Avengers: Infinity War Is Exactly What Fans Want According To Chris Pratt

04/23/2017 12:08 pm EDT

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 hasn't quite hit theaters yet, but star Chris Pratt is already hyping the next movie in which he'll Peter "Star-Lord" Quill, Avengers: Infinity War.

"It's exactly what the fans want," Pratt tells the Toronto Sun. "I've heard over and over from people, 'When are the Guardians going to meet up with the Avengers?'

"I was never sure how that would happen or if that would happen, but then they announced it and called us and told us it was happening. We've shot most of it — my stuff — and I can tell you, the fans are not going to be disappointed. It's going to be really freaking cool."

Pratt goes on to say that Avengers: Infinity War and its still untitled sequel will be a worthy climax to everything the Marvel Studios movies have been building towards since Iron Man.

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"It's been a long time coming," Pratt says. "This is a decade's worth of deep storytelling that all leads up to this thing."

Avengers: Infinity War is still more than a year away, opening in May 2018. In the meantime, fans will continue in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's story with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 currently has a 4.24 out of 5 ComicBook.com user anticipation rating, making it the third most anticipated upcoming comic book movie among ComicBook.com readers. Let us know how excited you are for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 by giving it your own ComicBook.com User Anticipation Rating below.

Set to the backdrop of 'Awesome Mixtape #2,' Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 continues the team's adventures as they traverse the outer reaches of the cosmos. The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill's true parentage. Old foes become new allies and fan-favorite characters from the classic comics will come to our heroes' aid as the Marvel cinematic universe continues to expand.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is written and directed by James Gunn and stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Elizabeth Debicki, Chris Sullivan, Sean Gunn, Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 opens in theaters on May 5, 2017.

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