While Avengers: Infinity War is expected to be the biggest superhero film EVER (hopefully) James Gunn has confirmed that one big Marvel character won’t be in Avengers: Infinity War.
Obvious SPOILERS follow!
During a Q & A on Facebook, James Gunn answered a question about Adam Warlock being in the upcoming superhero film, and had the following to say:
“Adam Warlock will not be in Infinity War … he will have a future in the MCU. But will it be in Infinity War? It will not.”
Obviously, for those that saw Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (currently in theaters) they know that the character was referenced at the end of the film in a post-credits scene.
It’s good to know that there’s a plan for the character, as he was supposed to be in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 – according to Gunn:
“I love Adam Warlock. He’s one of my favorite characters. In all truth, I wrote an early treatment where I had Adam Warlock as a part…this is your big scoop, because I don’t think I’ve told anybody this… It was Adam Warlock. He was a big part of the screenplay and I realized it was one character too many. And I adored the character. 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. So I decided to save him for later.”
Source: James Gunn