James Gunn Says GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 2 "Not Subservient To The AVENGERS"

  In the past, several of Marvel's films devoted screen time to setting up The Avengers. Which is great, as they helped establish the Marvel cinematic universe, which later led to the success of Joss Whedon's The Avengers. Last month, Kevin Feige announced Marvel's next big event after Avengers: Age of Ultron will be a two-part Avengers: Inifinity War (May 4, 2018 & May 3, 2019). Knowing that Thanos will play a large part in that led many fans to wonder how much of Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (May 5 2017) will be devoted to setting up the Infinity War.

MTV: How much freedom do you have for “Guardians 2″ when the future of the Marvel Universe is planned out two years beyond it?

JAMES GUNN: I don’t feel beholden to that stuff at all. I think it’s really about the Guardians and what they are doing. We’re not subservient to the Avengers. “Guardians 2″ is not a movie that’s made to move toward “Infinity War.” It’s something that’s made to move toward future cosmic movies, so I don’t feel that that is something that affects me that much.

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From Marvel, the studio that brought you the global blockbuster franchises of Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and The Avengers, comes a new team—the Guardians of the Galaxy. An action-packed, epic space adventure, Marvel's “Guardians of the Galaxy” expands the Marvel Cinematic Universe into the cosmos, where brash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the entire universe. To evade the ever-persistent Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a quartet of disparate misfits—Rocket, a gun-toting raccoon, Groot, a tree-like humanoid, the deadly and enigmatic Gamora and the revenge-driven Drax the Destroyer. But when Quill discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must do his best to rally his ragtag rivals for a last, desperate stand—with the galaxy's fate in the balance.

Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy,” stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, featuring Vin Diesel as the voice of Groot, Bradley Cooper as the voice of Rocket, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Djimon Hounsou, with John C. Reilly, Glenn Close as Commander Rael and Benicio del Toro as The Collector. James Gunn is the director and the story is by Nicole Perlman and James Gunn, with screenplay by James Gunn.