We’ve known for quite some time that theGuardians of the Galaxywill all appear inAvengers: Infinity War, but afterGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2hit theaters this summer, a new question about the Guardians' involvement surfaced. During one of the five post-credit scenes inGuardians 2, fans got their first look at Teen Groot, when Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) came into his room and started complaining that he hadn’t cleaned it yet, as Teen Groot continued to play video games, as teens are known to do. Director James Gunn has confirmed that fans will be seeing Teen Groot inAvengers: Infinity War.
While it still hasn’t been released to the public quite yet, theInfinity War Comic-Con footage, which was also shown at the D23 Expo, featured the Guardians and what looked like the same Teen Groot from theGuardians 2post-credit scene.Cinema Blendspoke with James Gunn, who was promoting the home video release ofGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2when he confirmed that fans will be seeing Teen Groot inInfinity War. Here’s what he had to say below.
“He’s exactly the same. That’s exactly the Groot we designed for Infinity War.”
It had previously been confirmed that the post-credit scene in question took place four years afterGuardians Vol. 2, which means thatInfinity Waris also set four years after the sequel. James Gunn hesitantly confirms this, stating, “Well, those are at the same time.” After Groot sacrificed himself at the end of the first Guardians movie, fans saw him come back to life as the adorable Baby Groot in theGuardians of the Galaxypost-credit scene where he was dancing to “ABC” by the Jackson 5. When asked if that “restarted his life cycle,” James Gunn didn’t want to state anything on record, admitting it’s an aspect of Groot that he wants to use in future stories, most likelyGuardians of the Galaxy 3, which he’s currently working on. He did hint, though, that the life of a creature like Groot is nothing like our own.
“Well, you know, it’s complicated. I think you have to stick through future movies to find out exactly what the story of Groot is. I get a lot of questions, and the thing I say that bums people out more than anything else is that Baby Groot doesn’t have the memories of Adult Groot. But it’s complicated! His life is not like our lives… It’s his aging, and Groots, where they come from and how they do their thing. It’s pretty much worked out in my head, but we’ve only let out pieces of that.”
It is believed that we’ll get to see Groot back to his full-grown self by the timeGuardians of the Galaxy 3rolls around, which will be part of Marvel’s Phase 4 lineup, although an exact release date for that movie has yet to be given.Spider-Man: Homecoming 2has been confirmed as the firstPhase 4 movie, hitting theaters July 18, 2025, just two months afterAvengers 4arrives on June 11, 2025, with the studio setting three 2020 dates, July 26, 2025, August 03, 2025 and July 04, 2025. With production now wrapped onAvengers: Infinity War, and filming starting soon onAvengers 4, hopefully we’ll find out more about these highly-anticipated projects soon.
