The future of the Guardians franchise is well and truly up in the air now that Disney have severed ties with James Gunn, and though it's looking less and less likely that a third film will be made, there could yet be life for the franchise on the small screen.
Ignoring for a second the complications of getting the cast to collaborate with Disney after Gunn's firing, there are two members of the Guardians specifically who'd lend themselves well to the upcoming streaming service. Rocket and Groot - Guardians' most iconic pairing - may be separated for the time being, but the likelihood is that they'll be reunited by the time the credits start rolling on Avengers 4; if their story isn't set to continue on the big screen, then a TV series makes perfect sense, especially when they've already headlined a series of their own in the pages of Marvel Comics.
Add to that the fact they're among the MCU's most popular characters, and it becomes all too clear that they provide two clear reasons for fans to develop an interest in Disney's new platform - with or without a big screen accompaniment.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
