshowing.net , date=August 4, 2014 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140806174422/http://www.firstshowing.net/2014/james-gunn-begins-guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-thanks-cast-crew/ , archive-date=August 6, 2014 , url-status=live]
[{{cite web, url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/08/05/marvel-head-kevin-feige-guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-will-answer-guardians-big-question , title=Marvel Head Kevin Feige: Guardians Of The Galaxy 2 Will Answer Guardians' Big Question , last=Cornet , first=Roth , website=]IGN
''IGN'' (formerly ''Imagine Games Network'') is an American video game and entertainment media website operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, Inc. The company's headquarters is located in San Francisco's SoMa distri ...
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[{{cite web, url=https://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=41888 , title=Exclusive: James Gunn On Guardians Of The Galaxy 2 , last=Plumb , first=Ali , work=]Empire
An empire is a "political unit" made up of several territories and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the empire (sometimes referred to as the metropole) ex ...
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[{{cite web, url=https://www.empireonline.com/features/james-gunn-guardians-of-the-galaxy-secrets/p12 , title=James Gunn on Guardians of the Galaxy's Secrets – The Current State of the Sequel , last=Plumb , first=Ali , work=]Empire
An empire is a "political unit" made up of several territories and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the empire (sometimes referred to as the metropole) ex ...
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[{{cite web, url=https://collider.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-spinoffs-cameos-james-gunn/ , title=Guardians of the Galaxy: James and Sean Gunn Talk Spinoffs, Stan Lee's Original Cameo, Female Superheroes, the Status of Thunderbolts, and More at Dragon Con , last=Valentine , first=Evan , website=]Collider
A collider is a type of particle accelerator which brings two opposing particle beams together such that the particles collide. Colliders may either be ring accelerators or linear accelerators.
Colliders are used as a research tool in particle ...
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[{{cite web , url=https://www.vulture.com/2014/08/how-guardians-of-the-galaxy-music-soundtrack-was-chosen.html , title=Director James Gunn on How He Chose the Music in Guardians of the Galaxy , last=Suskind , first=Alex , work=]Vulture
A vulture is a bird of prey that scavenges on carrion. There are 23 extant species of vulture (including Condors). Old World vultures include 16 living species native to Europe, Africa, and Asia; New World vultures are restricted to North and ...
, publisher=New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
* '' ...
, date=August 4, 2014 , access-date=September 19, 2014 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809052918/http://www.vulture.com/2014/08/how-guardians-of-the-galaxy-music-soundtrack-was-chosen.html , archive-date=August 9, 2014 , url-status=dead
[{{cite web, url=https://variety.com/2014/digital/news/james-gunn-guardians-sequel-1201334544/ , title=James Gunn Talks 'Guardians' Sequel, VFX, Crossovers , last=Noonan , first=Kevin , date=October 20, 2014 , access-date=October 20, 2014 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021195527/http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/james-gunn-guardians-sequel-1201334544/ , archive-date=October 21, 2014 , url-status=live]
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Newsarama is an American website that publishes news, interviews, and essays about the American comic book industry. It is owned by Future US. In June 2020, Newsarama was merged with the website GamesRadar+, also owned by FutureUS.
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N ...
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[{{cite web, url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1996245/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-avengers-3/ , title='Guardians of the Galaxy 2' Leads To More Cosmic Movies, Not 'Avengers 3' , last=Sullivan , first=Kevin P. , publisher=]MTV
MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...
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[{{cite web, url=https://screenrant.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-no-nova/, title=Guardians of the Galaxy 2: James Gunn Doesn't Want To Use Nova 'Right Now', last=Keyes, first=Rob, website=Screen Rant, date=November 27, 2014, access-date=November 30, 2014, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129182813/http://screenrant.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-no-nova/, archive-date=November 29, 2014, url-status=live]
[{{cite web, url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=57612, title=James Gunn Has More Than 12% Of A "Guardians of the Galaxy" Sequel Plan, last=Huver, first=Scott, website=]Comic Book Resources
''Comic Book Resources'', also known by the initialism CBR, is a website dedicated to the coverage of comic book–related news and discussion.
History
Comic Book Resources was founded by Jonah Weiland in 1995 as a development of the Kingdom Co ...
, date=December 8, 2014, access-date=December 17, 2014, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209055344/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=57612, archive-date=December 9, 2014, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=57634, title=Rooker's Ready To Return For "Guardians of the Galaxy 2", last=Huver, first=Scott, website=]Comic Book Resources
''Comic Book Resources'', also known by the initialism CBR, is a website dedicated to the coverage of comic book–related news and discussion.
History
Comic Book Resources was founded by Jonah Weiland in 1995 as a development of the Kingdom Co ...
, date=December 9, 2014, access-date=December 17, 2014, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216192857/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=57634, archive-date=December 16, 2014, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/11/12/james-gunn-guardians-galaxy-2/ , title=James Gunn on why 'Guardians of the Galaxy' isn't weird (and the sequel he'd like to make) , last=Franich , first=Darren , work=]Entertainment Weekly
''Entertainment Weekly'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''EW'') is an American digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular cul ...
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[{{cite AV media, url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiSPBWjHYQ8, archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211029/oiSPBWjHYQ8, archive-date=2021-10-29, title=Guardians of the Galaxy's Chris Pratt & James Gunn's Risky Film: Rule Breakers, author='']The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade pap ...
'', publisher=YouTube
YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by ...
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[{{cite web, url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/bradley-cooper-on-american-sniper-packing-on-40-pounds-and-turning-40-1201392806/ , title=Q&A: Bradley Cooper on 'American Sniper,' Packing on 40 Pounds and Turning 40 , last=Setoodah , first=Ramin , work=]Variety
Variety may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats
* Variety (radio)
* Variety show, in theater and television
Films
* ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont
* ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...
, date=January 5, 2015 , access-date=January 5, 2015 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106121335/http://variety.com/2015/film/news/bradley-cooper-on-american-sniper-packing-on-40-pounds-and-turning-40-1201392806/ , archive-date=January 6, 2015 , url-status=live
[{{cite web , url=http://www.nerdist.com/2014/11/exclusive-actor-michael-rooker-talks-yondu-and-the-future-of-guardians-of-the-galaxy/ , title=Exclusive: Actor Michael Rooker Talks Yondu And The Future of Guardians Of The Galaxy! , last=McCabe , first=Joseph , publisher=]Nerdist
Nerdist Industries, LLC is part of the digital division of Legendary Entertainment. Nerdist Industries was founded as a sole podcast (The Nerdist Podcast) created by Chris Hardwick but later spread to include a network of podcasts, a premium conte ...
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[{{cite web, url=https://www.slashfilm.com/guardians-galaxy-2-story-marvel-thought-james-gunns-idea-sequel-risky/ , title=Guardians of the Galaxy 2 Story: Marvel Thinks James Gunn's Sequel Idea Was "Risky" , last=Lussier , first=Germain , website=]/Film
''/Film'', also spelled ''Slashfilm'', is a blog that covers movie news, reviews, interviews, and trailers. It was founded by Peter Sciretta in August 2005.
Podcasts
Six podcasts have run on the site. ''The /Filmcast'', hosted by David Chen, De ...
, date=February 6, 2015 , access-date=February 7, 2015 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208050816/http://www.slashfilm.com/guardians-galaxy-2-story-marvel-thought-james-gunns-idea-sequel-risky/ , archive-date=February 8, 2015 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/18/chris-pratt-guardians-of-the-galaxy_n_4284398.html , title=Chris Pratt on Heartbreak, 'Delivery Man' And Gearing Up For 'Guardians of the Galaxy' , last=Ryan , first=Mike , work=]The Huffington Post
''HuffPost'' (formerly ''The Huffington Post'' until 2017 and sometimes abbreviated ''HuffPo'') is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions. The site offers news, satire, blogs, and original content, and ...
, date=November 18, 2013 , access-date=March 9, 2015 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140829225115/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/18/chris-pratt-guardians-of-the-galaxy_n_4284398.html , archive-date=August 29, 2014 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/heres-what-we-learned-from-james-gunns-impromptu-facebook-qa , title=Here's What We Learned From James Gunn's Impromptu Facebook Q&A , last=Kaye , first=Ben , website=]Comic Book Resources
''Comic Book Resources'', also known by the initialism CBR, is a website dedicated to the coverage of comic book–related news and discussion.
History
Comic Book Resources was founded by Jonah Weiland in 1995 as a development of the Kingdom Co ...
, date=March 8, 2015 , access-date=March 9, 2015 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310011247/http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/heres-what-we-learned-from-james-gunns-impromptu-facebook-qa , archive-date=March 10, 2015 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=http://www.superherohype.com/news/332793-james-gunn-says-marvel-will-be-absent-from-comiccon#/slide/1 , title=James Gunn Says Marvel Will be Absent from Comic-Con , last=Evry , first=Mark , website=]Superhero Hype!
Mandatory (formerly CraveOnline Media) is a lifestyle website based in Los Angeles with sales offices in New York City, Chicago and San Francisco. The site is owned by media company Evolve Media, LLC. Mandatory focuses its contents into the male- ...
, date=March 9, 2015 , access-date=March 9, 2015 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311150014/http://www.superherohype.com/news/332793-james-gunn-says-marvel-will-be-absent-from-comiccon , archive-date=March 11, 2015 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2112641/vin-diesel-inhumans-guardians-of-the-galaxy-2/?utm=share_twitter , title=Vin Diesel Tells Us About His Marvel Movie Future , last=Zalben , first=Alex , publisher=]MTV
MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...
, date=March 23, 2015 , access-date=March 24, 2015 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326105550/http://www.mtv.com/news/2112641/vin-diesel-inhumans-guardians-of-the-galaxy-2/?utm=share_twitter , archive-date=March 26, 2015 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://screenrant.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-story-status/, title='Guardians of the Galaxy 2' Story Treatment Is Complete, last=Keyes, first=Rob, website=Screen Rant, date=April 1, 2015, access-date=April 1, 2015, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403015155/http://screenrant.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-story-status/, archive-date=April 3, 2015, url-status=live]
[{{cite web, url=http://www.superherohype.com/news/335645-james-gunn-offers-update-on-guardians-of-the-galaxy-2#/slide/1 , title=James Gunn Offers Update on Guardians of the Galaxy 2 , last=Perry , first=Spencer , website=]Superhero Hype!
Mandatory (formerly CraveOnline Media) is a lifestyle website based in Los Angeles with sales offices in New York City, Chicago and San Francisco. The site is owned by media company Evolve Media, LLC. Mandatory focuses its contents into the male- ...
, date=April 3, 2015 , access-date=April 4, 2015 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405184148/http://www.superherohype.com/news/335645-james-gunn-offers-update-on-guardians-of-the-galaxy-2 , archive-date=April 5, 2015 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://www.slashfilm.com/disney-imax-star-wars-marvel/ , title='Star Wars: Rogue One', 'Captain America: Civil War', and More Get IMAX Releases , last=Han , first=Angie , website=]/Film
''/Film'', also spelled ''Slashfilm'', is a blog that covers movie news, reviews, interviews, and trailers. It was founded by Peter Sciretta in August 2005.
Podcasts
Six podcasts have run on the site. ''The /Filmcast'', hosted by David Chen, De ...
, date=April 8, 2015 , access-date=April 8, 2015 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410185054/http://www.slashfilm.com/disney-imax-star-wars-marvel , archive-date=April 10, 2015 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=http://www.etonline.com/movies/162787_guardians_of_the_galaxy_director_james_gunn_says_sequel_s_soundtrack_is_better_than_the_first/ , title='Guardians of the Galaxy' Director James Gunn Says Sequel's Soundtrack 'Is Better' Than the First , last=Crossan , first=Ashley , publisher=]Entertainment Tonight
''Entertainment Tonight'' (or simply ''ET'') is an American Broadcast syndication, first-run syndicated news broadcasting news magazine, newsmagazine program that is distributed by CBS Media Ventures throughout the United States and owned by Para ...
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[{{cite web, url=https://screenrant.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-casting-james-gunn/ , title=James Gunn Has Already Begun Casting For 'Guardians of the Galaxy 2' , last=Keyes , first=Rob , website=Screen Rant, date=May 20, 2015 , access-date=May 21, 2015 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150522084932/http://screenrant.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-casting-james-gunn/ , archive-date=May 22, 2015 , url-status=live ]
[{{cite tweet, date=June 2, 2015, first=James, last=Gunn , author-link=James Gunn , user=JamesGunn , title=Phew. 1st draft #GotG2. #NoSpoilers #NotEventheTitle pic.twitter.com/Yd6mhpgLNe , number=605877731318833153 , access-date=June 3, 2015 , archive-date=June 3, 2015 , archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6Z1A1yDut?url=https://twitter.com/jamesgunn/status/605877731318833153, url-status=live]
[{{cite web, url=https://screenrant.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-characters-stories/ , title='Guardians of the Galaxy 2' Has Fewer Characters, One New , last=Keyes , first=Rob , website=Screen Rant , date=June 3, 2015 , access-date=June 4, 2015 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605122358/http://screenrant.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-characters-stories/ , archive-date=June 5, 2015 , url-status=live ]
[{{cite web, url=https://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-guardians-of-the-galaxy-1201267373/ , title=Film Review: 'Guardians of the Galaxy' , last=Foundas , first=Scott , work=]Variety
Variety may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats
* Variety (radio)
* Variety show, in theater and television
Films
* ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont
* ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...
, date=July 24, 2014 , access-date=July 24, 2014 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725100457/http://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-guardians-of-the-galaxy-1201267373/ , archive-date=July 25, 2014 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/guardians-of-the-galaxy-sequel-title-1201530645/ , title='Guardians of the Galaxy' Sequel Gets Title , last=Khatchatourian , first=Maane , work=]Variety
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, date=June 29, 2015 , access-date=June 29, 2015 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630062822/http://variety.com/2015/film/news/guardians-of-the-galaxy-sequel-title-1201530645/ , archive-date=June 30, 2015 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/james-gunn-confirms-title-of-guardians-of-the-galaxy-sequel , title=James Gunn Confirms Title Of "Guardians of the Galaxy" Sequel , last=White , first=Brett , website=]Comic Book Resources
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Comic Book Resources was founded by Jonah Weiland in 1995 as a development of the Kingdom Co ...
, date=June 29, 2015 , access-date=June 29, 2015 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701135508/http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/james-gunn-confirms-title-of-guardians-of-the-galaxy-sequel , archive-date=July 1, 2015 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://collider.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-tyler-bates-will-return-to-score-sequel/ , title='Guardians of the Galaxy 2': Tyler Bates Will Return to Score Sequel , last=Cabin , first=Chris , website=]Collider
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[{{cite web, url=https://comicbook.com/2015/09/12/james-gunn-cant-use-a-marvel-alien-spieces-in-guardian-of-the-ga/ , title=James Gunn Can't Use A Marvel Alien Spieces in Guardian of the Galaxy 2 For Very Unusual Reason , last=Burlingame , first=Russ , website=ComicBook.com , date=September 12, 2015 , access-date=September 14, 2015 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914154431/http://comicbook.com/2015/09/12/james-gunn-cant-use-a-marvel-alien-spieces-in-guardian-of-the-ga , archive-date=September 14, 2015 , url-status=live]
[{{cite web, url=https://www.facebook.com/jgunn/photos/a.10151506439691157.1073741825.48103536156/10152931267666157/?type=1&comment_id=10152931280781157&reply_comment_id=10152931295276157, title=Ben and many others signed on to Dr. Strange. At first we thought they'd be able to do both movies, but Dr. Strange pushed five months, meaning I lost a whole chunk of my crew. Love Henry though., last=Gunn, first=James, publisher=]Facebook
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[{{cite web, url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/feige-latcham-say-infinity-war-leads-to-the-end-of-the-avengers-as-we-know-them , title=Feige & Latcham Say "Infinity War" Leads to the End of the Avengers – As We Know Them , last=Gerding , first=Stephen , website=]Comic Book Resources
''Comic Book Resources'', also known by the initialism CBR, is a website dedicated to the coverage of comic book–related news and discussion.
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Comic Book Resources was founded by Jonah Weiland in 1995 as a development of the Kingdom Co ...
, date=September 30, 2015 , access-date=September 30, 2015 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002033356/http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/feige-latcham-say-infinity-war-leads-to-the-end-of-the-avengers-as-we-know-them , archive-date=October 2, 2015 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://www.cinemablend.com/new/James-Gunn-Sneak-Alien-Species-Guardians-Galaxy-2-86737.html , title=James Gunn Will Sneak This Alien Species into Guardians of the Galaxy 2 , last=Romano , first=Nick , website=Cinema Blend , date=October 7, 2015 , access-date=February 1, 2017 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512005141/http://www.cinemablend.com/new/James-Gunn-Sneak-Alien-Species-Guardians-Galaxy-2-86737.html , archive-date=May 12, 2017 , url-status=live , quote=Sneeper update. A couple weeks back I told you how the Marvel legal department advised against using Sneeper as an alien species in Guardians of the Galaxy because the word is "similar to the word meaning 'clitoris' in Icelandic." Let it be known that I wasn't protesting this decision, I just thought it was funny, so I shared it. But the Marvel legal folks are sweet people and, after all of the online articles about me not being able to use the term Sneeper, they came back and told me that maybe it's not that big a deal after all: Sneeper is cleared for use. So keep an eye out for at least one Sneeper somewhere in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.]
[{{cite web, url=https://deadline.com/2015/10/sand-castle-adds-comptons-neil-brown-jr-guardians-2-casts-pom-klementieff-in-mystery-role-mantis-1201597456/ , title='Compton's Neil Brown Jr. Signs on For 'Sand Castle'; Pom Klementieff Joins 'Guardians of the Galaxy 2' , last=Lincoln , first=Ross , website=]Deadline Hollywood
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, date=October 29, 2015 , access-date=October 29, 2015 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030014304/http://deadline.com/2015/10/sand-castle-adds-comptons-neil-brown-jr-guardians-2-casts-pom-klementieff-in-mystery-role-mantis-1201597456/ , archive-date=October 30, 2015 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/pom-klementieff-guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-1201629203/ , title='Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2': Newcomer Pom Klementieff Cast in Mystery Role , last=Kroll , first=Justin , work=]Variety
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[{{cite web, url=https://comicbook.com/2015/11/04/dave-bautista-says-james-gunn-making-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol/ , title=Dave Bautista Says James Gunn Making Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Different , last=Siegel , first=Lucas , website=ComicBook.com , date=November 4, 2015 , access-date=November 5, 2015 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106232438/http://comicbook.com/2015/11/04/dave-bautista-says-james-gunn-making-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol , archive-date=November 6, 2015 , url-status=live]
[{{cite web, url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/gillan-says-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-fleshes-out-gamora-nebulas-relationship , title=Gillan Says "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" Fleshes Out Gamora & Nebula's Relationship , last=Huver , first=Scott , website=]Comic Book Resources
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Comic Book Resources was founded by Jonah Weiland in 1995 as a development of the Kingdom Co ...
, date=November 17, 2015 , access-date=November 17, 2015 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118201240/http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/gillan-says-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-fleshes-out-gamora-nebulas-relationship , archive-date=November 18, 2015 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/james-gunn-pushes-for-more-gamora-merchandise-talks-guardians-vol-2 , title=James Gunn Pushes For More Gamora Merchandise, Talks "Guardians Vol 2" , last=Damore , first=Meagan , website=]Comic Book Resources
''Comic Book Resources'', also known by the initialism CBR, is a website dedicated to the coverage of comic book–related news and discussion.
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Comic Book Resources was founded by Jonah Weiland in 1995 as a development of the Kingdom Co ...
, date=December 4, 2015 , access-date=December 4, 2015 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151207055040/http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/james-gunn-pushes-for-more-gamora-merchandise-talks-guardians-vol-2 , archive-date=December 7, 2015 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/kurt-russell-guardians-galaxy-chris-pratt-father-1201662266/ , title=Kurt Russell Eyed to Play Chris Pratt's Father in 'Guardians of Galaxy Vol. 2' , last=Kroll , first=Justin , work=]Variety
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[{{cite magazine, last=Hewitt, first=Chris, title=Set Phase 3 To Stun, magazine=]Empire
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, publisher=Bauer Media Group
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, location=United Kingdom, page=21, date=February 2016, quote=Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2 (April 28, 2017)... One thing it won't have, though, is Josh Brolin's Thanos, the Big Bad of the MCU, who was formally introduced in the first movie. "I wouldn't look too hard in that movie for Thanos," confirms Feige. So far, though, a being so apparently powerful he could wear the Avengers' heads for hats has been curiously unthreatening, preferring to sit in space on what looks like a floating portapotty. Will that change? "Are you asking if he's going to do more than sit in a chair and smirk?" laughs Feige. "Oh, yes. The next time we see Thanos he will not be messing around. It will be, 'Oh, that's why they've been teasing this villain for five years!'"
[{{cite magazine, url=https://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2016-01/07/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-shot-in-8k , title=Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 will be first film shot in 8K , last=Kamen , first=Matt , magazine=]Wired UK
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, date=January 7, 2016 , access-date=January 7, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108095223/http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2016-01/07/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-shot-in-8k , archive-date=January 8, 2016 , url-status=live
[{{cite web , url=https://www.slashfilm.com/thanos-in-guardians-of-the-galaxy-2/ , title=Don't Expect to See Much of the Mad Titan Thanos in 'Guardians of the Galaxy 2' , publisher=]/Film
''/Film'', also spelled ''Slashfilm'', is a blog that covers movie news, reviews, interviews, and trailers. It was founded by Peter Sciretta in August 2005.
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, date=December 31, 2015 , access-date=January 7, 2016 , last=Anderton , first=Ethan , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216040621/http://www.slashfilm.com/thanos-in-guardians-of-the-galaxy-2/ , archive-date=February 16, 2016 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=http://nofilmschool.com/2016/01/guardians-galaxy-vol-2-red-weapon-8k-full-frame-vista-vision-camera , title=First Film to Shoot on RED's 8K Vista Vision Camera is 'Guardians of the Galaxy 2' , publisher=No Film School , date=January 6, 2016 , access-date=January 6, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107180337/http://nofilmschool.com/2016/01/guardians-galaxy-vol-2-red-weapon-8k-full-frame-vista-vision-camera , archive-date=January 7, 2016 , url-status=live]
[{{cite web, url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/646299-james-gunn-says-david-bowie-was-under-consideration-for-guardians-2#/slide/1 , title=James Gunn Says David Bowie Was Under Consideration for Guardians 2 , last=Every , first=Max , publisher=]ComingSoon.net
Mandatory (formerly CraveOnline Media) is a lifestyle website based in Los Angeles with sales offices in New York City, Chicago and San Francisco. The site is owned by media company Evolve Media, LLC. Mandatory focuses its contents into the male- ...
, date=January 11, 2016 , access-date=January 11, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113210508/http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/646299-james-gunn-says-david-bowie-was-under-consideration-for-guardians-2 , archive-date=January 13, 2016 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/646537-collector-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2#/slide/1 , title=Don't Expect the Collector in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 , last=Lesnick , first=Silas , publisher=]ComingSoon.net
Mandatory (formerly CraveOnline Media) is a lifestyle website based in Los Angeles with sales offices in New York City, Chicago and San Francisco. The site is owned by media company Evolve Media, LLC. Mandatory focuses its contents into the male- ...
, date=January 11, 2016 , access-date=January 11, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113212123/http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/646537-collector-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2 , archive-date=January 13, 2016 , url-status=live
[{{cite news, url=http://www.newsarama.com/27517-final-draft-of-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-script-done.html , title='Final Draft' Of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Script Done , last=Arrant , first=Chris , work=]Newsarama
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, date=January 13, 2016 , access-date=January 13, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116042628/http://www.newsarama.com/27517-final-draft-of-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-script-done.html , archive-date=January 16, 2016 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/652977-the-guardians-of-the-galaxy-assemble-in-a-rehearsal-photo#/slide/1 , title=The Guardians of the Galaxy Assemble in a Rehearsal Photo , last=Perry , first=Spencer , publisher=]ComingSoon.net
Mandatory (formerly CraveOnline Media) is a lifestyle website based in Los Angeles with sales offices in New York City, Chicago and San Francisco. The site is owned by media company Evolve Media, LLC. Mandatory focuses its contents into the male- ...
, date=February 2, 2016 , access-date=February 2, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203091832/http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/652977-the-guardians-of-the-galaxy-assemble-in-a-rehearsal-photo , archive-date=February 3, 2016 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://screencrush.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-steve-agee/ , title=Funny Man Steve Agee on Board for 'Guardians of the Galaxy 2' , last=Bramesco , first=Charles , publisher=Screen Crush , date=February 3, 2016 , access-date=February 3, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204091258/http://screencrush.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-steve-agee/ , archive-date=February 4, 2016 , url-status=live]
[{{cite web , url=http://marvel.com/news/movies/25742/marvel_studios_begins_production_on_marvels_guardians_of_the_galaxy_vol_2 , title=Marvel Studios Begins Production on Marvel's 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' , publisher=]Marvel.com
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, date=February 17, 2016 , access-date=February 17, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619111927/http://marvel.com/news/movies/25742/marvel_studios_begins_production_on_marvels_guardians_of_the_galaxy_vol_2 , archive-date=June 19, 2017 , url-status=dead
[{{cite web, url=https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/697935300711022592 , title=Today was our first day of the 'pre-shoot.' Next week is official 1st day of photography. Look for something then! , last=Gunn , first=James , publisher=]Twitter
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, date=February 11, 2016 , access-date=February 18, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610074302/https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/697935300711022592 , archive-date=June 10, 2017 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/guardians-galaxy-2-sons-of-anarchy-tommy-flanagan-1201716375/ , title='Guardians of Galaxy Vol. 2' Adds 'Sons of Anarchy's' Tommy Flanagan , last=Kroll , first=Justin , work=]Variety
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, date=February 26, 2016 , access-date=February 26, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160228031640/http://variety.com/2016/film/news/guardians-galaxy-2-sons-of-anarchy-tommy-flanagan-1201716375/ , archive-date=February 28, 2016 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://screenrant.com/guardians-galaxy-2-benicio-del-toro-john-reilly/ , title=Guardians of the Galaxy 2 Won't Star Benicio Del Toro Or John C. Reilly , website=Screen Rant , date=April 17, 2016 , access-date=April 18, 2016 , last=Dennis , first=Catrina , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418195136/http://screenrant.com/guardians-galaxy-2-benicio-del-toro-john-reilly/ , archive-date=April 18, 2016 , url-status=live ]
[{{cite web, url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/marvel-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-merchandise-groot-vin-diesel-1201797141/ , title='Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' Grows Merchandise Rollout With a 'Much Stronger Focus' on Groot (Exclusive) , work=]Variety
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, date=June 16, 2016 , access-date=June 16, 2016 , last=McNary , first=Dave , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617142152/http://variety.com/2016/film/news/marvel-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-merchandise-groot-vin-diesel-1201797141/ , archive-date=June 17, 2016 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, date=June 16, 2016 , first=James , last=Gunn , author-link=James Gunn , title=And that's a wrap on #GoTGVol2. WHEW. So much gratitude to my wonderful cast and crew. Thank you all. , publisher=]Twitter
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, url=https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/743589078193561600 , access-date=June 16, 2016 , archive-date=July 11, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711221019/https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/743589078193561600 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2016/06/17/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-coming-to-comic-con-chris-pratt-wraps-filming, title=Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Coming To Comic-Con, Chris Pratt Wraps Filming, last=Osborn, first=Alex, website=]IGN
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, date=June 16, 2016, access-date=June 16, 2016, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618143532/http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/06/17/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-coming-to-comic-con-chris-pratt-wraps-filming, archive-date=June 18, 2016, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/james-gunn-confirms-mantis-guardians-galaxy-vol-2 , title=James Gunn Confirms Mantis For "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" , last=White , first=Brett , website=]Comic Book Resources
''Comic Book Resources'', also known by the initialism CBR, is a website dedicated to the coverage of comic book–related news and discussion.
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Comic Book Resources was founded by Jonah Weiland in 1995 as a development of the Kingdom Co ...
, date=February 17, 2016 , access-date=June 17, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160628044959/http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/james-gunn-confirms-mantis-guardians-galaxy-vol-2 , archive-date=June 28, 2016 , url-status=live
[{{cite web , url=http://nerdist.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-toys-will-include-more-women-says-james-gunn/ , title=Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Toys Will Include More Women, Says James Gunn , last=Marnell , first=Blair , publisher=]Nerdist
Nerdist Industries, LLC is part of the digital division of Legendary Entertainment. Nerdist Industries was founded as a sole podcast (The Nerdist Podcast) created by Chris Hardwick but later spread to include a network of podcasts, a premium conte ...
, date=June 18, 2016 , access-date=June 19, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620182354/http://nerdist.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-toys-will-include-more-women-says-james-gunn/ , archive-date=June 20, 2016 , url-status=dead
[{{cite web, url=https://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/15/guardians-galaxy-vol-2-concept-art-mantis , title=Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: Meet new alien Mantis in sequel concept art , last=Collis , first=Clark , work=]Entertainment Weekly
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, date=July 15, 2016 , access-date=July 15, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160716133206/http://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/15/guardians-galaxy-vol-2-concept-art-mantis , archive-date=July 16, 2016 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://comicbook.com/marvel/2016/07/15/new-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-concept-art-released-first-loo/ , title=New Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Concept Art Released! First Look at Mantis! , last=Jayson , first=Jay , website=ComicBook.com , date=July 15, 2016 , access-date=July 15, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160716170051/http://comicbook.com/marvel/2016/07/15/new-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-concept-art-released-first-loo/ , archive-date=July 16, 2016 , url-status=live]
[{{cite web, url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2016/07/15/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-zoe-saldana-on-gamora-nebula-and-thanos, title=Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: Zoe Saldana on Gamora, Nebula And Thanos, last=Vejvoda, first=Jim, website=]IGN
''IGN'' (formerly ''Imagine Games Network'') is an American video game and entertainment media website operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, Inc. The company's headquarters is located in San Francisco's SoMa distri ...
, date=July 15, 2016, access-date=July 16, 2016, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160717152323/http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/07/15/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-zoe-saldana-on-gamora-nebula-and-thanos, archive-date=July 17, 2016, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://screencrush.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-comic-con-2016/ , title='Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' Gets a New Logo at Comic-Con 2016 , last=Whitney , first=Erin , publisher=]ScreenCrush
Townsquare Media, Inc. (formerly Regent Communications until 2010) is an American radio network and media company based in Purchase, New York. The company started in radio and expanded into digital media toward the end of the 2000s, starting wit ...
, date=July 23, 2016 , access-date=July 23, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160725145712/http://screencrush.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-comic-con-2016/ , archive-date=July 25, 2016 , url-status=live
[{{cite news, url=http://www.newsarama.com/30349-star-lord-s-father-confirmed.html, title=Star-Lord's Father Revealed ... James Gunn Explains in Detail, last=Marston, first=George, work=]Newsarama
Newsarama is an American website that publishes news, interviews, and essays about the American comic book industry. It is owned by Future US. In June 2020, Newsarama was merged with the website GamesRadar+, also owned by FutureUS.
History
N ...
, date=July 23, 2016, access-date=July 24, 2016, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160724053349/http://www.newsarama.com/30349-star-lord-s-father-confirmed.html, archive-date=July 24, 2016, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/sdcc-marvel-studios-reveals-latest-phase-3-secrets, title=SDCC: Marvel Studios Reveals Latest Phase 3 Secrets, last=Ching, first=Albert, website=]Comic Book Resources
''Comic Book Resources'', also known by the initialism CBR, is a website dedicated to the coverage of comic book–related news and discussion.
History
Comic Book Resources was founded by Jonah Weiland in 1995 as a development of the Kingdom Co ...
, date=July 23, 2016, access-date=July 24, 2016, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160725143033/http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/sdcc-marvel-studios-reveals-latest-phase-3-secrets, archive-date=July 25, 2016, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://www.slashfilm.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-footage-recap/ , title='Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' Footage Recap: Baby Groot, Human Ego & So Much More omic-Con 2016, last=Han , first=Angie , website=]/Film
''/Film'', also spelled ''Slashfilm'', is a blog that covers movie news, reviews, interviews, and trailers. It was founded by Peter Sciretta in August 2005.
Podcasts
Six podcasts have run on the site. ''The /Filmcast'', hosted by David Chen, De ...
, date=July 23, 2016 , access-date=July 24, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160725141458/http://www.slashfilm.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-footage-recap/ , archive-date=July 25, 2016 , url-status=live
[{{cite web , url=http://moviepilot.com/posts/4012847 , title=The Ravagers Could Be A Much Bigger Threat In 'Guardians of the Galaxy 2': Meet The Team To Find Out Why , last=Derisz , first=Ricky , publisher=Movie Pilot , date=July 26, 2016 , access-date=July 27, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160727134829/http://moviepilot.com/posts/4012847 , archive-date=July 27, 2016 , url-status=dead ]
[{{cite web, url=https://comicbook.com/2016/07/24/james-gunn-reveals-why-taserface-is-in-guardians-of-the-galaxy-v/ , title=James Gunn Reveals Why Taserface Is in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 , last=Davis , first=Brandon , website=ComicBook.com , date=July 24, 2016 , access-date=July 27, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728120143/http://comicbook.com/2016/07/24/james-gunn-reveals-why-taserface-is-in-guardians-of-the-galaxy-v/ , archive-date=July 28, 2016 , url-status=live]
[{{cite web, url=https://comicbook.com/marvel/2016/07/24/guardians-of-the-galaxys-james-gunn-explains-the-reveal-of-peter/ , title=Guardians of the Galaxy's James Gunn Explains The Reveal of Peter Quill's Father , last=Davis , first=Brandon , website=ComicBook.com , date=July 24, 2016 , access-date=July 27, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160727212821/http://comicbook.com/marvel/2016/07/24/guardians-of-the-galaxys-james-gunn-explains-the-reveal-of-peter/ , archive-date=July 27, 2016 , url-status=live]
[{{cite web, url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/679861-guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-easter-eggs-and-set-video-revealed#/slide/1 , title=Guardians of the Galaxy 2 Easter Eggs and Set Video Revealed! , last=Perry , first=Spencer , publisher=ComingSoon.net , date=April 25, 2016 , access-date=August 2, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730045438/http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/679861-guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-easter-eggs-and-set-video-revealed , archive-date=July 30, 2016 , url-status=live]
[{{cite news, url=http://www.newsarama.com/30740-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-concept-art-pits-the-gang-against-a-space-dinosaur.html , title=Updated: Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2's Space Dinosaur Has A Name, Post-Credits Scene Confirmed , last=Marston , first=George , work=]Newsarama
Newsarama is an American website that publishes news, interviews, and essays about the American comic book industry. It is owned by Future US. In June 2020, Newsarama was merged with the website GamesRadar+, also owned by FutureUS.
History
N ...
, date=August 26, 2016 , access-date=August 27, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825170547/http://www.newsarama.com/30740-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-concept-art-pits-the-gang-against-a-space-dinosaur.html , archive-date=August 25, 2016 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/james-gunn-kurt-russell-ego-guardians-galaxy-vol-2/ , title=James Gunn on Kurt Russell's role in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 , last=De Semlyen , first=Phil , work=]Empire
An empire is a "political unit" made up of several territories and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the empire (sometimes referred to as the metropole) ex ...
, date=August 25, 2016 , access-date=August 27, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828092945/http://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/james-gunn-kurt-russell-ego-guardians-galaxy-vol-2/ , archive-date=August 28, 2016 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=http://www.cbr.com/james-gunn-teases-groot-version-of-guardians-vol-2-script/ , title=James Gunn Teases 'Groot Version' of Guardians Vol. 2 Script , last=Hill , first=Dwight , website=]Comic Book Resources
''Comic Book Resources'', also known by the initialism CBR, is a website dedicated to the coverage of comic book–related news and discussion.
History
Comic Book Resources was founded by Jonah Weiland in 1995 as a development of the Kingdom Co ...
, date=September 3, 2016 , access-date=September 3, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160906213407/http://www.cbr.com/james-gunn-teases-groot-version-of-guardians-vol-2-script/ , archive-date=September 6, 2016 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://collider.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-baby-groot-vin-diesel/#images , title=Exclusive: 'Guardians of the Galaxy 2' Star Vin Diesel Teases "Goofy, Adorable" Baby Groot , last=Romano , first=Nick , website=]Collider
A collider is a type of particle accelerator which brings two opposing particle beams together such that the particles collide. Colliders may either be ring accelerators or linear accelerators.
Colliders are used as a research tool in particle ...
, date=October 16, 2016 , access-date=October 17, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018202822/http://collider.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-baby-groot-vin-diesel/ , archive-date=October 18, 2016 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://www.slashfilm.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-trailer/ , title='Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' Teaser Trailer Is Hooked on a Feeling Again , last=Anderton , first=Ethan , website=]/Film
''/Film'', also spelled ''Slashfilm'', is a blog that covers movie news, reviews, interviews, and trailers. It was founded by Peter Sciretta in August 2005.
Podcasts
Six podcasts have run on the site. ''The /Filmcast'', hosted by David Chen, De ...
, date=October 19, 2016 , access-date=October 22, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023134815/http://www.slashfilm.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-trailer/ , archive-date=October 23, 2016 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://www.avclub.com/article/baby-groot-kills-cuteness-first-guardians-galaxy-v-244461 , title=Baby Groot kills with cuteness in the first Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 trailer , last=Zuckerman , first=Esther , work=]The A.V. Club
''The A.V. Club'' is an American online newspaper and entertainment website featuring reviews, interviews, and other articles that examine films, music, television, books, games, and other elements of pop-culture media. ''The A.V. Club'' was cre ...
, date=October 19, 2016 , access-date=October 22, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023140248/http://www.avclub.com/article/baby-groot-kills-cuteness-first-guardians-galaxy-v-244461 , archive-date=October 23, 2016 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-trailer-rogue-one-logan-1201899061/ , title='Guardians of the Galaxy 2' Trailer Gets Fans Hooked With Social Media Buzz , last=McNary , first=Dave , work=]Variety
Variety may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats
* Variety (radio)
* Variety show, in theater and television
Films
* ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont
* ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...
, date=October 24, 2016 , access-date=October 24, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025172350/http://variety.com/2016/film/news/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-trailer-rogue-one-logan-1201899061/ , archive-date=October 25, 2016 , url-status=live
[{{cite news, url=http://theplaylist.net/ryan-reynolds-paul-wernick-talk-deadpool-sequel-surprising-link-guardians-2-20161114/ , title=Ryan Reynolds And Paul Wernick Talk 'Deadpool' Sequel and the Surprising Link To 'Guardians 2' , last=Eggertsen , first=Chris , work=]The Playlist
''The Playlist'' is a British children's entertainment and music series presented by guest presenters, produced by Strawberry Blond TV for CBBC and first aired on 22 April 2017 and ended on 12 March 2022. The first series was narrated by Sco ...
, date=November 14, 2016 , access-date=November 15, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115133847/http://theplaylist.net/ryan-reynolds-paul-wernick-talk-deadpool-sequel-surprising-link-guardians-2-20161114/ , archive-date=November 15, 2016 , url-status=live
[{{cite tweet, number=798291994778869760, user=karengillan, title=Guardians of the Galaxy reshoots today! So excited to be back with the gang! #easiestreshootsever #causethemovieisalreadyinsanelygood, date=November 14, 2016, access-date=November 15, 2016, archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6m21A5h7J?url=https://twitter.com/karengillan/status/798291994778869760, archive-date=November 15, 2016, url-status=live]
[{{cite web, url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2016/11/15/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-director-james-gunn-on-fox-marvel-character-swap-deal, title=Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Director James Gunn on Fox, Marvel Character Swap Deal, last=Osborn, first=Alex, website=]IGN
''IGN'' (formerly ''Imagine Games Network'') is an American video game and entertainment media website operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, Inc. The company's headquarters is located in San Francisco's SoMa distri ...
, date=November 15, 2016, access-date=November 16, 2016, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116022329/http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/11/15/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-director-james-gunn-on-fox-marvel-character-swap-deal, archive-date=November 16, 2016, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://www.cinemablend.com/news/1586250/how-groot-will-be-different-in-guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-according-to-vin-diesel , title=How Groot Will Be Different in Guardians of the Galaxy 2, According To Vin Diesel , last=Holmes , first=Adam , website=Cinema Blend , date=November 16, 2016 , access-date=November 17, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117211227/https://www.cinemablend.com/news/1586250/how-groot-will-be-different-in-guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-according-to-vin-diesel , archive-date=November 17, 2016 , url-status=live]
[{{cite web, url=https://comicbook.com/2016/11/21/rocket-raccoon-has-a-crisis-of-faith-in-guardians-of-galaxy-vol-/ , title=Rocket Racoon Has A Crisis of Faith in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 , last=Awesome , first=Amy , website=ComicBook.com , date=November 23, 2016 , access-date=November 23, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125130642/http://comicbook.com/2016/11/21/rocket-raccoon-has-a-crisis-of-faith-in-guardians-of-galaxy-vol-/ , archive-date=November 25, 2016 , url-status=live]
[{{cite web, url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/jennifer-lawrence-chris-pratt , title=Chris Pratt: 'Jennifer Lawrence acts like Adele sings' , work= GQ , date=November 30, 2016 , access-date=November 30, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201020302/http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/jennifer-lawrence-chris-pratt , archive-date=December 1, 2016 , url-status=live]
[{{cite web, url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/james-gunn-guardians-galaxy-2-trailer-pressures-952019 , title=ames Gunn on Trailer Pressures and Nearly Shelving the First 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Teaser , last=Couch , first=Aaron , work=]The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade pap ...
, date=December 1, 2016 , access-date=December 2, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202173802/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/james-gunn-guardians-galaxy-2-trailer-pressures-952019 , archive-date=December 2, 2016 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://comicbook.com/2016/12/03/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-trailer-to-debut-tomorrow/ , title=Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 Trailer To Debut Tomorrow , last=Peters , first=Megan , website=ComicBook.com , date=December 2, 2016 , access-date=December 3, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203113313/http://comicbook.com/2016/12/03/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-trailer-to-debut-tomorrow/ , archive-date=December 3, 2016 , url-status=live]
[{{cite web, url=https://www.slashfilm.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-trailer-marvels-universe-saving-a-holes-are-back/ , title='Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' Trailer: Marvel's Universe-Saving A-Holes Are Back , last=Hall , first=Jacob , website=]/Film
''/Film'', also spelled ''Slashfilm'', is a blog that covers movie news, reviews, interviews, and trailers. It was founded by Peter Sciretta in August 2005.
Podcasts
Six podcasts have run on the site. ''The /Filmcast'', hosted by David Chen, De ...
, date=December 3, 2016 , access-date=December 4, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204215638/http://www.slashfilm.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-trailer-marvels-universe-saving-a-holes-are-back/ , archive-date=December 4, 2016 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://www.ew.com/article/2016/12/03/guardians-galaxy-vol-2-trailer-star-lord-secret-baby-groot , title=Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 reveals Star-Lord's 'deepest, darkest secret' and lots of Baby Groot , last=Slead , first=Evan , work=]Entertainment Weekly
''Entertainment Weekly'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''EW'') is an American digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular cul ...
, date=December 3, 2016 , access-date=December 4, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204233044/http://www.ew.com/article/2016/12/03/guardians-galaxy-vol-2-trailer-star-lord-secret-baby-groot , archive-date=December 4, 2016 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=http://www.superherohype.com/news/387077-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-teaser-trailer-is-marvels-biggest-yet#/slide/1 , title=Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 teaser trailer is Marvel's biggest yet , last=Perry , first=Spencer , website=]Superhero Hype!
Mandatory (formerly CraveOnline Media) is a lifestyle website based in Los Angeles with sales offices in New York City, Chicago and San Francisco. The site is owned by media company Evolve Media, LLC. Mandatory focuses its contents into the male- ...
, date=December 5, 2016 , access-date=December 5, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206160822/http://www.superherohype.com/news/387077-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-teaser-trailer-is-marvels-biggest-yet , archive-date=December 6, 2016 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://www.ew.com/article/2016/12/10/guardians-galaxy-2-baby-groot-not-marketing-ploy-james-gunn , title=Guardians of the Galaxy 2 director says Baby Groot was a 'creative change,' not a marketing ploy , last=Romano , first=Nick , work=]Entertainment Weekly
''Entertainment Weekly'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''EW'') is an American digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular cul ...
, date=December 10, 2016 , access-date=December 12, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213033634/http://www.ew.com/article/2016/12/10/guardians-galaxy-2-baby-groot-not-marketing-ploy-james-gunn , archive-date=December 13, 2016 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://comicbook.com/2016/12/12/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-soundtrack-is-more-diverse-accordi/ , title=Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Soundtrack Is More Diverse According To James Gunn , last=Peters , first=Megan , website=ComicBook.com , date=December 12, 2016 , access-date=December 13, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161214011209/http://comicbook.com/2016/12/12/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-soundtrack-is-more-diverse-accordi/ , archive-date=December 14, 2016 , url-status=live]
[{{cite web, url=http://theconguy.com/2016/11/28/we-kicked-off-the-holiday-season-with-aaron-schwartz-he-plays-young-kurt-russell-in-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2/ , title=We Kicked Off The Holiday Season With Aaron Schwartz—He Plays Young Kurt Russell In 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' , publisher=The Con Guy , date=November 28, 2016 , access-date=December 14, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220220322/http://theconguy.com/2016/11/28/we-kicked-off-the-holiday-season-with-aaron-schwartz-he-plays-young-kurt-russell-in-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2/ , archive-date=December 20, 2016 , url-status=live]
[{{cite web, url=https://comicbook.com/marvel/2016/12/19/kraglin-has-an-expanded-role-in-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2/ , title=Kraglin Has An Expanded Role in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 , last=Ridgely , first=Charlie , website=ComicBook.com , date=December 18, 2016 , access-date=December 18, 2016 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220011932/http://comicbook.com/marvel/2016/12/19/kraglin-has-an-expanded-role-in-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2/ , archive-date=December 20, 2016 , url-status=live]
[{{cite tweet, last=Gunn, first=James, user=JamesGunn, number=819597313479831552, title=Two of the best actors (& Ravagers) I've ever worked with – @SullivanTweet (Taserface) & @TommyFlanagan (Tullk)., date=January 12, 2017, access-date=January 12, 2017, archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6nTIEjuRk?url=https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/819597313479831552, archive-date=January 12, 2017, url-status=live]
[{{cite web, url=https://www.thewrap.com/karen-gillan-directing-guardians-galaxy/ , title=Karen Gillan on 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Sequel: 'I Shaved Half My Head This Time' , last=Gonzales , first=Umberto , website=]TheWrap
''TheWrap'' is an American online news website covering the business of entertainment and media via digital, print and live events. It was founded by journalist Sharon Waxman
Sharon I. Waxman (born c.1963) is an American author, journalist, ...
, date=January 17, 2017 , access-date=January 17, 2017 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118063420/http://www.thewrap.com/karen-gillan-directing-guardians-galaxy/ , archive-date=January 18, 2017 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://screenrant.com/james-gunn-guardians-galaxy-2-score-recording/ , title=James Gunn to Live Stream Guardians of the Galaxy 2 Scoring Session , last=Dolloff , first=Matt , website=Screen Rant , date=January 24, 2017 , access-date=January 24, 2017 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126045855/http://screenrant.com/james-gunn-guardians-galaxy-2-score-recording/ , archive-date=January 26, 2017 , url-status=live ]
[{{cite web, url=https://collider.com/dave-bautista-blade-runner-2-guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-bushwick-interview , title=Dave Bautista on 'Bushwick', 'Blade Runner 2049', and 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' , last=Weintraub , first=Steve , website=]Collider
A collider is a type of particle accelerator which brings two opposing particle beams together such that the particles collide. Colliders may either be ring accelerators or linear accelerators.
Colliders are used as a research tool in particle ...
, date=January 25, 2017 , access-date=January 25, 2017 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126074427/http://collider.com/dave-bautista-blade-runner-2-guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-bushwick-interview/ , archive-date=January 26, 2017 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://www.facebook.com/jgunn/posts/10153980222336157?comment_id=10154982218129740&reply_comment_id=10154414822329053, title=Any comment? I like them, I suppose. Do you mean do I choose them. Yes, all of the Guardians mid and post credit scenes are written in the script and directed by me., last=Gunn, first=James, publisher=]Facebook
Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin M ...
, date=January 31, 2017, access-date=January 31, 2017
[{{cite web, url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2017/02/01/guardians-of-the-galaxy-sequel-sneak-peek-first-look-exclusive/97288076/ , title=Sneak peek: 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' aims for bigger, better sci-fi , last=Truitt , first=Brian , work=]USA Today
''USA Today'' (stylized in all uppercase) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth on September 15, 1982, the newspaper operates from Gannett's corporate headquarters in Tysons, Virgini ...
, date=February 2, 2017 , access-date=February 2, 2017 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202184727/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2017/02/01/guardians-of-the-galaxy-sequel-sneak-peek-first-look-exclusive/97288076/ , archive-date=February 2, 2017 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=http://io9.gizmodo.com/look-out-the-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-super-bowl-1792019758 , title=Look Out! The Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Super Bowl Spot is Here , last=Lussier , first=Germain , publisher=]io9
''io9'' is part of Gizmodo media since 2015, and it began as blog launched in 2008 by Gawker Media. The site initially focused on the subjects of science fiction, fantasy, futurism, science, technology and related areas but over the years has ...
, date=February 5, 2017 , access-date=February 6, 2017 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206190821/http://io9.gizmodo.com/look-out-the-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-super-bowl-1792019758 , archive-date=February 6, 2017 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://www.slashfilm.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-super-bowl-spot/ , title='Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' Super Bowl Spot: An Awesome Mix of Badass Cosmic Action , last=Anderton , first=Ethan , website=]/Film
''/Film'', also spelled ''Slashfilm'', is a blog that covers movie news, reviews, interviews, and trailers. It was founded by Peter Sciretta in August 2005.
Podcasts
Six podcasts have run on the site. ''The /Filmcast'', hosted by David Chen, De ...
, date=February 5, 2017 , access-date=February 6, 2017 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206184812/http://www.slashfilm.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-super-bowl-spot/ , archive-date=February 6, 2017 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://collider.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-things-to-know , title='Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2': 40 Things We Learned from Our Set Visit , last=Nemiroff , first=Perri , website=]Collider
A collider is a type of particle accelerator which brings two opposing particle beams together such that the particles collide. Colliders may either be ring accelerators or linear accelerators.
Colliders are used as a research tool in particle ...
, date=February 6, 2017 , access-date=February 6, 2017 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206223826/http://collider.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-things-to-know/ , archive-date=February 6, 2017 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://www.slashfilm.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-set-visit/ , title='Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2': Everything We Learned While on Set , last=Sciretta , first=Peter , website=]/Film
''/Film'', also spelled ''Slashfilm'', is a blog that covers movie news, reviews, interviews, and trailers. It was founded by Peter Sciretta in August 2005.
Podcasts
Six podcasts have run on the site. ''The /Filmcast'', hosted by David Chen, De ...
, date=February 6, 2017 , access-date=February 6, 2017 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206224336/http://www.slashfilm.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-set-visit/ , archive-date=February 6, 2017 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://www.slashfilm.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-set-visit/3/ , title='Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2': Everything We Learned While on Set – Page 3 , last=Sciretta , first=Peter , website=]/Film
''/Film'', also spelled ''Slashfilm'', is a blog that covers movie news, reviews, interviews, and trailers. It was founded by Peter Sciretta in August 2005.
Podcasts
Six podcasts have run on the site. ''The /Filmcast'', hosted by David Chen, De ...
, date=February 6, 2017 , access-date=February 6, 2017 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206233402/http://www.slashfilm.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-set-visit/3/ , archive-date=February 6, 2017 , url-status=live
[{{cite web , url=http://www.playboy.com/articles/playboy-interview-matthew-mcconaughey-2017 , title=Matthew McConaughey Talks 'Gold,' Unbranding and New Twists in a Singular Career , last=Rebello , first=Stephen , work=]Playboy
''Playboy'' is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother.
K ...
, date=December 13, 2016 , access-date=February 6, 2017 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207112818/http://www.playboy.com/articles/playboy-interview-matthew-mcconaughey-2017 , archive-date=February 7, 2017 , url-status=dead
[{{cite web, url=https://deadline.com/2017/02/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-pirates-of-the-caribbean-super-bowl-spots-twitter-buzz-1201903398/ , title='Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' Super Bowl Spot Is All The Talk on Twitter: PreAct's Most Buzzed About Movies , last=D'Alessandro , first=Anthony , website=]Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. The site is updated several times a day, with ...
, date=February 6, 2017 , access-date=February 6, 2017 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206205149/http://deadline.com/2017/02/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-pirates-of-the-caribbean-super-bowl-spots-twitter-buzz-1201903398/ , archive-date=February 6, 2017 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/guardians-galaxy-vol-2-scores-extremely-rare-100-test-screening-974277 , title='Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' Scores Extremely Rare 100 in Test Screening (Exclusive) , last=Kit , first=Borys , work=]The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade pap ...
, date=February 10, 2017 , access-date=February 10, 2017 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210231701/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/guardians-galaxy-vol-2-scores-extremely-rare-100-test-screening-974277 , archive-date=February 10, 2017 , url-status=live
[{{cite tweet, user=JamesGunn, last=Gunn, first=James, number=830867190173749248, title=No. He has no memories of adult Groot., date=February 12, 2017, access-date=February 15, 2017, archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6oHvwDwU8?url=https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/830867190173749248, archive-date=February 15, 2017, url-status=live]
[{{cite web, url=https://www.facebook.com/jgunn/posts/10154022047951157, title=James Gunn Facebook post, last=Gunn, first=James, publisher=]Facebook
Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin M ...
, date=February 17, 2017, access-date=February 18, 2017, quote=So as we rush toward the finish line of #GotGVol2 I want to take a beat and express my appreciation for all the amazing artists and technicians at Framestore, Weta Digital, TRIXTER, Method Studios, Animal Logic, Scanline VFX, Lola, Luma, Cantina Creative, and our in-house VFX professionals who are making this movie something truly special.
[{{cite web, url=https://screenrant.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-rob-zombie/ , title=Guardians of the Galaxy 2: Rob Zombie Confirms Involvement , last=Tyler , first=Adrienne , website=Screen Rant , date=February 23, 2017 , access-date=February 24, 2017 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224173614/http://screenrant.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-rob-zombie/ , archive-date=February 24, 2017 , url-status=live ]
[{{cite web, url=https://collider.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-trailer-chris-pratt/ , title='Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' Trailer Reveals Kurt Russell's Ego the Living Planet , last=Foutch , first=Haleigh , website=]Collider
A collider is a type of particle accelerator which brings two opposing particle beams together such that the particles collide. Colliders may either be ring accelerators or linear accelerators.
Colliders are used as a research tool in particle ...
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[{{cite web, url=http://hollywoodlife.com/2017/03/11/chris-pratt-slimed-kids-choice-awards-2017-pictures/ , title=Chris Pratt Gets Slimed at the Kids' Choice Awards After Going Power Mad in the Control Room , last=Sadlier , first=Allison , publisher=]Hollywood Life
Hollywood Life is an American digital media brand launched in 2009 by magazine editor Bonnie Fuller. The site covers celebrity, fashion, beauty, women issues, and entertainment news. It also airs award shows and other pop culture events.
History ...
, date=March 11, 2017 , access-date=March 11, 2017 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312200158/http://hollywoodlife.com/2017/03/11/chris-pratt-slimed-kids-choice-awards-2017-pictures/ , archive-date=March 12, 2017 , url-status=live
[{{cite podcast, url=http://adamcarolla.com/james-gunn-and-vinnie-tortorich/, title=James Gunn and Vinnie Tortorich, website= The Adam Carolla Show, host=]Adam Carolla
Adam Carolla (born May 27, 1964) is an American radio personality, comedian, actor and podcaster. He hosts '' The Adam Carolla Show'', a talk show distributed as a podcast which set the record as the "most downloaded podcast" as judged by ''Guin ...
, date=March 16, 2017, time=1:00:38, access-date=March 17, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407071411/http://adamcarolla.com/james-gunn-and-vinnie-tortorich/, archive-date=April 7, 2017, url-status=dead – vi
''Entertainment Weekly''Archived
from the original on March 18, 2017.
[{{cite web , url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/guardians-galaxy-2/guardians-galaxy-vol-2-see-three-exclusive-new-images/ , title=Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2: See Three Exclusive New Images , last=Nugent , first=John , work=]Empire
An empire is a "political unit" made up of several territories and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the empire (sometimes referred to as the metropole) ex ...
, date=March 20, 2017 , access-date=March 21, 2017 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322020639/http://www.empireonline.com/movies/guardians-galaxy-2/guardians-galaxy-vol-2-see-three-exclusive-new-images/ , archive-date=March 22, 2017 , url-status=dead
[{{cite web, url=http://www.fandango.com/movie-news/exclusive-interview-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-director-james-gunn-on-easter-eggs-dancing-baby-groot-and-more-752070, title=Exclusive Interview: 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' Director James Gunn On Easter Eggs, Dancing Baby Groot And More, last=Davis, first=Erik, publisher=]Fandango
Fandango is a lively partner dance originating from Portugal and Spain, usually in triple meter, traditionally accompanied by guitars, castanets, or hand-clapping. Fandango can both be sung and danced. Sung fandango is usually bipartite: it has ...
, date=March 24, 2017, access-date=March 27, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327195116/http://www.fandango.com/movie-news/exclusive-interview-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-director-james-gunn-on-easter-eggs-dancing-baby-groot-and-more-752070, archive-date=March 27, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://ew.com/movies/2017/04/19/guardians-galaxy-vol-2-premiere-live-stream-red-carpet/, title=Watch the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 world premiere live, last=Ganz, first=Jami, work=]Entertainment Weekly
''Entertainment Weekly'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''EW'') is an American digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular cul ...
, date=April 19, 2017, access-date=April 20, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422225928/http://ew.com/movies/2017/04/19/guardians-galaxy-vol-2-premiere-live-stream-red-carpet/, archive-date=April 22, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://deadline.com/2017/04/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-projected-box-office-opening-1202068751/, title='Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' Hits Tracking: $150M Opening Within Reach, last=D'Alessandro, first=Anthony, website=]Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. The site is updated several times a day, with ...
, date=April 13, 2017, access-date=April 13, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413235353/http://deadline.com/2017/04/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-projected-box-office-opening-1202068751/, archive-date=April 13, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=http://www.cosmopolitan.com.au/celebrity/guardians-of-the-galaxy-volume-2-japan-premiere-21686, title=8 Weird And Wonderful Things That Happened at The 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' Tokyo Premiere, last=Chandra, first=Jessica, work=]Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan may refer to:
Food and drink
* Cosmopolitan (cocktail), also known as a "Cosmo"
History
* Rootless cosmopolitan, a Soviet derogatory epithet during Joseph Stalin's anti-Semitic campaign of 1949–1953
Hotels and resorts
* Cosmopoli ...
, date=April 10, 2017, access-date=April 14, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415012339/http://www.cosmopolitan.com.au/celebrity/guardians-of-the-galaxy-volume-2-japan-premiere-21686, archive-date=April 15, 2017, url-status=dead
[{{cite web, url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/guardians-galaxy-3-james-gunn-returning-write-direct-994662, title='Guardians of the Galaxy 3': James Gunn Returning to Write and Direct, last=Couch, first=Aaron, work=]The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade pap ...
, date=April 17, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418082717/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/guardians-galaxy-3-james-gunn-returning-write-direct-994662, archive-date=April 18, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://comicbook.com/marvel/2017/04/17/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-sylvester-stallone-role/, title=Sylvester Stallone's Mystery Role in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Revealed, last=Peters, first=Megan, website=ComicBook.com, date=April 17, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418233935/http://comicbook.com/marvel/2017/04/17/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-sylvester-stallone-role/, archive-date=April 18, 2017, url-status=live]
[{{cite web, url=https://screenrant.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-post-credits-scenes/, title=Guardians of the Galaxy 2 Has 5 Post-Credits Scenes pdatedlast=Keyes, first=Rob, website=Screen Rant, date=April 18, 2017, access-date=April 18, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420103753/http://screenrant.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-post-credits-scenes/, archive-date=April 20, 2017, url-status=live]
[{{cite web, url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/guardians-galaxy-vol-2-2017, title=Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), publisher=]British Board of Film Classification
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC, previously the British Board of Film Censors) is a non-governmental organisation founded by the British film industry in 1912 and responsible for the national classification and censorship of f ...
, access-date=April 18, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419193433/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/guardians-galaxy-vol-2-2017, archive-date=April 19, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite magazine, url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/inside-the-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-soundtrack-w477515, title=Inside the 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' Soundtrack, last=Hiatt, first=Brian, magazine=]Rolling Stone
''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first kno ...
, date=April 19, 2017, access-date=April 19, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419192817/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/inside-the-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-soundtrack-w477515, archive-date=April 19, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2017/04/20/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-score-album-details/, title='Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' Score Album Details, publisher=Film Music Reporter, date=April 20, 2017, access-date=April 20, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421094204/http://filmmusicreporter.com/2017/04/20/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-score-album-details/, archive-date=April 21, 2017, url-status=live]
[{{cite web, url=https://www.slashfilm.com/adam-warlock-guardians-of-the-galaxy/, title=Exclusive: Adam Warlock Was Originally a Major Character in 'Guardians Vol. 2'; Will Be in 'Guardians 3', last=Sciretta, first=Peter, website=]/Film
''/Film'', also spelled ''Slashfilm'', is a blog that covers movie news, reviews, interviews, and trailers. It was founded by Peter Sciretta in August 2005.
Podcasts
Six podcasts have run on the site. ''The /Filmcast'', hosted by David Chen, De ...
, date=April 20, 2017, access-date=April 20, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421092305/http://www.slashfilm.com/adam-warlock-guardians-of-the-galaxy/, archive-date=April 21, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=http://www.thewhig.com/2017/04/25/sylvester-stallones-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-character-has-a-big-future-in-the-mcu, title=Sylvester Stallone's 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' character has a big future in the MCU, last=Daniell, first=Mark, work=The Whig, date=April 25, 2017, access-date=April 28, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428051803/http://www.thewhig.com/2017/04/25/sylvester-stallones-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-character-has-a-big-future-in-the-mcu, archive-date=April 28, 2017, url-status=live]
[{{cite web, url=https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2017/04/there-are-two-fun-cameos-in-the-credits-of-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-to-keep-an-eye-out-for/, title=There are two fun cameos in the credits of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 to keep an eye out for, last=Owen, first=Luke, publisher=Flickering Myth, date=April 26, 2017, access-date=April 28, 2017, archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6q2IymDwX?url=https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2017/04/there-are-two-fun-cameos-in-the-credits-of-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-to-keep-an-eye-out-for/, archive-date=April 27, 2017, url-status=live]
[{{cite web , url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/adambvary/miley-cyrus-guardians-galaxy-vol-2-cameo-future-marvel , title=Not Only Is Miley Cyrus in Marvel's Next Movie, But She May Be Coming Back For Another One , last=Vary , first=Adam B. , publisher=]BuzzFeed
BuzzFeed, Inc. is an American Internet media, news and entertainment company with a focus on digital media. Based in New York City, BuzzFeed was founded in 2006 by Jonah Peretti and John S. Johnson III to focus on tracking viral content. Ken ...
, date=April 22, 2017 , access-date=April 28, 2017 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428053348/https://www.buzzfeed.com/adambvary/miley-cyrus-guardians-galaxy-vol-2-cameo-future-marvel , archive-date=April 28, 2017 , url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://screenrant.com/james-gunn-explains-nathan-fillions-cut-wonder-man-cameo/, title=James Gunn Explains Nathan Fillion's Cut Wonder Man Cameo, last=Chapman, first=Tom, website=Screen Rant, date=April 21, 2017, access-date=April 28, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427095942/http://screenrant.com/james-gunn-explains-nathan-fillions-cut-wonder-man-cameo/, archive-date=April 27, 2017, url-status=live]
[{{cite web, url=https://deadline.com/2017/04/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-opening-international-box-office-1202077856/, title='Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2' Rockets To $22.3M Overseas – International Box Office, last=Tartaglione, first=Nancy, website=]Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. The site is updated several times a day, with ...
, date=April 28, 2017, access-date=April 28, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501160410/http://deadline.com/2017/04/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-opening-international-box-office-1202077856/, archive-date=May 1, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://deadline.com/2017/04/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-box-office-preview-international-1202076996/, title='Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2': $100M Offshore Bow in the Mix? – International Box Office Preview, last=Tartaglione, first=Nancy, website=]Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. The site is updated several times a day, with ...
, date=April 25, 2017, access-date=April 27, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428133908/http://deadline.com/2017/04/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-box-office-preview-international-1202076996/, archive-date=April 28, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://screenrant.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-original-team/, title=Kevin Feige & James Gunn Explain Stallone's Secret MCU Team, last=Keyes, first=Rob, website=Screen Rant, date=April 20, 2017, access-date=April 28, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426025826/http://screenrant.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-original-team/, archive-date=April 26, 2017, url-status=live]
[{{cite web, url=https://screenrant.com/stan-lee-mcu-cameo-theory-marvel-kevin-feige/, title=Kevin Feige Endorses Stan Lee MCU Cameo Fan Theory, last=Leadbeater, first=Alex, website=Screen Rant, date=April 27, 2017, access-date=April 28, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428142545/http://screenrant.com/stan-lee-mcu-cameo-theory-marvel-kevin-feige/, archive-date=April 28, 2017, url-status=live]
[{{cite web, url=https://screencrush.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-nathan-fillion/, title='Guardians of the Galaxy 2' Casts Nathan Fillion as Wonder Man, last=Sampson, first=Mike, publisher=Screen Crush, date=April 25, 2016, access-date=April 28, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508180534/http://screencrush.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-nathan-fillion/, archive-date=May 8, 2017, url-status=live]
[{{cite web, url=https://comicbook.com/marvel/2017/04/26/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-post-credits-scenes-adam-/#5, title=Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Post-Credits Scenes Explained, last=Davis, first=Brandon, website=ComicBook.com, date=April 27, 2016, access-date=April 28, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428191500/http://comicbook.com/marvel/2017/04/26/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-post-credits-scenes-adam-/, archive-date=April 28, 2017, url-status=live]
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A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world) is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically found in high-traffic areas such as alongside busy roads. Billboards present large advertise ...
, date=April 25, 2017, access-date=April 28, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170429004339/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/tv-film/7775028/doritos-marvel-partner-for-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-promotion, archive-date=April 29, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://deadline.com/2017/05/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-fate-of-the-furious-baahubali-2-china-international-box-office-1202079772/, title='Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2' Blasts Off With $106M – International Box Office, last=Tartaglione, first=Nancy, website=]Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. The site is updated several times a day, with ...
, date=May 2, 2017, access-date=May 2, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502140816/http://deadline.com/2017/05/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-fate-of-the-furious-baahubali-2-china-international-box-office-1202079772/, archive-date=May 2, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://deadline.com/2017/05/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-marvel-fandango-advance-ticket-sales-records-1202080383/, title='Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' Beating 'Avengers: Age Of Ultron' In Advance Ticket Sales, last=D'Alessandro, first=Anthony, website=]Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. The site is updated several times a day, with ...
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[{{cite web, url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/guardians-galaxy-vol-2-review-996282 , title='Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2': Film Review , last=McCarthy , first=Todd , work=]The Hollywood Reporter
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[{{cite web, url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-review-20170503-story.html , title=Review 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' has that familiar feeling, maybe too much of it , last=Turan , first=Kenneth , work=]Los Angeles Times
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''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. The site is updated several times a day, with ...
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N ...
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[{{cite web, url=https://www.slashfilm.com/michael-rooker-in-avengers-infinity-war/, title=Is Michael Rooker in 'Avengers: Infinity War' or Not?, last=Anderton, first=Ethan, website=]/Film
''/Film'', also spelled ''Slashfilm'', is a blog that covers movie news, reviews, interviews, and trailers. It was founded by Peter Sciretta in August 2005.
Podcasts
Six podcasts have run on the site. ''The /Filmcast'', hosted by David Chen, De ...
, date=May 19, 2017, access-date=May 20, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520005451/http://www.slashfilm.com/michael-rooker-in-avengers-infinity-war/, archive-date=May 20, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/17/15624888/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-mantis-wrong, title=Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 got Mantis all wrong, says character creator, last=Shiac, first=Kieran, website=Polygon, date=May 17, 2017, access-date=May 20, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517182053/https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/17/15624888/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-mantis-wrong, archive-date=May 17, 2017, url-status=live]
[{{cite web, url=https://deadline.com/2017/05/alien-covenant-diary-of-a-wimpy-kid-everything-everything-box-office-previews-1202097673/, title=Why 'Alien: Covenant' Lost Its Bite At The B.O. With $36M+ Opening, −29% From 'Prometheus', last1=D'Alessandro, first1=Anthony, last2=Busch, first2=Anita, website=]Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. The site is updated several times a day, with ...
, date=May 21, 2017, access-date=May 22, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170523010350/http://deadline.com/2017/05/alien-covenant-diary-of-a-wimpy-kid-everything-everything-box-office-previews-1202097673/, archive-date=May 23, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://deadline.com/2017/05/aamir-khan-dangal-alien-covenant-guardians-of-the-glaxy-vol-2-beauty-beast-get-out-china-international-box-office-1202099242/, title='Alien: Covenant' Adds $30M In 2nd Frame; 'Dangal' Pins $100M+ In China; 'Guardians 2' At $733M WW – International Box Office, last=Tartaglione, first=Nancy, website=]Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. The site is updated several times a day, with ...
, date=May 21, 2017, access-date=May 22, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170521200106/http://deadline.com/2017/05/aamir-khan-dangal-alien-covenant-guardians-of-the-glaxy-vol-2-beauty-beast-get-out-china-international-box-office-1202099242/, archive-date=May 21, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/michael-rosenbaum-guardians-2-his-wild-friendship-carrie-fisher-1006446, title=Michael Rosenbaum on 'Guardians 2' and His Wild Friendship With Carrie Fisher, last=Burton, first=Byron, work=]The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade pap ...
, date=May 23, 2017, access-date=May 24, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524003452/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/michael-rosenbaum-guardians-2-his-wild-friendship-carrie-fisher-1006446, archive-date=May 24, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://www.fxguide.com/featured/guardians-of-kurt/, title=Guardians of Kurt: Young Kurt Russell & Ego Suppression, last=Seymour, first=Mike, publisher=]Fxguide
Fxguide, trademarked as fxguide, is a visual effects and post-production community website founded by three visual effects artists, Jeff Heusser, John Montgomery, and Mike Seymour.
History
Fxguide began in 1999 as a website to expand on tips, tri ...
, date=May 21, 2017, access-date=May 23, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729143152/https://www.fxguide.com/featured/guardians-of-kurt/, archive-date=July 29, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://deadline.com/2017/05/pirates-of-the-caribbean-5-dead-men-tell-no-tales-baywatch-box-office-weekend-1202102887/, title=How 'Pirates' & 'Baywatch' Are Casualties of Summer Franchise Fatigue at the Domestic B.O. – Monday AM, last1=D'Alessandro, first1=Anthony, last2=Busch, first2=Anita, website=]Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. The site is updated several times a day, with ...
, date=May 29, 2017, access-date=May 29, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170530112026/http://deadline.com/2017/05/pirates-of-the-caribbean-5-dead-men-tell-no-tales-baywatch-box-office-weekend-1202102887/, archive-date=May 30, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://deadline.com/2017/05/pirates-5-dead-men-tell-no-tales-international-debut-box-office-global-take-disney-1202103717/, title='Pirates' $209M Overseas Start And $271.4M Global Take Push Disney Franchise Past $4B Mark, last=Busch, first=Anita, website=]Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. The site is updated several times a day, with ...
, date=May 29, 2017, access-date=May 29, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170530190859/http://deadline.com/2017/05/pirates-5-dead-men-tell-no-tales-international-debut-box-office-global-take-disney-1202103717/, archive-date=May 30, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite magazine, url=http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2017/05/29/guardians-of-the-galaxy-star-michael-rooker-interview.aspx, title=Guardians of the Galaxy Star Michael Rooker Chats About Playing Yondu, Call of Duty, and Mary Poppins, last=Gwaltney, first=Javy, magazine=]Game Informer
''Game Informer'' (''GI'', most often stylized ''gameinformer'' from the 2010s onward) is an American monthly video game magazine featuring articles, news, strategy, and reviews of video games and associated consoles. It debuted in August 1991 w ...
, publisher=GameStop
GameStop Corp. is an American video game, consumer electronics, and gaming merchandise retailer. The company is headquartered in Grapevine, Texas (a suburb of Dallas), and is the largest video game retailer worldwide. , the company operates 4,5 ...
, date=May 29, 2017, access-date=May 31, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601011550/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2017/05/29/guardians-of-the-galaxy-star-michael-rooker-interview.aspx, archive-date=June 1, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://deadline.com/2017/06/wonder-woman-captain-underpants-weekend-box-office-opening-1202106462/, title='Wonder Woman' Breaks Glass Ceiling For Female Directors & Stomps On 'Iron Man' With $100.5M Debut – Sunday AM Final, last=D'Alessandro, first=Anthony, website=]Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. The site is updated several times a day, with ...
, date=June 4, 2017, access-date=June 5, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605213449/http://deadline.com/2017/06/wonder-woman-captain-underpants-weekend-box-office-opening-1202106462/, archive-date=June 5, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://deadline.com/2017/06/wonder-woman-opening-box-office-results-international-1202105707/, title='Wonder Woman' Lassos $122.5M Offshore, $223M Global Debut – International Box Office, last=Tartaglione, first=Nancy, website=]Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. The site is updated several times a day, with ...
, date=June 4, 2017, access-date=June 5, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605213549/http://deadline.com/2017/06/wonder-woman-opening-box-office-results-international-1202105707/, archive-date=June 5, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/06/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-soundtrack-coming-to-vinyl-and-cassette/, title=Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 soundtrack coming to vinyl and cassette, last=Kaye, first=Ben, work=]Consequence of Sound
''Consequence'' (previously ''Consequence of Sound'') is an independently owned New York-based online magazine featuring news, editorials, and reviews of music, movies, and television. In addition, the website also features the Festival Outlook ...
, date=June 6, 2017, access-date=June 8, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606212427/https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/06/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-soundtrack-coming-to-vinyl-and-cassette/, archive-date=June 6, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://deadline.com/2017/06/wonder-woman-whipping-tom-cruise-mummy-weekend-box-office-1202111169/, title='Wonder Woman' Whops Tom Cruise's 'The Mummy' Back to the Stone Ages – Sunday AM Postmortem, last=D'Alessandro, first=Anthony, website=]Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. The site is updated several times a day, with ...
, date=June 11, 2017, access-date=June 12, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613163646/http://deadline.com/2017/06/wonder-woman-whipping-tom-cruise-mummy-weekend-box-office-1202111169/, archive-date=June 13, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://deadline.com/2017/06/cars-3-all-eyez-on-me-tupac-shakur-rough-night-scarlett-johansson-mandy-moore-47-meters-below-1202114764/, title='Cars 3' $53M+ Is 3rd Best For Pixar Series; 'Wonder Woman' Wows With $40M+; 'All Eyez on Me' Solid – Sunday AM Postmortem, last=D'Alessandro, first=Anthony, website=]Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. The site is updated several times a day, with ...
, date=June 18, 2017, access-date=June 19, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619141958/http://deadline.com/2017/06/cars-3-all-eyez-on-me-tupac-shakur-rough-night-scarlett-johansson-mandy-moore-47-meters-below-1202114764/, archive-date=June 19, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://www.fxguide.com/featured/the-fractal-nature-of-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2/, title=The fractal nature of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, last=Seymour, first=Mike, publisher=]Fxguide
Fxguide, trademarked as fxguide, is a visual effects and post-production community website founded by three visual effects artists, Jeff Heusser, John Montgomery, and Mike Seymour.
History
Fxguide began in 1999 as a website to expand on tips, tri ...
, date=June 6, 2017, access-date=June 20, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228035039/https://www.fxguide.com/featured/the-fractal-nature-of-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2/, archive-date=December 28, 2018, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/animated-baby-groot-epic-opening-guardians-galaxy-vol-2-150705.html, title=How They Animated Baby Groot in That Epic Opening To 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2', last=Failes, first=Ian, work=]Cartoon Brew
Cartoon Brew is an animation news website created by Amid Amidi and animation historian Jerry Beck that was launched in 2004.
Cartoon Dump
It also created ''Cartoon Dump'', a weekly podcast showing poorly made TV cartoons featuring ''Mystery Sc ...
, date=May 17, 2017, access-date=June 22, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702031236/http://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/animated-baby-groot-epic-opening-guardians-galaxy-vol-2-150705.html, archive-date=July 2, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://www.awn.com/vfxworld/weta-digital-confronts-monstrous-ego-guardians-galaxy-vol-2, title=Weta Digital Confronts the Monstrous Ego of 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2', last=Hogg, first=Trevor, publisher=]Animation World Network
Animation World Network (often just "AWN") is an online publishing group that specializes in resources for animators, with an extensive website offering news, articles and links for professional animators and animation fans. Specifically, AWN cov ...
, date=May 30, 2017, access-date=June 22, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026222738/https://www.awn.com/vfxworld/weta-digital-confronts-monstrous-ego-guardians-galaxy-vol-2, archive-date=October 26, 2018, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://deadline.com/2017/06/transformers-the-last-knight-opening-weekend-box-office-1202118976/, title=Why 'Transformers' Is Screaming For Reboot After $68M Start; 'Wonder Woman' Steps On 'Cars 3' In 2nd-Place Fight – Monday AM, last=D'Alessandro, first=Anthony, website=]Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. The site is updated several times a day, with ...
, date=June 26, 2017, access-date=June 26, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626185700/http://deadline.com/2017/06/transformers-the-last-knight-opening-weekend-box-office-1202118976/, archive-date=June 26, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://www.cnet.com/news/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-could-be-disneys-first-4k-blu-ray/, title='Guardians of the Galaxy 2' could be Disney's first 4K Blu-ray, last=Katzmeier, first=David, website=]CNET
''CNET'' (short for "Computer Network") is an American media website that publishes reviews, news, articles, blogs, podcasts, and videos on technology and consumer electronics globally. ''CNET'' originally produced content for radio and televi ...
, date=June 9, 2017, access-date=July 4, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811104444/https://www.cnet.com/news/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-could-be-disneys-first-4k-blu-ray/, archive-date=August 11, 2017, url-status=dead
[{{cite web, url=https://www.comingsoon.net/dvd/news/865661-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-blu-ray#/slide/1, title=Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Comes Home in August, last=Lesnick, first=Silas, publisher=]ComingSoon.net
Mandatory (formerly CraveOnline Media) is a lifestyle website based in Los Angeles with sales offices in New York City, Chicago and San Francisco. The site is owned by media company Evolve Media, LLC. Mandatory focuses its contents into the male- ...
, date=July 11, 2017, access-date=July 11, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714030131/http://www.comingsoon.net/dvd/news/865661-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-blu-ray, archive-date=July 14, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite news, url=https://www.newsarama.com/35521-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-1980s-infomercial.html, title=Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Rocks a 1980s Infomercial, work=]Newsarama
Newsarama is an American website that publishes news, interviews, and essays about the American comic book industry. It is owned by Future US. In June 2020, Newsarama was merged with the website GamesRadar+, also owned by FutureUS.
History
N ...
, date=July 21, 2017, access-date=July 22, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721194922/https://www.newsarama.com/35521-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-1980s-infomercial.html, archive-date=July 21, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://ew.com/movies/2017/07/23/james-gunn-groot-age-explainer-guardians-2-infinity-war/, title=James Gunn explains Groot's age difference in Guardians 2 vs. Infinity War footage, last=Hall, first=Gerrad, work=]Entertainment Weekly
''Entertainment Weekly'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''EW'') is an American digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular cul ...
, date=July 23, 2017, access-date=July 24, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170725091808/http://ew.com/movies/2017/07/23/james-gunn-groot-age-explainer-guardians-2-infinity-war/, archive-date=July 25, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=http://www.cbr.com/interview-dave-bautista-drax-guardians-galaxy-2/, title=I Am Not Drax: Bautista Did Heavy Lifting to Find His GotG Character, last=Huver, first=Scott, website=]Comic Book Resources
''Comic Book Resources'', also known by the initialism CBR, is a website dedicated to the coverage of comic book–related news and discussion.
History
Comic Book Resources was founded by Jonah Weiland in 1995 as a development of the Kingdom Co ...
, date=May 2, 2017, access-date=July 30, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731040922/http://www.cbr.com/interview-dave-bautista-drax-guardians-galaxy-2/, archive-date=July 31, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BXVvY3oDAOj/ , archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BXVvY3oDAOj , archive-date=December 26, 2021 , url-access=registration, title=#GotGPicoftheDay One of my favorite #scifi shows of all time was #Farscape. So when I ran into the show's star, Ben Browder, a couple of years ago at the Saturn Awards, I asked him if he'd make a cameo in #guardiansofthegalaxy. He thankfully agreed and can be seen as the Sovereign Admiral with Ayesha. He's a great guy. Here we are chatting Farscape #behindthescenes. #movies #movie #gotg #gotgvol2, last=Gunn, first=James, publisher=]Instagram
Instagram is a photo and video sharing social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. The app allows users to upload media that can be edited with filters and organized by hashtags and geographical tagging. Posts can ...
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[{{cite web, url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-inferno-soundtrack-retro-music-video-1202516965-1202516965/, title='Guardians of the Galaxy': James Gunn Shares Retro 'Inferno' Music Video (Watch), last=Knapp, first=JD, work=]Variety
Variety may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats
* Variety (radio)
* Variety show, in theater and television
Films
* ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont
* ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...
, date=August 6, 2017, access-date=August 7, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808031442/http://variety.com/2017/film/news/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-inferno-soundtrack-retro-music-video-1202516965-1202516965/, archive-date=August 8, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://deadline.com/2017/08/james-gunn-guardians-of-the-galaxy-music-video-chris-pratt-zoe-saldana-david-haselhoff-1202143354/, title=James Gunn Posts New 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Music Video With David Hasselhoff, last=Ramos, first=Dino-Ray, website=]Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. The site is updated several times a day, with ...
, date=August 6, 2017, access-date=August 7, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807233705/http://deadline.com/2017/08/james-gunn-guardians-of-the-galaxy-music-video-chris-pratt-zoe-saldana-david-haselhoff-1202143354/, archive-date=August 7, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://ew.com/movies/2017/08/04/david-bowie-guardians-galaxy-james-gunn/, title=Guardians of the Galaxy director wanted David Bowie to play a member of Yondu's crew, last=Collis, first=Clark, work=]Entertainment Weekly
''Entertainment Weekly'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''EW'') is an American digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular cul ...
, date=August 4, 2017, access-date=August 7, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808000044/http://ew.com/movies/2017/08/04/david-bowie-guardians-galaxy-james-gunn/, archive-date=August 8, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/guardians-galaxy-vol-2-director-james-gunn-deleted-scenes-infinity-war-groot-every-age-201157430.html, title='Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' director James Gunn on deleted scenes, 'Infinity War,' and Groot at every age, publisher=]Yahoo!
Yahoo! (, styled yahoo''!'' in its logo) is an American web services provider. It is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California and operated by the namesake company Yahoo Inc., which is 90% owned by investment funds managed by Apollo Global Man ...
UK, date=August 7, 2017, access-date=August 15, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817090144/https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/guardians-galaxy-vol-2-director-james-gunn-deleted-scenes-infinity-war-groot-every-age-201157430.html, archive-date=August 17, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=https://screenrant.com/guardians-galaxy-2-digital-launch/, title=Guardians of the Galaxy 2 is Marvel's Most Successful Digital Launch, last=Dolloff, first=Matt, website=Screen Rant, date=August 15, 2017, access-date=August 15, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816150416/http://screenrant.com/guardians-galaxy-2-digital-launch/, archive-date=August 16, 2017, url-status=live]
[{{cite web, url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2017/08/21/which-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-blu-ray-should-you-buy, title=Which Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Blu-Ray Should You Buy?, last=Macy, first=Seth, website=]IGN
''IGN'' (formerly ''Imagine Games Network'') is an American video game and entertainment media website operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, Inc. The company's headquarters is located in San Francisco's SoMa distri ...
, date=August 21, 2017, access-date=August 23, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822023455/http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/08/21/which-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-blu-ray-should-you-buy, archive-date=August 22, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2/, title=Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), last1=Landekic, first1=Lola, last2=Perkins, first2=Will, publisher=]Art of the Title
Art of the Title (AOTT) is an online publication dedicated to title sequence design, spanning the film, television, conference, and video game industries. The publication is both an educational and historical resource and a contemporary publicati ...
, date=August 23, 2017, access-date=August 24, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824133653/http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2/, archive-date=August 24, 2017, url-status=live
[{{cite web, url=http://www.homemediamagazine.com/research/guardians-galaxy-vol-2-soars-no-1-debut-home-video-sales-charts-40707, title='Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' Soars to No. 1 Debut on Home Video Sales Charts, last=Arnold, first=Thomas K., work=]Home Media Magazine
''Home Media Magazine'' was a trade publication that covered various aspects of the home entertainment industry, most notably home video distribution via VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, and digital copy. The magazine also covered news relating to consumer el ...
, date=August 31, 2017, access-date=September 4, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905010806/http://www.homemediamagazine.com/research/guardians-galaxy-vol-2-soars-no-1-debut-home-video-sales-charts-40707, archive-date=September 5, 2017, url-status=dead
[{{cite web, url=http://www.homemediamagazine.com/research/guardians-galaxy-vol-2-claims-second-week-top-disc-seller-40743, title='Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' Claims Second Week as Top Disc Seller, work=]Home Media Magazine
''Home Media Magazine'' was a trade publication that covered various aspects of the home entertainment industry, most notably home video distribution via VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, and digital copy. The magazine also covered news relating to consumer el ...
, date=September 7, 2017, access-date=September 7, 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909013828/http://www.homemediamagazine.com/research/guardians-galaxy-vol-2-claims-second-week-top-disc-seller-40743, archive-date=September 9, 2017, url-status=dead
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Film School Rejects is an American blog devoted to movie reviews, interviews, film industry news, and feature commentary. It was founded by Neil Miller in February 2006.
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''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher. It features articles in the fields of politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science.
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[{{Cite web , last=Kroll , first=Justin , date=October 11, 2021 , title='Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3': Will Poulter To Play Adam Warlock In Next Installment Of Marvel Franchise , url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3-will-poulter-1234853679/ , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211012032223/https://deadline.com/2021/10/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3-will-poulter-1234853679/ , archive-date=October 12, 2021 , access-date=October 11, 2021 , website=]Deadline Hollywood
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[{{Cite web , last=Byford , first=Sam , date=November 8, 2021 , title=Disney Plus is upgrading Marvel movies to IMAX aspect ratio , url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/8/22764957/marvel-disney-plus-imax-expanded-aspect-ratio , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108184841/https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/8/22764957/marvel-disney-plus-imax-expanded-aspect-ratio , archive-date=November 8, 2021 , access-date=November 8, 2021 , website=]The Verge
''The Verge'' is an American technology news website operated by Vox Media, publishing news, feature stories, guidebooks, product reviews, consumer electronics news, and podcasts.
The website launched on November 1, 2011, and uses Vox Media' ...
[{{Cite web , last=Hermanns , first=Grant , date=April 22, 2022 , title=James Gunn Reveals Which Marvel Character Was Almost in GOTG 2 , url=https://screenrant.com/guardians-galaxy-2-movie-darkhawk-james-gunn-response/ , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423081930/https://screenrant.com/guardians-galaxy-2-movie-darkhawk-james-gunn-response/ , archive-date=April 23, 2022 , access-date=April 28, 2022 , website=]Screen Rant
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''/Film'', also spelled ''Slashfilm'', is a blog that covers movie news, reviews, interviews, and trailers. It was founded by Peter Sciretta in August 2005.
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