Marvel has finally announced that Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. II, scheduled for release on May 5, 2017, has started shooting. Along with this announcement, the studio has also released the first look at the reunited team, featuring Star Lord, Gamora, Drax, and Rocket, as well as baby Groot (he looks so cute on the destroyer's shoulder).
Speaking of baby Groot, Vin Diesel will once again lend his voice to the character - though we don't really know how it will all play out.
Marvel has also announced the cast of the movie. Thus, Chris Pratt will be Star Lord, Zoe Saldana will be Gamora, Dave Bautista will be Drax, while Rocket will be voiced by Bradley Cooper. Besides the team, Guardians of the Galaxy 2 will also see the return of Michael Rooker as Yondu, Karen Gillian as Nebula, Sean Gunn as Kraglin, and Glenn Close as Nova Prime.
But we already knew all of them. The new actors to be featured in Guardians of the Galaxy 2, in undisclosed roles, are Pom Klementieff (rumored to be Mantis), Kurt Russell (rumored to portray Star Lord's father), Elizabeth Debicki, and Chris Sullivan.
Here’s the rest of the official announcement:
Director James Gunn's creative team also includes director of photography Henry Braham (The Legend of Tarzan, The Golden Compass); production designer Scott Chambliss (Star Trek, Tomorrowland); editors Fred Raskin (The Hateful Eight, Guardians of the Galaxy) and Craig Wood (Guardians of the Galaxy, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End); three-time Oscar®-nominated costume designer Judianna Makovsky (Captain America: Civil War, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone); Oscar®-nominated visual effects supervisor Chris Townsend (Avengers: Age of Ultron, Iron Man 3); stunt coordinator Tommy Harper (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Captain America: The Winter Soldier); co-producer/first assistant director Lars Winther (Captain America: Civil War, Captain America: The Winter Soldier); and six-time Oscar® nominee, special effects supervisor Dan Sudick (Captain America: Civil War, The Avengers.).
