Not even the Guardians of the Galaxy can escape from the logistical nightmare that’s 2020. Actor Dave Bautista, who performs Drax the Destroyer, has informed Entertainment Weekly that a few of Guardians of the Galaxy 3’s storyline has shifted since director James Gunn wrote his first draft.
“I imagine it is okay to say that we are going to go into manufacturing late subsequent yr,” Bautista informed EW. “I noticed a script early on after we had been all on schedule and James Gunn was hooked up in the beginning went nutso. I imagine as a result of [Marvel’s] entire calendar has modified [due to the pandemic shutdown and Guardians’ production delays], that storylines have modified, and so they will not intersect like initially deliberate. Clearly, we misplaced Chadwick [Boseman], so I do not know the place that leaves Black Panther. I have not seen a brand new script, is the quick reply.”
Gunn revealed final month that he has completed the script for GotG 3 and that many of the manufacturing leaders have been employed.
Gunn additionally added that “little or no” had modified with the script since its unique draft, earlier than Gunn was fired by Disney for previous feedback and ultimately rehired following backlash from a supportive fan neighborhood and Guardians forged members. To additional dampen expectations of huge adjustments, MCU architect Kevin Feige has beforehand stated that Gunn’s script can be the one utilized with or with out him within the director’s chair.
Apart from in-house points, 2020 can also be the primary yr since 2009 {that a} Marvel film hasn’t premiered in theaters, as a result of ongoing dangers of COVID-19 and subsequent closures of non-essential companies.
Earlier than Gunn was rehired by Disney to direct GotG 3, he accepted a task as director on the Suicide Squad reboot. This resulted in GotG 3 being moved from Marvel’s Section 4 slate, that means we are able to’t count on it earlier than November 2021, when Thor: Love and Thunder (hopefully) premieres in open theaters.
Bautista will virtually actually be busy earlier than manufacturing on GoTG 3 begins, selling his function because the villainous Glossu Rabban in Dune, adopted by Zack Snyder’s Military of the Lifeless on Netflix.
Joseph Knoop is a author/producer/destroyer for IGN.
