James Gunn has confirmed that he once had an idea for a Guardians of the Galaxy spin-off movie focused on Drax and Mantis, which was “never ruled out.”
Taking to Twitter on Thursday, the filmmaker verified a recent report, exposing his idea of a Drax and Mantis team-up movie, while suggesting that it “could be amazing” if the project was ever actually greenlit.
True. But this was never ruled out. I still think it could be amazing. @DaveBautista @PomKlementieff https://t.co/MpA2iDGLHg
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) March 5, 2020
This comes shortly after Dave Bautista, who plays lovable lug Drax in the Guardians movies, expressed his interest in Gunn’s potential spin-off movie while simultaneously turning down the possibility of his character appearing in a Disney+ series.
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“I wouldn’t do a series because Drax as a series would be really rough with the make-up and everything, it would just be too tough. What I would like to do is, honestly, and this is not my idea, I’m stealing this idea, James Gunn had the idea to do a Drax/Mantis movie, and that’s what I’d be up for because there’s just too much fun there,” Bautista said in a recent interview with Collider, even though the movie didn’t end up making it into Marvel’s schedule.
This isn’t the first time that the idea of a Guardians spin-off movie has been bandied around; a Groot/Rocket buddy movie was once deemed a “highly possible” release to follow Avengers: Infinity War. Gunn also suggested that he would like the Ravagers to star in a standalone movie as an expansion of Vol. 2’s post-credit scenes.
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Before any of that, however, Gunn is expected to move onto Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, though it could be a long way off, as Gunn previously apologised for Guardians 3’s absence from Phase 4 of the MCU. However, it sounds like it could be worth the wait, as Karen Gillan, who plays Nebula in the MCU, claimed the script for Volume 3 is the best of the trilogy.
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Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.
Source: IGN.com Guardians of the Galaxy: James Gunn's Drax & Mantis Film Not Ruled Out