Karen Gillan’s Nebula has become one of the breakout stars of the latter days of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with her tumultuous relationship with her adopted family forming one of the core arcs of Avengers: Infinity War, and especially 2019's Avengers: Endgame. Now she’ll get another chance to learn the true, non-getting-parts-of-you-cut-off-because-Daddy’s-disappointed meaning of family, with Screen Crush confirming that Gillan will appear in the upcoming Thor: Love And Thunder.
Said confirmation is just the latest bit of data that—in addition to reuniting the God Of Thunder with Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster (missing, presumed narratively superfluous)—Taika Waititi’s follow-up to Thor: Ragnarok will also serve as a sort of stealth Guardians Of The Galaxy sequel. (At least in part: It’s worth remembering that when last we saw Chris Hemsworth’s hammer/axe-wielding god, he was heading off into space with Peter Quill et. al.)
Rumors of Gillan’s appearance in the film were reportedly sparked by a recent Instagram Story that saw her touch down in Sydney, Australia, where much of the rest of the film’s cast has been quarantining in preparation for filming. She then confirmed it after people noticed that she’s once again cut her hair short, the better to get it underneath the bald cap that allows her to play everybody’s favorite traumatized robotic bad dad daughter.
Thor: Love And Thunder is currently scheduled for a February 11, 2022 release date.
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Good, she and Michael Rooker were the best things about Guardians 2. Well, except for Kurt Russell’s flashback hair. That was glorious.
Yondu: This is gonna hurtNebula (smirking): Promises, promises
They’re one Tobias Funke short of forming their own Blue Man Group.
They already have one.
Nice!
Her relationship with Gamora was surprisingly well-crafted. It set up the latter Avengers movies nicely.
Oh hell yes.She was the breakout character/stealth MVP of Endgame, and as far as I’m concerned, the more of her the better.
Agreed. It was nice seeing her actually get along with others.
Don’t get your hopes up. Remember, Thor left with the Guardians, including Nebula. There’s a decent chance they only appear in the first act before shuttling off towards the 3rd GotG movie.
Come along, Pond.
Now if only Arthur Darvill can start getting some regular work in the states.
He was in “Legends of Tomorrow” for a while! Sadly, he left before the show got really good/incredibly wild and silly. But he was one of the only consistently entertaining parts of the early seasons while the series was still finding its feet and figuring out which characters worked. I miss his character even if the show doesn’t really need him anymore and has another sarcastic British person running things in Darvill’s stead.
Who better to find Matt Damon’s stranded character than someone who’s basically a crazed hunter?
is it wrong to think that Karen Gillan looks better as Nebula than she does in real life?
Even bald, blue, and made largely of spare parts, Karen Gillan can get it
Nah I agree with you. In this battle of Red vs. Blue, blue wins for sure.
Gillan is, I think, one of those interesting types who looks substantially better when done up in “normal person” makeup and costume than in standard Hollywood runway/”glamour” warpaint as in the stock photo they chose to go with this story.
Morally yes, factually no.
Awesome. I love the way Nebula has developed as a character, and want to see that continued as much as possible. Assuming Guardians 3 has a lot of “Search for Gamora” vibes, some more Nebula in this movie presumably will aid that.
Oh, cool! I (am in) love (with) her.