New 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' trailer is all that and Kurt Russell
Spoiler alert: Kurt Russell is Star-Lord's dad -- and his hair is glorious.
The third (and by far biggest) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 trailer has landed, and it is stuffed with all kinds of new goodies because, guess what? The sequel -- and with it, the summer blockbuster season -- arrives in just over two months.
We'll get to all of what's new here in a minute, but first, have another look at this baby, which Chris Pratt debuted Tuesday night on Jimmy Kimmel Live!:
All right, you ready?
Let's dive in.
Star-Lord's classic Mattel handheld football game
With a few modifications that he made himself.
The greatest mobile game ever created has been repurposed, and it's tracking that insane space-monster we've been seeing for a few trailers now.
Speaking of that monster, we are now finally seeing it in full 360-degree view as it's coming in for a fight:
That's intense.
The Sovereign have ships -- and lots of them
The Sovereign, as we know, are a superior race that has hired the Guardians to take care of that very monster, which has been ravaging their super-batteries. In the process, Rocket steals one of those batteries -- so they come after them.
In force, apparently:
What a bunch of conceited douchebags.
Rocket's new dart weapon
We've been seeing Ravagers being blown into the sky since the first trailers.
But now we know by why: Rocket, who starts out as a captive (but never stays that way for long) has discharged a packet of tiny darts that hit his enemies individually, then blow them sky-high as a group.
Someone is clearly delighted with his creation:
There will be dancing/pelvic sorcery
Maybe this is a dream-sequence, but then weren't all the dances in La La Land dream sequences, too?
Point is, there is some Gamora-on-Star-Lord romance going on in this sequel, lest there be any doubt.
But just when you thought things were heating up -- Gamora is firing on ... The Milano? We've seen Gamora shooting that enormous shoulder-mounted weapon in previous trailers, but she seems to be using it to utterly deconstruct the Milano -- Star Lord's ship!
Maybe next time he'll think before he cheats.
The koo-koo planetary landscapes are real
Mashable was there with a group of journalists who saw concept art like this during a visit to the Atlanta set last year, but it seemed almost too bananas to be true.
Clearly, it's true.
#NoFilter
They're borrowing that "we're family" thing from Fast & Furious
Yeah, well. It can't all be original. And anyway, Vin Diesel is in it, so they get a pass.
And who can deny family.
HEY SPEAKING OF FAMILY ...
... KURT RUSSELL IS STAR-LORD'S FATHER WHAAAAT
OK, OK, I get it. Worst-kept secret in all of Guardians of the Galaxy history, all-time.
But hey, it's still pretty cool to see Russell say it out loud, with all that glorious hair.
Oh! And there was also a new poster.
And it is also glorious:
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 comes out May 5.
Topics Marvel
Josh Dickey is Mashable's Entertainment Editor, leading Mashable's TV, music, gaming and sports reporters as well as writing movie features and reviews.Josh has been the Film Editor at Variety, Entertainment Editor at The Associated Press and Managing Editor at TheWrap.com.A finalist for the Los Angeles Press Club's Best Entertainment Feature in 2015 for "Everyone is Altered: The Secret Hollywood Procedure that Fooled Us for Years," Josh received his BA in Journalism from The University of Minnesota.In between screenings, he can be found skating longboards, shredding guitar and wandering the streets of his beloved downtown Los Angeles.
