Premiere - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 : An European premiere in Disneyland Paris

By Mulder, Chessy, Disneyland Paris, 22 april 2023

To celebrate the release of the new Marvel Studios feature film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, the film's cast and crew - Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Vin Diesel and director and writer James Gunn - headed to Avengers Campus at Disneyland Paris for a special European screening of the latest chapter in their intergalactic adventures, which is scheduled to hit theaters on May 3. Among the French celebrities present at the event were Elodie Fontan & Philippe Lacheau, Agathe Auproux, Franck Gastambide, Rayane Bensetti, François-Xavier Demaison, Matthieu Kassovitz, Michael Youn as well as Olivier Nakache and Eric Tolédano.

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is a 2023 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team Guardians of the Galaxy, produced by Marvel Studios, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sequel to Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), and the 32nd film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film is written and directed by James Gunn and stars an ensemble cast featuring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Sean Gunn, Chukwudi Iwuji, Will Poulter, Elizabeth Debicki, Maria Bakalova, and Sylvester Stallone. In the film, the Guardians embark on a mission to protect Rocket (Cooper) from the High Evolutionary (Iwuji). Gunn said in November 2014 that he had initial ideas for a third film in the series, and announced his return to write and direct in April 2017. 

Disney fired him from the film in July 2018 following the resurfacing of controversial posts on Twitter, but the studio reversed course by that October and reinstated Gunn as director. Gunn's return was publicly revealed in March 2019, with production resuming after Gunn completed work on his film The Suicide Squad (2021) and the first season of its spin-off series Peacemaker (2022). Filming began in November 2021 at Trilith Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, and lasted until early May 2022. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 premiered at Disneyland Paris on April 22, 2023, and is scheduled to be released in the United States on May 5, 2023, as part of Phase Five of the MCU.

Principal photography began on November 8, 2021, at Trilith Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, under the working title Hot Christmas.  Henry Braham serves as cinematographer, after doing so for Vol. 2 and The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.  Filming was previously scheduled to begin in January or February 2019 prior to Gunn's firing, and then in February 2021, before Gunn began work on Peacemaker. With the start of filming, Sylvester Stallone revealed that he would return as Stakar Ogord from Vol. 2, and Gunn posted a photo of the main cast members which revealed that Chukwudi Iwuji was part of the film following his collaboration with Gunn on Peacemaker. Iwuji's screen test for the film was shot on the set of Peacemaker with that series crew, and Marvel repaid this favor by letting Gunn use the Vol. 3 set and crew to film Ezra Miller's cameo appearance as Barry Allen / The Flash for the Peacemaker season finale. Production designer Beth Mickle said Gunn chose to mainly use practical effects for Vol. 3 after they did so with their work on The Suicide Squad. 

In February 2021, Gunn stated the film would be shot using Industrial Light & Magic's StageCraft virtual production technology that was developed for the Disney+ Star Wars series The Mandalorian but in October, he said they would not be able to use the technology because the sets were too big, believing they were larger than the sets used on The Suicide Squad. The interior of the Guardians' new ship, the Bowie, was a four-story set. Judianna Makovsky serves as costume designer. The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special was filmed at the same time as Vol. 3,from February to late April 2022, with the same main cast and sets. Gunn enjoyed being able to switch to filming the special after doing scenes for Vol. 3, given the tonal difference between the two with Vol. 3 being more "emotional", feeling it helped provide a "relief" to the actors as well, and called the Holiday Special shoot easier than Vol. 3. In February 2022, Callie Brand was revealed to appear in the film as an alien.  Shooting was also expected to occur in London, England, in late 2021.Filming wrapped on May 6, 2022.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 had its world premiere at Disneyland Paris on April 22, 2023, and its North American premiere was held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on April 27. The film is scheduled to be released in the United States and China on May 5, 2023.  It was previously set for release on May 1, 2020, before it was dropped from that date It is part of Phase Five of the MCU.

Synopsis : 
Our favorite band of misfits has changed a bit. Peter Quill, still mourning the loss of Gamora, must gather his team to defend the universe and protect one of his own. If he fails, this mission could mean the end of the Guardians as we know them.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Written and directed by James Gunn
Based on Guardians of the Galaxy by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning
Produced by Kevin Feige
Starring  Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Sean Gunn, Chukwudi Iwuji, Will Poulter, Elizabeth Debicki, Maria Bakalova, Sylvester Stallone
Cinematography : Henry Braham
Edited by Fred Raskin, Greg D'Auria
Music by John Murphy
Production company : Marvel Studios
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release dates : April 22, 2023 (Disneyland Paris), may 3 2023 (France), May 5, 2023 (United States)
Running time : 150 minutes

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