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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 movie storyline. As a baby raccoon, Rocket is a test subject for the High Evolutionary in order to create a Counter-Earth populated by anthropomorphic animals. He becomes friends with Lylla, Teefs, and Floor, three of the High Evolutionary’s other test subjects.
Rocket displays intelligence and aptitude beyond the other animals and deduces the flaw in the anthropomorphization process, angering the High Evolutionary. They later learn that they will not be part of the new Earth after the High Evolutionary perfects the formula to anthropomorphize. When the High Evolutionary suspects an escape attempt, he kills Lylla, Teefs and Floor, enraging Rocket, who mauls him and escapes.
Years later, the Guardians of the Galaxy have established their headquarters on a rebuilt Knowhere. The night after settling in, they are attacked by Adam Warlock, a super-powered being created out of revenge by his “mother” the empress of the Sovereign, Ayesha, for previously stealing from her people.
They are ordered to bring Rocket to the High Evolutionary, who has become obsessed with retrieving his subject for the purpose of isolating and replicating Rocket’s intellect. During the fight, Rocket is seriously injured, leaving the Guardians unable to tend to his wounds due to a killswitch embedded in him. The team resolve to travel to the Orgoscope, headquarters of the High Evolutionary’s company Orgocorp, in the hopes of finding an override code.
With the assistance of the Ravagers and a reluctant 2014-Gamora, the Guardians infiltrate Orgosphere and retrieve Rocket’s file. However, they are attacked by Orgosphere’s guards, barely escaping after Peter Quill remotely activates the guards’ suit jet-packs. They deduce that Theel, one of the High Evolutionary’s scientists, may have the override code stored in his memory, and decide to track him down.
The team visits Counter-Earth against Gamora’s advice, followed by Ayesha and Adam. With help from a family of bat-like humanoids, Quill, Nebula and Groot trace Theel to the High Evolutionary’s ship, while Drax and Mantis remain with Gamora and Rocket. Quill and Groot board the High Evolutionary’s ship, leaving Nebula behind. Mantis unwillingly accompanies Drax to the High Evolutionary’s ship, which begins to launch with Quill and Groot captured on-board, a process that also destroys Counter-Earth.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (stylized in marketing as Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 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). Written and directed by James Gunn, it features an ensemble cast including Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Will Poulter, Sean Gunn, Chukwudi Iwuji, Linda Cardellini, Nathan Fillion, and Sylvester Stallone. In the film, the Guardians embark on a mission to protect Rocket (Cooper) from the High Evolutionary (Iwuji).
Gunn stated in November 2014 that he had initial ideas for a third and final 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 him. Gunn’s return was publicly revealed in March 2019, with production resuming after he completed work for DC on 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 May 2022.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 premiered at Disneyland Paris on April 22, 2023, and was released in the United States on May 5, as part of Phase Five of the MCU. Like its predecessors, it was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $845 million worldwide, and becoming the third-highest-grossing film of 2023.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
Directed by: James Gunn
Starring: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Will Poulter, Sean Gunn, Linda Cardellini, Nathan Fillion, Sylvester Stallone
Screenplay by: James Gunn
Production Design by: Beth Mickle
Cinematography by: Henry Braham
Film Editing by: Raskin, Greg D’Auria
Costume Design by: Judianna Makovsky
Set Decoration by: Rosemary Brandenburg
Art Direction by: Samantha Avila, Zachary Fannin, Lorin Flemming
Music by: John Murphy
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, strong language, suggestive/drug references and thematic elements.
Distributed by: Walt Disney Pictures
Release Date: April 22, 2023 (Disneyland Paris), May 5, 2023 (United States)
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