‘Guardians of the Galaxy 3’ shows Will Poulter’s Adam Warlock

“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” got its first look at Marvel Studios’ huge San Diego Comic Con panel on Saturday. Filmmaker James Gunn appeared at Comic-Con to debut the first official trailer. The director again confirmed that “Vol. 3” is the final ending to his “Guardians” story, adding, “It’s the end of that story. I’m sorry. Some stories have an ending. That doesn’t mean everyone dies.

In the “Vol. 3” trailer, Gamora is now an RTRavager and no longer remembers her fellow Guardian crew members. The trailer also teases Rocket’s origin and an all-gold, super-buff Adam Warlok, played by MCU newcomer Will Poulter. Groot appears as a young adult. The music video is set to “Do You Realize” by the Flaming Lips. The panel also confirmed the Oscar nominee “Borat 2” Maria Balakova plays Cosmo the space dog.

Rocket’s origins will be a driving force in “Vol. 3.” Gunn told the Comic-Con crowd that he kept wondering how a talking raccoon could be real, which made him led to the realization that Rocket must have been the saddest creature in the universe, and that origin will be fleshed out in the film.

Karen Gillan’s Nebula will have a lighter personality, the actor teased. “She had a very cathartic experience with the elimination of Thanos from her life. So she finds her own personality,” she said.

Pom Klementieff teased the following for Mantis: “She’s still quirky and quirky but at the same time she shows a lot of confidence…And she shows some fighting skills…maybe.”

“I’m really, really grateful,” Poulter said of Adam Warlock’s role. “It’s pretty surreal to have ever walked on the ‘Guardians’ set.”

“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” is directed by Gunn, who directed the first two cosmic team movies, and it brings the entire team together, plus some new faces. The cast includes Chris Pratt as Star-Lord, Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer, Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon, Vin Diesel as Groot, Karen Gillan as Nebula, Pom Klementieff as Mantis, Sean Gunn as Kraglin and Elizabeth Debicki . like Ayesha.

“The most rewarding part was working with my brother,” Sean Gunn told Comic-Con of the film. “It’s gotten to a point where it’s not just about the joy of working with him, but the joy of working with all these other people. Who cares.

Poulter, who starred in ‘The Revenant’, ‘Midsommar’ and just earned an Emmy nomination for ‘Dopesick’, plays Adam Warlock. In the comics, Adam is an all-powerful artificial being created to destroy the Guardians of the Galaxy. The cast also includes Chukwudi Iwuji, who worked with Gunn on his “Peacemaker” series, and Daniela Melchior, who played Ratcatcher II in Gunn’s “The Suicide Squad” last year.

The Guardians of the Galaxy recently appeared in the opening of Taika Waititi’s “Thor: Love and Thunder.” After Thor and the Guardians teamed up in ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ and ‘Avengers: Endgame’, they continued to travel together to help save various alien worlds from threats, but Thor eventually parted ways with his own mission. .

It took some time to make the third Guardians of the Galaxy movie. In 2018, Disney fired Gunn after controversial Twitter posts resurfaced, only to rehire him a few months later after apologizing.

“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” will be released in theaters on May 5, 2023.