James Gunn On How ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vacation Particular’ Is A ‘Trojan Horse’ Introducing ‘Vol. 3’

“The Guardians of the Galaxy Vacation Particular” could seem to be a one-off, standalone TV particular, however for director James Gunn it additionally offered a strategy to bridge the second “Guardians” film with the upcoming “Vol. 3”.

“I used the vacation particular as a chance to introduce some parts into ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’, so I didn’t have to clarify them at first of Quantity 3,” Gunn defined in an interview with Deadline. “It was a computer virus.”

“I don’t have to speak about the place they acquired [the new Guardians HQ] Nowhere from, or Cosmo being round Nowhere,” Gunn continued, noting that the particular additionally introduces the Guardians’ new spaceship, The Bowie, from the upcoming film.

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“I believe you see what Nebula’s position is within the group now: She’s a frontrunner to some extent,” he added. “We see all these modifications since we’ve seen them final.”

The vacation particular was filmed concurrently “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”, which Gunn described as “an insane expertise as a result of ‘Vol. 3’ is a critical film, it offers with these characters’ emotional lives.”

Leaping from that to the silliness of the vacation particular, he defined, offered a little bit of a break from the “heaviness” of the movie. “So capturing that for a couple of days, after which capturing this goofy factor — these had been like my recess days,” mentioned Gunn.

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“The Guardians of the Galaxy Vacation Particular” is streaming now.