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Chris Pratt hopes James Gunn will make another Guardians of the Galaxy film after stepping down at DC Studios.
It was revealed earlier this week that the filmmaker and Peter Safran are stepping down from their roles as co-chairs and CEOs of DC Studios after four years, with Marvel veteran Jeremy Latcham set to become president and chief creative officer, and while the 47-year-old actor hasn’t spoken to the director since the news broke, he admitted he’d love the chance to play Peter Quill/Star-Lord once again if Gunn now has the time to return to the franchise.
Speaking to MovieZine, he said of the idea of a fourth Guardians of the Galaxy movie: “That would be awesome. I love working with James.
“He’s the man. I haven’t had the chance to speak with him since that news came out. But it’s interesting because anytime something like this comes up and you say it, it could always become a headline.
“All I’ll say is, I love James. He directed all three, and that’s pretty rare in those types of trilogies to have the same director through all three. So, if he wanted to come back and bring it back, man, I would just love that.”
Chris’ comments come a month after he reassured Marvel fans that they will see his character “again” after the post-credits scene of 2023’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 declared: “Legendary Star-Lord Will Return.”
He teased a “really exciting” update for fans, insisting talks are underway with Kevin Feige – president of Marvel Studios – and Marvel co-president Louis D’Esposito about his character reappearing at some point.
Speaking on The Playlist podcast, The Bingeworthy, he said: “I have a great relationship with Kevin [Feige] and Lou [D’Esposito], and there have been both ongoing conversations about how we make good on that promise and also hard action taken to make sure that we make good on that promise.
“So yeah, you’ll see Star-Lord again, which is very exciting, but I’m not at liberty to say when that’s going to be, but he’s not going anywhere.”
In 2023, Chris insisted he would struggle to play Star-Lord away from Guardians of the Galaxy.
Asked about returning alongside a different cast, Chris told ComicBook.com: “That’s so daunting. That’s the reason not do it. I think it would have… it’s so elegant and perfect right now with the three films and so to think of moving forward, it’s really hard and without James (Gunn), I don’t know that would work. I’m open to it, but man, I don’t know.”
Meanwhile, Gunn admitted he was “relieved” to be exiting his role at DC Studios.
He wrote on Instagram: “What only the closest people to me have known over the past four years is my time at DC Studios has been trying, to say the least. I dislike the at-times corporate nature of the job (thanks to Peter for taking the brunt of that).
“I’m always a very hard worker, but as a filmmaker I would at least get to take short breaks to unwind, and I’ve stolen even that time from both myself and my loved ones over the past four years (Jenn, I love you and I’m sorry and you don’t need to feel guilty for being the happiest of all people that I’m no longer doing this job).
“And the thing my ADHD hyperfocus has had the most difficulty with has been dividing my time between projects I’m incredibly passionate about and the ones I’m not so much and all the things I have to do as a studio head.
“So, yes, I will miss the people around me, and I will miss being the co-caretaker of these great characters, but I’m also incredibly relieved and excited to get back to pure filmmaking.”
