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Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022)
Written and directed by James Gunn, the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special is Marvel Studios' second Special Presentation released on Disney+. It follows Dave Bautista's Drax and Pom Klementieff's Mantis as they try to capture the real-life actor Kevin Bacon in order to surprise their friend, Chris Pratt's Peter Quill a.k.a. Star-Lord, with a holiday gift.
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
- Director
- James Gunn
- Release Date
- November 25, 2022
- Studio(s)
- Disney
- Distributor(s)
- Disney
- Cast
- Sean Gunn , Michael Rooker , Pom Klementieff , Dave Bautista , Karen Gillan , Chris Pratt , Bradley Cooper
- Writers
- James Gunn
- Runtime
- 40 Minutes
- Franchise(s)
- Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Sequel(s)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
- prequel(s)
- Guardians of the Galaxy , Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Summary
Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special is set to release in the 2022 holiday season and will take place between Thor: Love and Thunder and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. The Holiday Special will continue to follow the exploits of the Guardians in a festive themed TV movie special and will have moments and plot threads that will directly set-up events in Guardians Vol. 3. In the special, the crew has learned that Christmas time is coming to earth, and with Peter still sullen after the events of Endgame and still missing Gamora, the other Guardians decide to bring Christmas to them, and get their leader the greatest gift of all - the gift of Kevin Bacon. The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special will air on Disney+ on November 25 2022.
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