In the trailer, viewers got to see the grand entrance of the all-gold, super-being Adam Warlock. The cosmic character, who was first teased in the post-credits scene of “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” is played by MCU newcomer Will Poulter, who has previously starred in “The Maze Runner,” “Midsommar” and “Dopesick.” In the comics, Warlock is an all-powerful artificial being created to destroy the Guardians of the Galaxy. However, it appears that Chukwudi Iwuji’s character the High Evolutionary will be the main villain, an ultra-intelligent being who created Rocket.
“We’ll all fly away together one last time, into the forever — that beautiful sky,” Rocket says ominously over shots of the Guardians jumping around in multi-colored space suits, facing down a massive, fleshy, tentacled monster and Adam Warlock pummeling Nebula.
The trailer closes with Groot, who’s known for only saying “I am Groot,” expanding his vocabulary and shouting “We are Groot” as he sprouts extra arms and blasts lasers back-to-back with Star-Lord.
Familiar faces are returning, including Chris Pratt as Star-Lord, Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer, Vin Diesel as Groot, Karen Gillan as Nebula, Pom Klementieff as Mantis, Sean Gunn as Kraglin and Elizabeth Debicki as Ayesha.
Also joining the film is “Borat 2” star Maria Balakova, who plays Cosmo the Space Dog. Gunn is returning to write and direct the third film before leaving the MCU and heading up DC Studios as its co-CEO.
While it has been five years since the Guardians had a solo film with “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” they have made appearances in other Marvel films since then. They just starred in Gunn’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special,” had a short appearance in Taika Waititi’s “Thor: Love and Thunder,” and they also were instrumental in the mega-team-up films “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Avengers: Endgame.”
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” will hit theaters on May 5, 2023. Watch the full trailer below.
