James Gunn Wins PETA Award for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

James Gunn Wins PETA Award for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. The animal rights organization — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals — honored Gunn with its “Not a Number” Award for “showing audiences that Rocket Raccoon’s origin story isn’t out of Knowhere: cruel, callous, and cold-blooded experiments on animals are real, and they’re happening right now.”

“Today is the day! #GuardiansoftheGalaxyVol3 opens in theaters! At the end of the day, this is a movie about joy & compassion & learning to see beyond the rim of our own worlds & having empathy for all living things. Rocket’s journey is my own & I’m so happy to have had him help me to learn to be a better person over the past 11 years – as have all of you. Enjoy the movie. We came into this saying “You’re welcome” but now we’ll leave saying “Thank you.”

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James Gunn Wins PETA Award for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Today is the day! #GuardiansoftheGalaxyVol3 opens in theaters! At the end of the day, this is a movie about joy & compassion & learning to see beyond the rim of our own worlds & having empathy for all living things. Rocket’s journey is my own & I’m so happy to have had him help… pic.twitter.com/TRtYxLNY0W
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) May 5, 2023

PETA called Vol. 3 “an animal rights masterpiece” for depicting the High Evolutionary’s inhumane treatment towards animals and praised the film for — SPOILER warning — showing Rocket and the Guardians rescuing other animals from a similar fate. “PETA wants everyone to know that we can all do the same, simply by speaking out against animal experimentation and demanding that corporations, universities, and government agencies switch to cutting-edge, non-animal research methods,” the organization said.

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 — Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper) in Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios. © 2023 MARVEL.

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