With Phase Two of Marvel's movie universe getting set to kick off with Iron Man 3 in a couple of months, there's still some mystery as to how this batch of movies will be connected in their run up to Avengers 2.
In an interview with SFX Magazine, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige opened up about the films saying," The Thor film and the Guardians of the Galaxy film certainly are cosmic. Guardians and Thor will take the brunt of the cosmic side of the universe, particularly Guardians, which is 95% in space. I think Iron Man 3 shows the other side of Phase 2, which is delving deeper into the characters, throwing them on a much more personal journey."
Feige seemed particularly intrigued by the prospects of the Captain America sequel saying, "We hired our directors on Cap because they loved our explanation that we really want to make a '70s political thriller masquerading as a big superhero movie. Just like with the first film – we got Joe Johnston because we said, 'We want to do a '40s World War Two movie masquerading as a big superhero movie.' I love that we're doing a sequel to a film that's a completely different genre than the first film. I think that's fun and the comics do it all the time."
So how will Guardians lead in to Avengers 2? Feige says the film will be a stand-alone film to a degree and isn't completely integral to Avengers 2 as the other solo films are.
"It takes place in the same universe. And when we've been on the other side of that universe in other movies, you might see those characteristics in Guardians, but the Avengers are not involved with what's happening out there at this time."
Does this make you more or less likely to see Guardians?
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