Disney has made drastic changes to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, delaying several films in the slate, and the schedule change may be a dark spoiler for Guardians of the Galaxy 3. Without warning, Disney recently unveiled a significant MCU shakeup, delaying five upcoming Marvel movies. Among the drastic changes, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness moved to May 2022, Thor: Love and Thunder moved to July 2022, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever was pushed back to November 2022, and Captain Marvel 2 vacated 2022 altogether. Instead, the film will release in 2023 with Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. In addition, Disney has made several other changes, even pulling a mystery MCU film from the 2023 calendar entirely. The changes were supposedly due to production concerns and not box office results, which have been drastically affected by the ongoing pandemic.
Amid the fan panic breaking out from Disney's MCU delays, Guardians of the Galaxy 3 director James Gunn gave fans some reassuring news. The director took to Twitter to assure fans that things were still on schedule for his upcoming MCU movie, and filming would begin shortly. The director said the film was "neither pulled nor delayed" and would still release May 2023. Gunn added that the cast and crew would build "something beautiful" for fans.
Though Gunn may assuage some fan fears, Guardians of the Galaxy 3 staying put in the schedule may not be a good thing. The MCU is all about immersion, with stories working together and playing off one another. For instance, Doctor Strange 2 will seemingly continue storylines first presented in WandaVision. However, with Guardians of the Galaxy 3 staying put in the schedule, despite everything else shifting around it, it may indicate the film isn't nearly as connected to the overall MCU. And that doesn't bode well for the characters' futures.
If Guardians of the Galaxy 3 doesn't connect to the overall MCU, it's likely because it's more of an ending for the characters. With The Suicide Squad, Gunn made it clear that he has no qualms about killing off major superhero characters, so Guardians of the Galaxy 3 could bring on the end for several fan-favorites. After all, Gunn already dispensed of Michael Rooker's Yondu in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, so he's ready to kill off MCU characters as needed. Gunn previously said he plans on ending his Guardians of the Galaxy run with the third film, and the schedule change seems to indicate several Guardians characters could be ending their runs too. Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper), Drax (Dave Bautista), Groot (Vin Diesel), and Gamora (Zoe Saldana) are all on notice.
Of course, Gunn has also had the Guardians of the Galaxy 3 script done for years now. The director even supposedly finished the script ahead of Disney briefly firing him in 2018. And it hasn't changed much since, according to Gunn. With the director completing the script years ago, it's possible that Guardians of the Galaxy 3 isn't integrated into the MCU's upcoming plans because Marvel didn't even have those plans at the time. However, Gunn also said he cried a lot while writing the script for the new movie. So it seems likely that some guardians may be defending the galaxy just one last time.
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