It's looking like Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will have a runtime that, simply put, is out of this world.
While nothing is confirmed at this stage, the Atom Tickets website reveals that the Marvel Studios threequel will clock in at a whopping 2 hours and 29 minutes. That's 12 minutes longer than Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and ties it with Avengers: Infinity War as one of the MCU's longest movies to date.
In fact, it's only surpassed by Avengers: Endgame, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and Eternals.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 was recently rated PG-13 by the MPAA, so it's highly probably that this runtime is correct. We're hearing that the picture has been locked, so it's now just a waiting game for when we actually get to watch this thing.
Screenings for critics will start taking place late next month, and director James Gunn recently took to social media to warn fans about spoilers cropping up around that time. However, he added that, "I don't think your enjoyment of the film will be diminished much by knowing them."
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.