The future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been the subject of much discussion lately, after last month’s San Diego Comic-Con revealed plenty of details regarding the franchise’s upcoming movies and TV shows. The next of them is I am Groota series of animated shorts that follows the exuberant and precocious character following the events of the first guardians of the galaxy film. Baby Groot is perhaps one of the most beloved characters in the MCU’s arsenal – and it seems even Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel actress Brie Larson is a fan. Larson recently took to Twitter to share a photo of herself wearing a Groot baseball cap, remarking that she’s a “HUGE Groot fan.”
BIG fan of Groot pic.twitter.com/kZ1nuMvpjL
— Brie Larson (@brielarson) August 1, 2022
I am Groot follows Baby Groot as he grows up in the galaxy, going on adventures with new and unusual characters who get him in trouble.
“I had great encounters with James at several points in the process,” director and executive producer Kristin Lepore said recently. ComicBook.comit is Phase zero podcast. “The big one being our first kickoff meeting, where we just talked about this amazing character that he created, just, you know, just to make sure we could do Baby Groot like we’re supposed to. And I remember him telling me, “Oh yeah, he’s a bad baby. And also he’s like an emoji guy,” which made me laugh. And I kept saying that in meetings. I was like, we have to make sure we just nail these poses and facial expressions because he only has two eyes in his mouth. He doesn’t even have a nose, it’s a very limited face. So it’s like an emoji, nails, emotion and expression. We had to do that with Groot too.”
Meanwhile, Larson’s next confirmed foray into the MCU will be Wondersa Captain Marvel sequel that will see her team up with Wanda Visionby Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris) and Ms. Marvelby Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani).
“When you make movies like this, they’re like nothing else. Huge sets. Huge amounts of people on set. Lots of specialists,” Larson recently said. SiriusXM when we talk about Wonders. “It’s a truly unique experience. I’m a huge Disneyland fan, so for me, it feels like going to my own private Disneyland every day.” She added: “They’re building all these crazy worlds that no one else knows about, no one else can see… You’ll see it when the movie comes out, but right now it’s just mine. I ‘m in bigger sets than you can imagine right now. It’s really special.”
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I am Groot will be released exclusively on Disney+ on August 10. Wonders is currently scheduled to be released on July 28, 2023.
