Back during filming of Marvel’s highly anticipated sequel, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, several reporters were lucky enough to visit the set in Atlanta.
Until now, these reports have been embargoed, but as of today the embargo has been lifted and as such, plenty of interesting details have hit the web. Read on to check them out, but be warned, they are considered spoilers.
The website /Film has uploaded their report of what they found out whilst on set and it answers some pretty big questions, mostly in regards to how a lot of the characters will fit into the film including Nebula and Ego.
You can can find their reporting below:
- The sequel starts 3 months later after the first.
- The Guardians are a new team/faction out in the galaxy doing good deeds and services…but for a price. Case in point, they go to save The Sovereign People from an inter-dimensional monster who’s trying to devour their planet’s power source. To “pay” the Guardians, The Sovereign People have captured Nebula and are willing to exchange her if Star-Lord and co. take care of the beast.
- The Guardians want to take Nebula to the planet Xandar and turn her over to the Nova Corps. but of course, things go awry and that journey becomes very complicated according to James Gunn.
- As for their defeat of the inter-dimensional monster, it seems Rocket didn’t view Nebula as suitable payment and stole a few of the planet’s power source/batteries which pisses of The Sovereign People and their leader Ayesha. In response, she hired The Ravagers to go after The Guardians and retrieve the batteries.
- The Sovereign are genetically created beings who are sticklers for proper decorum and etiquette. Rocket’s theft deeply offends them and it seems they’ll go to any length to have their honor restored.
- Yondu tries to convince The Ravagers not to go after Quill and the rest of the Guardians but they don’t listen to him. With Yondu not going after Quill after not handing over the “orb” at the end of the first film and now speaking against taking the job from Ayesha, Taserface leads a rebellion and overthrows Yondu as leader of The Ravagers.
- The group will be split up early on in the movie and the question the film presents to the audience becomes IF and WHEN will they reunite.
- The two main villains are Ayesha and Taserface, who Kevin Feige describes as, “less grandiose in their ambitions than [Ronan].”
- With the Guardian’s legend grown to sizable proportions following their defeat of Ronan and Peter managing to hold and Infinity Stone and walk away unscathed, word eventually reaches Ego, who comes looking for his son. It seems he’s been looking for Peter for a long time after Yondu failed to deliver him.
- Traveling with Ego is his personal attendant, Mantis. She’s described as very naive, making Drax look like a worldly-scholar in comparison.
- There was one more Guardian included in Gunn’s original treatment for the sequel but was ultimately cut during script revisions. However, Gunn stated that the character would likely appear in a future Guardians installment.
These are definite some intriguing details, and they definitely seem to confirm many fans theories. It’s interesting to think about who the Guardian removed from the script may actually be, given Ayesha’s connection to the hero, Adam Warlock, it seems as though he would be the most obvious choice. Saying that, we were already introduced to a Guardian in the last film in the form of the Cosmo, the telekinetic dog.
It definitely sounds as though the film will have a standalone story, with the confirmation that it won’t feature Thanos or an Infinty Stone. This seems like a interesting choice given just how close we are to the culmination of the arc that’s been building since we first saw Thanos’ grin at the end of The Avengers.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 will blast into theatres May 5th.
Source: /Film
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