James Gunn Reiterates That GOTG Is Not An AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR Prequel

James Gunn Reiterates That GOTG Is Not An AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR Prequel

James Gunn made some interesting comments some time ago about keeping his Guardians of the Galaxy movies separate from the Avengers films, and has once again stated that the 2014 hit and its sequel isn't about leading towards Infinity War.

By staypuffed - Dec 22, 2014 02:12 PM EST
Source: Comic Vine

Guardians of the Galaxy writer/director James Gunn has previously spoken about the 2017 sequel not being weighed-down by ties to the two-part Avengers: Infinity War, and during an interview with The Q&A Podcast said that the Guardians films are designed for building the cosmic part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, not connecting. "The last thing I said was something about how the Guardians, we really are mostly focused on creating the Guardians as their own separate universe, creating the cosmic side of the Marvel Universe." He once again stated, "it isn't all about leading towards Avengers. We're not subservient to The Avengers. Whether or not at some point, some Guardians and some Avengers meet up and meet somewhere in the world, whether it's two years from now, three years from now, four years from now, fifteen years from now… I'm not going to say. But Guardians of the Galaxy does not exist as a prequel to Avengers 3 and 4. They have their own thing that they're involved in. They have their own mythos that they're involved in. They have their own stories that are equally important." The appearance of Thanos and an Infinity Stone in Guardians certainly suggests links with Infinity War, but Gunn does seem pretty adamant about crafting his own part of the galaxy. What do you think? Do you want to see the rag-tag team of A-holes cross over with Earth's Mightiest Heroes, or should they be kept seperate in the MCU?

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