Despite the apparent deaths of all of the Guardians of the Galaxy at the hands of Thanos (Josh Brolin) in the finale of Avengers: Infinity War except Rocket, Pre-production on Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 starts “very, very soon,” says producer Kevin Feige.
Kevin Fiege confirmed that James Gunn,
“has delivered a draft and we begin official pre-production on that very, very soon,”
“Captain Marvel finishes in about two weeks, Spider-Man [Far From Home] starts in about two weeks, and then Guardians 3 will start early next year,”
Chris Pratt told MTV earlier this month he’ll reprise his role as Star-Lord in Vol. 3 when the project starts filming in January, and Bautista told Collider he’ll return in both Avengers 4 and Vol. 3. Bautista stated,
“I got a lot of texts saying, ‘I can’t believe you’re dead, your character is dead,’” . “They were really like heartbroken and I was like, ‘I’m gonna be in [Avengers 4]. I’m gonna be in Guardians 3.’ I don’t know how they’re bringing me back, yeah, but somehow I’m going to make it because, as far as I know, I am going to be in Guardians 3, so I have to be back.”
Gunn is already on the record confirming the movie takes place after the two-part Avengers movies.
“It’s very, very, very different,” “Very different, but I won’t say how! You’ll have to wait to see the movie, it’s a long time away.”
Guardians of the Galaxy 3 begins production in early 2019.