James Gunn said they had planned 3 Guardians of the Galaxy spin-offs at Marvel that never happened – but they have his “complete blessing” to continue

James Gunn says that while there were several scrapped Guardians of the Galaxy spin-offs during his time at Marvel, he’s more than happy for the studio to continue using the heroes for other MCU projects.

“There’s so many,” Gunn told the Happy Sad Confused podcast, when asked about scrapped projects. “I mean yeah, the Ravagers show, I thought could be a fun thing. Legendary Star-Lord really, frankly, we had a whole idea for that. And then Rocket and Groot…To be honest, Rocket and Groot is what Guardians 3 was. So, I wanted to do Rocket & Groot first, and then I was talked into doing Guardians 3 instead of Rocket and Groot. I knew I needed to tell Rocket’s story.”