July's San Diego Comic Con saw several trailers and previews for the upcoming highly anticipated franchises, including both DC and Marvel films. While DC chose to share the previews online, Marvel played coy, refraining from uploading the previews for both "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" and "Thor: Ragnarok" immediately after the convention.
"Guardians" director James Gunn, who is as social media savvy as anyone could get, took to Facebook to explain the reason behind their refusal to release any footage online yet. Claiming that it wasn't the finished product that he and the rest of his team wanted the world to see.
There's one less person who will worry about not seeing the new footage of the highly anticipated "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" though, as Vin Diesel, who plays the lovable Groot in the film, recently had the privilege to view the said footage. Also adept at social media, Diesel went live on Facebook to share his reaction.
It took a few minutes before the actor could compose himself as he sat beside Gunn (who he also called a genuis), trying to wrap his head around what he just saw. ET Online reports that Diesel likened what he saw to Christmas season, saying that "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is definitely a gift viewers would want to share to their friends and family.
In the highly anticipated "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2," fans will get to see more than just the return of Chris Pratt as Star-Lord, Zoe Saldana as the alien assassin Gamora, Dave Batista as Drax the Destroyer, Bradley Cooper as the animated Rocket, Michael Rooker as Yondu Udonta, and Karen Gillan as Gamora's adoptive sister, Nebula. They'll also get to see Kurt Russell as Peter Quill's father.
Both Gunn and Diesel had nothing but praises for Russell, who will also appear in next year's "Fast 8," which stars and is produced by Diesel. "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" is set to feature both new and returning players, including the young Groot, who stemmed from the original Groot that sacrificed himself to save the Guardians in the film.
A photo posted by James Gunn (@jamesgunn) on Sep 2, 2016 at 4:46pm PDT
Yahoo TV reports that Gunn shared a photo of Groot's script, which will be interpreted by Diesel in post-production. He even called it a "special Groot version" of the script of the film. "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" arrives on May 5 next year.
