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Director James Gunn Wants To Re-Release Guardians of the Galaxy With New Content. One of the many reasons fans love the Guardians of the Galaxy (GotG) films is their cleverly crafted soundtracks, known better by fans as Awesome Mix Vol. 1 and 2.
The films director, James Gunn, and his brother Sean Gunn, are avid music lovers and together have woven the popular soundtracks for the films based off the sounds of the 70’s during their childhood. You may know Sean as the mo-cap (motion capture) for Rocket Raccoon and Ravager Kraglin.
Recently it was announced that Marvel Studios would be re-releasing Guardians of the Galaxy on 4K Blu-Ray and fans almost immediately began to ask if the film would include a directors cut, new or deleted scenes, and possibly new music that had originally been left out due to time and budget. James Gunn welcomed the questions and even took to Twitter to share some insight.
It’s a dream of mine to do a rerelease of GotG Vol 1 with Livin’ Thing and a couple of other small additions. ?, @MarvelStudios. https://t.co/9N8kG144i6
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) August 30, 2019
He even shared some regrets about cutting content from GotG Vol. 1 and GotG Vol. 2.
And, notoriously, both Pilot’s Magic and ELO’s Livin’ Thing sequences were cut from the first film (I regret cutting the Livin’ Thing montage, actually).
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) August 30, 2019
But there are LOTS of songs I’ve wanted to find a space for and haven’t been able to. Hundreds. I’ve tried numerous @AliceCooper, @Queen, T. Rex & Stevie Wonder songs, for instance, but I just never found the perfect fit. Same with @halloates “She’s Gone” on Vol 2.
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) August 30, 2019
Gunn also kindly explained the differences between film terminology to a fan and answered the question the way it was originally intended.
The original films ARE the Directors’ cuts, as the cuts were my choice. I’ve just changed my mind about a few things since then, so it’d have to be a Director’s Recut. https://t.co/d5qg8jNhgW
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) August 30, 2019
With the re-release of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1 on DVD with the newly available 4K Blu-Ray edition, it was bound to get folks online talking about the possibility for new or deleted content being added to the re-release. With hindsight it makes total sense that director James Gunn would have some regrets about not including content in the original films, but we still think that the Guardians of the Galaxy films were fantastic and we can not wait to see what Gunn does with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
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