Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (marketed as Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3) is an upcoming American superhero movie based on the Marvel Comics superhero team Guardians of the Galaxy. It is produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The movie is intended to be the sequel to "Guardians of the Galaxy" (2014) and "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" (2017) and the 32nd movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
The movie is written and directed by James Gunn. It stars an ensemble cast featuring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Will Poulter, Elizabeth Debicki, and Sylvester Stallone. In the movie, the Guardians embark on a mission to defend the universe and protect one of their own.
Schedule.
James Gunn said in November 2014 that he had initial ideas for a third movie in the series, and announced his return to write and direct in April 2017. Disney fired him from the movie in July 2018 following the resurfacing of controversial posts on Twitter. However, the studio rehired him by that October and reinstated Gunn as director. Gunn's return was publicly revealed in March 2019, with production resuming after Gunn completed work on his movie "The Suicide Squad" (2021) and the first season of its spin-off series "Peacemaker" (2022). Filming began in November 2021 at Trilith Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, and lasted until early May 2022.
"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" is scheduled to be released in the United States on May 5, 2023, as part of Phase Five of the MCU.
Cast.
Additionally, Sean Gunn reprises his MCU role as Kraglin Obfonteri, a member of the Guardians and Yondu Udonta's former second-in-command in the Ravagers, while Chukwudi Iwuji will appear as the High Evolutionary, a scientist specializing in evolution who seeks to forcibly enhance all living beings into a "special race". 
Maria Bakalova voices Cosmo the Spacedog, a member of the Guardians who is a sentient dog that developed psionic abilities after being sent into space by the Soviet Union. Gunn changed Cosmo's gender from male, as depicted in the comics, to female for the movie. This was made as a tribute to the character's original inspiration Laika, a Soviet space dog who became one of the first animals in space. In addition to voice acting, Bakalova provided motion capture for the character. Cosmo was previously portrayed by dog actors Fred and Slate in the first two "Guardians" movies and "The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special" (2022), respectively. Michael Rosenbaum reprises his MCU role as Martinex, while Daniela Melchior and Nico Santos are cast in undisclosed roles, with Melchior's part said to be a small role. Callie Brand will appear as an alien.
Release.
"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" is scheduled to be released on May 5, 2023. The movie was previously set for release on May 1, 2020, before it was dropped from that date. It will be part of Phase 5 of the MCU.