James Gunn is always a filmmaker we’ve admired at THN, and there are some pretty big die-hard fans behind the scenes here. I remember that Slither was one of the first movies I ever managed to go to in terms of press screenings, and I had an absolute hoot with it. Gunn hit the big time last year with his Marvel movie Guardians of the Galaxy, and we all know that a sequel is due in 2017, right before that stand-alone Spider-Man movie. Well, it seems that Gunn is motoring along in terms of writing the film’s screenplay, and earlier today tweeted the following image to say that the first draft is done following a 48-day long writing marathon.
Phew. 1st draft #GotG2. #NoSpoilers #NotEventheTitle pic.twitter.com/Yd6mhpgLNe
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) June 2, 2015
What’s interesting is that Gunn refers to the title of the movie, and partially covers it on the snap of the cover sheet of the screenplay. All Marvel branding so far has simply referred to the sequel as Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (see below), so does that mean we’ll have a simple subtitle like all of the other Marvel movies (eg Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Thor: The Dark World) after all?
As that above title card suggests, Guardians of the Galaxy 2 will debut in cinemas on 5th May, 2017.
Let’s remind ourselves of the genius that was GOTG…
