Following a few months of rumors, Kurt Russell has officially joined the cast for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 and director James Gunn also released a new photo this week….
Production is underway on the highly anticipated sequel Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 from director James Gunn, with the movie due out on May 5, 2017.
All of the original cast is coming back but there will be a few new additions — most notable actor Kurt Russell, who is officially on board after rumors have been swirling for months that he was joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/699963996422574080
Now Gunn wasn’t willing to say who Russell would be playing, but everybody seems to think he’ll end up as Star Lord’s father — a mysterious figure that was teased heavily in the first film.
Gunn did confirm that Pom Klementieff is playing the character Mantis, who Marvel fans know as a former Avenger who actually trained under the Kree (who we met in the first Guardians movie) as a master martial artist and eventually joined up with the Guardians of the Galaxy in the comic book universe as well.
https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/699965727269371905
Finally as one last present to fans with shooting underway, Gunn released a new photo teasing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 to get everyone stirred up ahead of the film’s release next year.
https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/699956736636026880
Gunn has always been a very responsive director on Twitter so keep an eye out over the next few months because he’ll likely drop a few more nuggets throughout filming for the new movie.
