We have not seen Chris Pratt’s Star-Lord within the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2023, when James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy definitively concluded. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 ended on a tough reset for Star-Lord (aka Peter Quill), with the intergalactic hero returning to Earth and discovering new objective: having fun with Terran cereal and considering an novice profession in landscaping.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 promised that “The legendary Star-Lord will return.” Years later, Pratt says this may occur, and that ‘laborious motion’ has been taken to carry again at the very least one of many Guardians.
The way forward for Guardians of the Galaxy within the MCU
In an interview on The Playlist’s Bingeworthy podcast, Pratt expanded on feedback from earlier this 12 months about Star-Lord’s promised return to the MCU. “I’ve an important relationship with Kevin [Feige] and Lou [D’Esposito],” Pratt mentioned, “and there have been each ongoing conversations about how we make good on that promise and likewise laborious motion taken to make it possible for we make good on that promise. So yeah, you’ll see Star-Lord once more, which could be very thrilling, however I’m not at liberty to say when that’s going to be, however he’s not going anyplace.”
In a earlier podcast look, Pratt mentioned that he has an concept of how Marvel Studios will use him in a future undertaking, however he wasn’t at liberty to say if he’d return in both of the subsequent two Avengers films: Doomsday and Secret Wars. Requested by Completely satisfied Unhappy Confused podcast host Josh Horowitz whether or not he would doubtlessly return to guide a brand new Guardians staff with out Gunn on the helm, Pratt was non-committal.
“The whole lot is all liquid, proper?” he mentioned on the time. “They form of take issues a step at a time at Marvel. I am blissful to do something they need me to do — and can. Additionally, I personally have a very sturdy imaginative and prescient of what I might need [Star-Lord] to do, and I believe it is [fucking] nice. I am all the way down to contribute any means I can to them organising the subsequent 10 years of storytelling and I’ve a fairly sturdy concept of how I can contribute to that.”
Pratt first appeared as Star-Lord in 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy and reprised the function in two direct sequels and the Disney Plus particular presentation The Guardians of the Galaxy Vacation Particular. He additionally guest-starred in Avengers: Infinity Warfare and Avengers: Endgame, and made a cameo look in Thor: Love and Thunder.
Whereas Star-Lord is presently again on Earth, the multiversal shenanigans promised in Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars imply just about something can occur. A lot of the Doomsday solid has been formally revealed, however administrators Joe and Anthony Russo have teased shock reveals nonetheless to come back.
Pratt’s character might additionally fairly return within the just lately introduced Nova film, which is able to reportedly function the Richard Rider model of the character. Star-Lord ended up being fairly pleasant with the Nova Corps within the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise; a buddy space-cop film with Pratt, John C. Reilly’s Rhomann Dey, and Richard Rider feels like a doubtlessly nice time.
Pratt’s newest undertaking, season 2 of the Prime Video collection The Terminal Listing, debuted earlier this week.