GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 Receives An Earlier Release Date In The UK

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 Receives An Earlier Release Date In The UK

Disney has confirmed that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 has secured an earlier release date in the UK, something that's bound to make avoiding spoilers even more difficult for many fans this May...

By JoshWilding - Mar 01, 2023 05:03 AM EST
Filed Under: Vol. 3

Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania ended up taking a real beating from critics and, after a massive drop during its second weekend at the domestic box office, all eyes are on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 to make things right for Marvel Studios.

Filmmaker James Gunn's final MCU move before he focuses solely on running DC Studios for Warner Bros., expectations among fans are high, especially with the trailers pointing to it being an emotional send-off for this iteration of the team. Not everyone is expected to make it out alive, unfortunately, and that should make avoiding spoilers essential for many fans. 

However, that just got a little harder with the news Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is set to be released two days earlier in the UK and Ireland on Wednesday, May 3, instead of Friday, May 5.

Why the change? Well, we'd bet on it having something to do with the fact King Charles' coronation takes place on Saturday, May 6. The event is likely to draw millions of viewers who, rather than heading to their location cinema, will be watching it unfold on television from the comfort of home. 

If you're in the UK, will you now be checking out Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 a little earlier?

In Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, our beloved band of misfits are looking a bit different these days. Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own. A mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them.

Gunn writes and directs Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, which stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, featuring Vin Diesel as Groot, Bradley Cooper as Rocket, Sean Gunn, Chukwudi Iwuji, Will Poulter, and Maria Bakalova.

Kevin Feige is the producer and Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Nikolas Korda, Simon Hatt, and Sara Smith serve as executive producers.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 arrives in theaters on May 5, 2023.

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SuperiorHeckler
SuperiorHeckler - 3/1/2023, 6:16 AM
Casual Observer: "Oh look! A KANG variant is the villain for the next Guardians movie!" 😃

Invested Observer: "No. It's just that MARVEL is giving every villain a purple body-suit for this phase." 🫤
Matchesz
Matchesz - 3/1/2023, 7:58 AM
@SuperiorHeckler - they consciously changed the characters color scheme from the comic, they found it so important in their meetings to not go for a maroon or burgundy or one of the hundreds of shades of red for his design but specifically purple
Gordon
Gordon - 3/1/2023, 6:28 AM
Spoilers comme from the US 95% of the time. As an European living in Asia, Americans are the only one who can't keep their mouth shut for a few days. And when it's not the fans, it's Disney itself: I still remember watching Civil War one week before the US, and nothing, not a peep from where the countries it has been released. One freaking day after the opening day in the US, on Saturday, there were TV spots spoiling Giant Man. Among other key moments.
obarium
obarium - 3/1/2023, 1:48 PM
@Gordon - New Zealand has been getting Marvel films several days earlier than the US for years now, and it's only when Americans get to see the films that I see *any* spoiler references make it online. Sometimes I just wait for specific jokes or moments to become so over-repeated online that I lose all joy for them. Those initial few days are bliss.
NicholiB
NicholiB - 3/1/2023, 6:30 AM
Dear Josh, you might think that UK residents will be glued to their TV screens while a cringeworthy buffoon who wishes he was a tampon gets crowned King Talentless Parasite. However, I do assure you that we are not all forlock tugging serfs.....especially us Scots.

You really think this event would hit the demographic that would go to GOTG£ Josh? Really? Reeaally???
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 3/1/2023, 6:36 AM
I thought Wednesdays were already the standard premiere days. Guess I was wrong.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 3/1/2023, 6:39 AM
Confirmed: Josh spends his salary on convincing Disney to premiere it first in his homeland, grr
TheDpool
TheDpool - 3/1/2023, 6:54 AM
This has always been the case with the Guardians movies hasn't it?
Scarilian
Scarilian - 3/1/2023, 6:54 AM
This one has the most potential because its the most separate from the mainline MCU and all the multiverse garbage, but it's still stuck dealing with the stupid decision of killing off and then reviving Gamora and apparently that is going to drag the film down.

I'm debating if it's worth giving this one a watch, as Disney will just use it to excuse the failure of Ant-Man 3 and continue on their path of poor quality.
kirklazarus87
kirklazarus87 - 3/1/2023, 7:03 AM
Dont matter they always hold the world premiere two weeks before the release, and all the spoilers get leaked there like every marvel movie.
marvel72
marvel72 - 3/1/2023, 7:16 AM
Good, Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 3,X-Men 97 and Secret Invasion are the only Marvel products I am looking forward to this year.
Scarilian
Scarilian - 3/1/2023, 9:07 AM
@marvel72 -
Temper your expectations with Secret Invasion and X-Men 97.
BritishMonkey
BritishMonkey - 3/1/2023, 7:58 AM
MarvelZombie616
MarvelZombie616 - 3/2/2023, 3:13 AM
This has nothing to do with anything in the UK.
Germany and a lot of other european countries have had MCU movies start their roleout on wednesdays for years.

This is only the case with mcu movies though, Sony superhero movies or DC start regular on thursdays here.
ElvenKingSlayer
ElvenKingSlayer - 3/2/2023, 8:22 AM
@MarvelZombie616 - Precisely and Josh should know this. Even if he got his head in the sand about the rest of the world he should understand his own situation.
MarvelZombie616
MarvelZombie616 - 3/2/2023, 3:18 AM
I am also against helmetless characters.

I mean Tony Stark and Steve Rogers are helmetless in their civil identities, but i can't remember one occassion where Herbert Edgar Wynham aka High Evolutionary ever removed his helmet.
Same with Kang the Conqueror after he gained his powers.
Gorr looked comic accurate, Kang did not with those stupid scars.
And don't get me started on black Robocop.
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