2 Director James Gunn on Fox, Marvel Character Swap Deal", "We Kicked Off The Holiday Season With Aaron Schwartz—He Plays Young Kurt Russell In 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. [146][147] 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. He noted that "Vol. #movies #movie #gotg #gotgvol2", "James Gunn says 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. The website's critical consensus reads, "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Rocket and Groot remain behind to repair the ship and guard Nebula. "[179] Pratt and Saldana appeared at the 2017 Kids' Choice Awards, where they debuted an exclusive clip. Live-action theatrical films based on Marvel Comics, Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters, All I Need to Know about Filmmaking I Learned from The Toxic Avenger, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_Vol._2&oldid=983666606, CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Use list-defined references from August 2019, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat-VIAF identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Live Action Production, Arslan Elver, Liam Russell, Alvise Avati, Alessandro Cuicci, Best Music Supervision for Film: Budgeted Over 25 Million Dollars, Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature, Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal Project, James Baker, Steven Lo, Alvise Avati, Robert Stipp for "Groot Dance/Opening Fight", Feature Motion Picture: Best Contemporary Hair Styling, Camille Friend, Louisa Anthony and Jules Holdren, Feature Motion Picture: Best Special Makeup Effects, Christopher Townsend, Damien Carr, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner, Dan Sudick, Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner, Dan Sudick, This page was last edited on 15 October 2020, at 15:04. Lucky for Kraglin, he's a humanoid which obviously requires little to no makeup. Inspiring ordinary women to find joy in everyday things. Method also created the film's final sequence for Yondu's funeral. 2..L to R: Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper), Groot (voiced by Vin Diesel) and Yondu (Michael Rooker)..Ph: Film Frame..©Marvel Studios 2017. ", "Not Only Is Miley Cyrus in Marvel's Next Movie, But She May Be Coming Back For Another One", "Michael Rosenbaum on 'Guardians 2' and His Wild Friendship With Carrie Fisher", "Kevin Feige & James Gunn Explain Stallone's Secret MCU Team", "The Mistake James Gunn Admits He Left in Guardians of the Galaxy 2", "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films § Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. [2] The film had earlier surpassed the first film's gross ($773 million) by Memorial Day weekend, three weeks after release, with $783.3 million worldwide,[200] and became the fifth-highest-grossing MCU film a week later. 2 will be first film shot in 8K", "James Gunn comments on directing Stan Lee Marvel cameos", "Guardians of the Galaxy 2 Easter Eggs and Set Video Revealed! [7] In April 2016, Feige said the future MCU films are "still a big chess board for 2020 and beyond, but certainly I would say Guardians 3 is [one film that's] up there. [201] Deadline Hollywood calculated the net profit of the film to be $154.7 million, accounting for production budgets, P&A, talent participations, and other costs, with box office grosses, and ancillary revenues from home media, placing it ninth on their list of 2017's "Most Valuable Blockbusters". 2' Commentary", "Sylvester Stallone's 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. [55] Gunn "was less confident [Marvel] was 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." [11] 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. Haleigh Foutch at Collider 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. Thanos is not the most important thing in Guardians 2, that's for damn sure. [132], 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 "owns so many awesome cosmic villains and minor characters that I'd love to play around with" such as Annihilus and Kang the Conqueror.

The Vol. Gamora and Nebula also learn of the plan as Rocket, Yondu, Groot, and Kraglin arrive. 2 reveals Star-Lord's 'deepest, darkest secret' and lots of Baby Groot", "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 Trailer To Debut Tomorrow", "ames Gunn on Trailer Pressures and Nearly Shelving the First 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Teaser", "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Maybe a little too hard. 2 Rocks a 1980s Infomercial", "8 Weird And Wonderful Things That Happened at The 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. I always commend the actors who successfully work with characters that aren't actual there. [77][78], —James Gunn, writer and director of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. The film also topped a Fandango survey of fans' favorite film trailer during the Super Bowl. 2 while working on the first film, he also said he had ideas for a potential third film. 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.
[188] The New Zealand and Netherlands openings were also the highest of 2017 for the countries,[184] while Germany and the United Kingdom's were the second-highest. IMAX contributed $5 million to the opening-weekend gross.

2 made its world premiere in Tokyo on April 10, 2017,[182] and its Hollywood premiere on April 19 at the Dolby Theatre. [75] Molly Quinn appears as Howard the Duck's date.
And there's a lot of mysteries in Guardians 2. [263] At the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con, Feige confirmed the sequel is in development. In Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 the best, so that's what I stuck on the cover of the screenplay—and, fortunately, [Marvel] liked it. 2' character has a big future in the MCU", "James Gunn on Kurt Russell's role in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. I think it's really about the Guardians and what they are doing. Rooker talks about the process. 3 is due to start filming in 2020.