GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 2 RELEASE DATE REVEALED
27TH July 2014 10:00am
Marvel Studios brought the last film installment in Phase II of its Shared Cinematic Universe, Avengers: Age of Ultron, to the 2014 Comic-Con in San Diego, along with the beginning chapter to Phase III, Ant-Man. However, there was curiously no presence for the studio’s next release, the cosmic superheroes adventure Guardians of the Galaxy, which arrive in theaters next week. There was, however, some news about the Guardians sequel.
Guardians co-writer and director James Gunn recently said that he would be back to captain the ship on Guardians of the Galaxy 2 - should they sequel happen, he added at the time (wink, wink) – and Guardians co-writer Nicole Perlman later confirmed that Gunn will be scripting theGuardians followup to boot (again, assuming it’s green-lit).
Well, we need wonder no longer, as the sequel was officially confirmed to be arriving in Summer 2017, via a video announcement by Gunn
Well, we need wonder no longer, as the sequel was officially confirmed to be arriving in Summer 2017, via a video announcement by Gunn
and Guardians star Chris Pratt that was shown to the Hall H crowd at the ‘Con. Guardians of the Galaxy 2 will arrive on July 28th, 2017, to be exact. That may seem a bit like putting the cart before the horse, but in betweenearly positive reviews and awareness for the first Guardians installment having reached a fever pitch after a month of heavy marketing, there’s reason to think that Marvel Studios isn’t being presumptuous about giving Guardians of the Galaxy 2the official go-ahead.
There are still two more release dates ahead of Guardians of the Galaxy 2 that have been reserved for as-yet unannounced Marvel Studios films: one in July 2016 and one in May 2017. Doctor Strange seems the most likely candidate to snag the remaining 2016 release date, seeing how it already has a director in Scott Derrickson and a script well into development. Marvel Studios’ plan moving forward is to release one established franchise installment, one new intellectual property film each year, which suggests that the May 2017 date won’t go to another sequel. (The Inhumans, maybe?) Thor 3 seems likely for November of that year, though.
There are still two more release dates ahead of Guardians of the Galaxy 2 that have been reserved for as-yet unannounced Marvel Studios films: one in July 2016 and one in May 2017. Doctor Strange seems the most likely candidate to snag the remaining 2016 release date, seeing how it already has a director in Scott Derrickson and a script well into development. Marvel Studios’ plan moving forward is to release one established franchise installment, one new intellectual property film each year, which suggests that the May 2017 date won’t go to another sequel. (The Inhumans, maybe?) Thor 3 seems likely for November of that year, though.
