I Am Groot will hit Disney Plus on August tenth. The animated sequence of shorts facilities round none apart from the Child Groot himself, with Vin Diesel reprising his function because the voice of the lovely anthropomorphic sapling.
Marvel Studios teased the upcoming sequence in a tweet, exhibiting off an official poster with Child Groot chilling out atop one of many headphones connected to Peter Quill’s (performed by Chris Pratt) iconic Walkman. He rests beside a palm tree-shaped air freshener — that exhibits simply how tiny he actually is — with two, four-eyed penguin-like creatures (which might be by some means even smaller than Child Groot) peeking out from behind. We’ve not seen these two mischievous-looking creatures in any of The Guardians of the Galaxy movies, but it surely appears like they’ll play some type of function within the new sequence.
Moreover the poster, Marvel and Disney haven’t revealed a lot else concerning the present, though Marvel vaguely describes it as “following Child Groot’s glory days rising up, and moving into bother among the many stars.” We don’t know if some other Guardians will make an look within the present in an animated kind, or if it’ll solely concentrate on Groot (and his very restricted vocabulary).
Disney already has a number of brief sequence — most of them geared towards youngsters — on its streaming service that observe the beloved aspect characters that won’t have gotten the highlight within the films they appeared in, like Dug Days, Olaf Presents, and Ice Age Scrat Tales. I’m not denying that Disney milks the hell out of those characters’ lovability, however I’m not likely complaining both.
I Am Groot is ready to debut simply earlier than She-Hulk: Lawyer at Legislation, which arrives on Disney Plus on August seventeenth. It’s the primary unique Guardians of the Galaxy spinoff thus far, however isn’t Disney’s final — the live-action Guardians of the Galaxy Vacation Particular will stream solely on Disney Plus in December.