James Gunn is obviously done with Marvel and Guardians of the Galaxy now, so don’t be too sad that he had three different ideas for spin-offs

The DCU is James Gunn’s current focus, but the DC Studios co-head shared that he had several Guardians of the Galaxy spin-offs in mind.

For Gunn, it’s pretty clear that when making films for Marvel, his main interest was Guardians of the Galaxy. Unlike some of the other directors the MCU has had, Gunn only made Guardians of the Galaxy and directed all three films. And as he revealed during his appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, it turns out he had even more ideas for this part of the universe.

When asked about scrapped projects, Gunn explained, “There are so many. I mean, yeah, the Ravagers show, I thought, could be a fun thing. Legendary Star-Lord, honestly, we really had a whole idea for it. And then Rocket and Groot…To be honest, Rocket and Groot was what Guardians 3 was, and then I was talked into doing Guardians 3 and I knew I had to tell Rocket’s story.

For some context and for those who may have forgotten a few things: “The Ravagers” were the group of scavengers that Star-Lord took in as a child, which admittedly seems like a fun group to make a show about, even if the house is like that The question of whether the mouse would try to incorporate it into the larger universe is the big question in my opinion. Legendary Star-Lord is actually the name of a particular comic series about Peter Quill in which the character goes off and does his own thing, although at this point I think I’m happy not to have a solo show just about Chris Pratt. And like Gunn said, he made Guardians 3 through Rocket anyway, so we can see why that didn’t happen.

The future of the Guardians of the Galaxy is uncertain after the third film, but Gunn’s future is not, as production on his next film, Superman, wrapped some time ago. Not to mention there’s the rumored Bane & DeathStroke movie, the upcoming Lanterns show, a wild-sounding CGI/stop-motion/live-action Robins movie, and a Supergirl movie too. Busy times ahead for DC fans!