Marvel Studios television special
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
is an American
television special
written and directed by
James Gunn
for the streaming service
Disney+
, based on
Marvel Comics
featuring the superhero team
Guardians of the Galaxy
. It is the second
Marvel Studios Special Presentation
in the
Marvel Cinematic Universe
(MCU), sharing continuity with
the films
and
television series of the franchise
. The special is produced by
Marvel Studios
, and follows the
Guardians of the Galaxy
as they celebrate Christmas and search for a
present
for their leader
Peter Quill
.
Chris Pratt
,
Dave Bautista
,
Karen Gillan
,
Pom Klementieff
,
Vin Diesel
,
Bradley Cooper
,
Sean Gunn
, and
Michael Rooker
reprise their roles as the Guardians from previous MCU media, with the special also featuring the band
Old 97's
and
Kevin Bacon
as a fictionalized version of himself. Gunn had worked on the concept for the special during the production of
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
(2017) before it was announced in December 2020. Filming occurred from February to late April 2022 in
Atlanta, Georgia
, and
Los Angeles
, during the production of
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
(2023).
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
was released on Disney+ on November 25, 2022, serving as the conclusion of
Phase Four
of the MCU. The special received positive reviews from critics for its humor, Gunn's direction, and the cast's performances. It received multiple awards nominations, including wins at the
Children's and Family Emmy Awards
.
Plot
[
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The
Guardians of the Galaxy
have purchased
Knowhere
from the
Collector
and taken in
Cosmo the Spacedog
as a new member. As Christmas approaches,
Kraglin
tells the Guardians a childhood story of how
Yondu
ruined Christmas for
Peter Quill
.
Mantis
discusses with
Drax
her plan to find a perfect
Christmas present
for Quill, who is still depressed following the loss of
Gamora
.
[a]
After brainstorming, they decide to go to Earth and retrieve Quill's childhood hero,
Kevin Bacon
.
Mantis and Drax arrive in
Hollywood, Los Angeles
and search for Bacon. After spending time at
Grauman's Chinese Theater
, the
Hollywood Walk of Fame
, and a bar, they get a
map of celebrities' residences
and find Bacon's home in
Beverly Hills
. Bacon, who is waiting for his family to come home, is terrified by the appearance of Mantis and Drax and tries to escape. Police arrive to help, but Mantis places them and Bacon in a trance before taking Bacon with them. As they return to Knowhere, Mantis and Drax are disappointed to learn that Bacon is an actor and not a real-life hero.
Later, the Guardians surprise Quill with a Christmas celebration, but Quill is horrified to learn that Bacon had been kidnapped, demanding that he be returned home. On the Guardians' new spaceship, the
Bowie
, Bacon learns from Kraglin how he inspired Quill's heroism and decides to celebrate Christmas with the Guardians before returning home.
After the celebration, Quill reveals to Mantis that Yondu eventually changed his mind about Christmas and gifted him a pair of blasters which now serve as his primary weapons. Mantis confides in him that she is Quill's half-sister, after years of refusing to tell him the truth out of fear of reminding him of his father
Ego
's misdeeds,
[b]
to Quill's surprise and elation.
Cast
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- Chris Pratt
as
Peter Quill / Star-Lord
:
The half-human, half-
Celestial
leader of the
Guardians of the Galaxy
who was abducted from Earth as a child and raised by a group of alien thieves and smugglers called the
Ravagers
.
[1]
Luke Klein portrays a young Quill during the animated flashback scenes, after the role was previously portrayed by
Wyatt Oleff
in
Guardians of the Galaxy
(2014) and
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
(2017).
[2]
[3]
- Dave Bautista
as
Drax the Destroyer
: A member of the Guardians and a highly skilled warrior whose family was slaughtered by
Ronan
.
[1]
- Karen Gillan
as
Nebula
:
A member of the Guardians and former
Avenger
who is an orphan from an alien world, and was trained by
Thanos
to be his personal assassin.
[1]
She takes on more of a leadership role within the Guardians.
[4]
- Pom Klementieff
as
Mantis
: A member of the Guardians with
empathic
powers and Quill's half-sister.
[1]
- Vin Diesel
as
Groot
: A member of the Guardians who is a tree-like humanoid and the accomplice of Rocket.
[1]
- Bradley Cooper
as
Rocket
:
A member of the Guardians and former Avenger who is a genetically-engineered
raccoon
-based bounty hunter and a master of weapons and
military tactics
.
[1]
- Sean Gunn
as
Kraglin Obfonteri
:
A member of the Guardians and Yondu Udonta's former second-in-command in the Ravagers.
[5]
He has become more integrated within the Guardians and "part of that family", being "a major part of [their] support system".
[4]
- The
Old 97's
as Bzermikitokolok and the Knowheremen:
An alien band on
Knowhere
.
[6]
[7]
Lead singer
Rhett Miller
portrays Bzermikitokolok, while Miller's bandmates Murry Hammond, Ken Bethea, and Philip Peeples portray band members Kortolbookalia, Sliyavastojoo, and Phloko, respectively.
[7]
It took the band approximately three-and-a-half hours to have their prosthetic makeup applied.
[8]
- Michael Rooker
as
Yondu Udonta
:
A blue-skinned buccaneer of the Ravagers and former member of the Guardians, who was a fatherly figure to Quill and died in
Vol. 2
.
[9]
[10]
Rooker portrays Yondu during the animated flashback scenes.
[3]
- Kevin Bacon
as himself, an actor and Quill's childhood hero who is kidnapped by Mantis and Drax.
[11]
Maria Bakalova
provides the voice and additional
motion capture
for
Cosmo the Spacedog
, a member of the Guardians who is a sapient dog that developed
psionic
abilities after being sent into space by the
Soviet Union
;
[12]
[13]
Cosmo is physically portrayed by
dog actor
Slate, replacing Fred, who played Cosmo in the first two
Guardians
films.
[13]
[14]
Stephen Blackehart
appears as Steemie, a denizen of Knowhere.
[15]
Bacon's wife
Kyra Sedgwick
has a voice-only role as herself.
[16]
Flula Borg
appears as a bartender at the bar that Mantis and Drax visit in
Hollywood
.
[17]
Production
[
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Development
[
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]
In December 2020,
Marvel Studios
President
Kevin Feige
announced
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
, a
television special
featuring the
Guardians of the Galaxy
to be written and directed by
James Gunn
, the writer and director of the
Guardians of the Galaxy
films
.
[18]
[19]
The
Holiday Special
was the first piece of content Marvel Studios planned to create for
Disney+
, and was originally conceived by Gunn during the production of
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
(2017);
[20]
at that time, it was being developed for
ABC
following
Vol. 2
's
release.
[21]
Gunn stated that the special would be live-action and canon to the
Marvel Cinematic Universe
(MCU),
[22]
and noted that he had been a fan of the
Star Wars Holiday Special
(1978) and animated
Christmas specials
such as
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
(1964) and
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
(1966) as a child.
[6]
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
is 44 minutes long,
[6]
and is the second
Marvel Studios Special Presentation
in the MCU.
[20]
Marvel Studios' Feige,
Louis D'Esposito
,
Victoria Alonso
, and
Brad Winderbaum
, Sara Smith, and Simon Hatt serve as executive producers, alongside Gunn.
[9]
Writing
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]
Gunn called the
Holiday Special
"one of my favorite stories ever",
[23]
with a story "as crazy and fun as can be" that he had "bugged [Feige] endlessly about over the years".
[22]
[23]
Gunn finished the script in April 2021,
[24]
after initially writing the treatment "years ago".
[24]
[20]
It took Gunn a few hours to write the script, and he noted featuring
Kevin Bacon
was a quick inclusion once he had figured out the story for the special.
[6]
The main cast members of the
Guardians
films are featured,
[25]
focusing on
Drax the Destroyer
and
Mantis
. Gunn decided to focus on the Drax and Mantis relationship in the special because he felt those characters had been "sidelined" in their appearances outside of the
Guardians of the Galaxy
films between
Vol. 2
and
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
(2023). He described the two of them as "kind of like
Abbott and Costello
, but both are Costellos",
[26]
adding, "They do not have any of the values that human beings normally have, so they don't have the same boundaries that we have. They're like following an unattended fire hose around."
[4]
Mantis actress
Pom Klementieff
called the
Holiday Special
"very goofy and very funny and cute" while "also very rooted in something much, much deeper and more beautiful and heartfelt".
[27]
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
is set between
Thor: Love and Thunder
(2022) and
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
.
[24]
Gunn noted there were parts of the special that would help set up material in
Vol. 3
,
[28]
calling the
Holiday Special
a "
Trojan Horse
" that allowed him to introduce important elements to
Vol. 3
that he then would not need to explain at the beginning of that film. Some of this material includes filling in the Guardians recent history, such as how they now operate out of
Knowhere
, have a new ship called the
Bowie
,
Cosmo the Spacedog
is now a member of the Guardians, and "a couple of bigger pieces of spoiler-y lore".
[26]
The special has been described by Gunn as the epilogue of
Phase Four
of the MCU.
[29]
Casting
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The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
sees
Chris Pratt
,
Dave Bautista
,
Vin Diesel
,
Bradley Cooper
,
Karen Gillan
,
Pom Klementieff
, and
Sean Gunn
all reprising their MCU roles as Guardians of the Galaxy members
Peter Quill / Star-Lord
,
Drax the Destroyer
,
Groot
,
Rocket
,
Nebula
,
Mantis
, and
Kraglin Obfonteri
,
[1]
[5]
[9]
respectively, along with
Michael Rooker
as
Yondu Udonta
.
[9]
[10]
Kevin Bacon was revealed to be starring in the special as a fictionalized version of himself in October 2022,
[11]
along with
Maria Bakalova
voicing Cosmo the Spacedog ahead of her role in
Vol. 3
.
[12]
Bakalova also provides additional motion capture for Cosmo, who is physically portrayed by
dog actor
Slate,
[13]
replacing dog actor Fred from
Guardians of the Galaxy
(2014) and
Vol. 2
.
[14]
The band the
Old 97's
also appear in the special as the alien band Bzermikitokolok and the Knowheremen,
[6]
[7]
while Bacon's wife
Kyra Sedgwick
has a voice cameo.
[16]
Filming and animation
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Filming for the special had begun by February 2022,
[30]
at
Trilith Studios
in
Atlanta, Georgia
,
[31]
[8]
under the
working title
Pop Tart
.
[32]
[33]
It occurred during the later portion of production of
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
,
[34]
which lasted from November 2021 until May 2022,
[35]
[36]
and used the same sets as that film.
[37]
[6]
Henry Braham
served as cinematographer, after doing so for
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
and
Vol. 3
.
[38]
Gunn enjoyed being able to switch to filming the special after doing scenes for
Vol. 3
, given the tonal difference between the two with
Vol. 3
being more "emotional",
[26]
and called the
Holiday Special
shoot easier than
Vol. 3
.
[6]
The special was originally supposed to be shot during
Vol. 3
's
initial production time in 2019, before several production delays.
[34]
A day of filming in
Los Angeles
for the special had been expected by early January 2022, but did not occur due to the
COVID-19
Omicron variant
.
[39]
The Old 97's filmed their roles in March 2022.
[8]
Filming occurred around the
Atlanta Country Club
in late March, with various Christmas-themed decorations being used,
[40]
and at the
TCL Chinese Theatre
in
Hollywood
on April 28, with Bautista and Klementieff. The set featured various Christmas-themed decorations and posters of
Kumail Nanjiani
's character
Kingo
from the MCU film
Eternals
(2021).
[41]
Filming of the special
wrapped
by the end of April.
[42]
Rooker and Luke Klein filmed the material for the flashback sequences, which was animated by
Stoopid Buddy Stoodios
through
rotoscoping
in the style of
Ralph Bakshi
to emulate the Christmas specials from
Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment
.
[3]
Marvel had received bids from other animations studios for the sequences, but their test sequences had used more traditional animation techniques, compared to Stoopid Buddy's rotoscoping approach, which set them apart and fulfilled the look Gunn and Marvel were looking for. Animation director Mac Whiting was able to find archival recordings of how the Bakshi-style animations were made to reference and ensure the process for the
Holiday Special
was authentic as possible. Whiting and his team were able to be on set when Rooker and Klein were filmed to discuss with Gunn things such as how the camera would be set up, to ensure it was "simple enough for animation, but also dynamic enough so it had that big cinematic feel".
[43]
Stoopid Buddy added Yondu's fin and adjusted Klein's features to more resemble young Quill during animation.
[3]
It took 10 to 12 people about four months to complete the animation, with Stoopid Buddy working with Studio Moshi to provide additional animations.
[43]
Post-production
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Greg D'Auria serves as the editor for the special,
[44]
while
Stephane Ceretti
serves as the visual effects supervisor.
[45]
? Visual effects for the special were created by
Framestore
,
Rodeo FX
,
Crafty Apes
,
Sony Pictures Imageworks
,
Industrial Light & Magic
,
W?t? FX
, Gradient / Secret Lab, and
Perception
.
[45]
Music
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John Murphy
, the composer of
Vol. 3
, was confirmed to score the
Holiday Special
in January 2022.
[46]
The special's soundtrack, consisting of Murphy's score and two original songs, was released digitally by
Hollywood Records
and
Marvel Music
on November 23, 2022.
[47]
Gunn chose the music for the
Holiday Special
"very early". He wrote the lyrics to the opening song, "I Don't Know What Christmas Is (But Christmastime Is Here)", and approached
Rhett Miller
from the group the Old 97's to help him compose it.
[6]
"Here It Is Christmastime", an existing song of the Old 97's, was also used and re-recorded with Bacon for the end of the special.
[6]
[48]
In addition to "I Don't Know What Christmas Is (But Christmastime Is Here)" and "Here It Is Christmastime", other songs featured in the special include: "
Fairytale of New York
" by
the Pogues
featuring
Kirsty MacColl
, "
Dead by X-Mas
" by
Hanoi Rocks
, "Christmas Treat" by
Julian Casablancas
, "Is This Christmas?" by
the Wombats
, "
Just Like Christmas
" by
Low
, "I Want an Alien for Christmas" by
Fountains of Wayne
, "
Christmastime
" by
the Smashing Pumpkins
, "
Christmas Wrapping
" by
the Waitresses
, and "Mrs. Claus" by
Little Jackie
.
[48]
Marketing
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In August 2022, a
Lego
advent calendar
set for
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
was revealed,
[49]
which was released on September 1.
[50]
The official trailer for the special was released on October 25, 2022. Amanda Lamadrid at
Screen Rant
felt the trailer offered "a wild and heartwarming romp" and "more insight as to the wild storyline". Lamadrid noted how it depicted "one of the series' classic jokes in charming fashion", particularly Peter Quill referring to Kevin Bacon as "the greatest hero on Earth" in
Guardians of the Galaxy
(2014).
[51]
By November 2022,
smart home
company
Vivint
released a commercial promoting the special and their products.
[52]
Two episodes of the series
Marvel Studios: Legends
were released on November 23, 2022 on Disney+, exploring Mantis and Drax using footage from their previous MCU appearances;
[53]
the episodes were removed shortly after as they revealed plot details relevant to the special.
[54]
Release
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The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
was released on
Disney+
on November 25, 2022.
[11]
A special screening occurred on November 18, 2022, at
NeueHouse
in Hollywood.
[55]
It is the conclusion of Phase Four of the MCU.
[29]
Reception
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Audience viewership
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According to
Whip Media
's
TV Time
,
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
was the top streaming film in the United States for the week ending November 27, 2022,
[56]
and the second-most streamed for the week ending December 11.
[57]
Critical response
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]
The
review aggregator
website
Rotten Tomatoes
reported a 94% approval rating, with an average score of 7.7/10, based on 62 reviews. The site's critic's consensus states: "More of a stocking stuffer than a fully-rounded parcel, this yuletide excursion is a delightful showcase for Drax, Mantis, and a very game Kevin Bacon."
[58]
Metacritic
, which uses a weighted average, assigned the special a score of 82 out of 100 based on eight critics, indicating "universal acclaim".
[59]
Jordan Moreau of
Variety
felt the special was "stuffed with funny, feel-good Christmas joy, and it's one of the best pieces of content Marvel Studios has released in years." Moreau praised James Gunn's delivery of his "signature, laugh-out-loud, zany" style in the special with a short runtime, how it "pays homage to the nostalgic tropes of Christmas specials", the depiction of Drax and Mantis, and its soundtracks and songs.
[60]
Angie Han of
The Hollywood Reporter
felt that the special was "funny enough to provoke out-loud laughter and poignant enough to elicit that telltale sting behind the eyes, if not quite enough to draw full-on tears. Maybe it lacks the heft of a true
Guardians
feature or series, but it's exactly the holiday confection you'd want from this motley crew: shiny, fluffy and just odd enough to feel personal" and lauded the "delightfully eclectic" soundtrack. Han also felt that the special became the first Marvel Cinematic Universe entry to have a Christmas-themed story instead of setting it in December to coincide with the holiday, such as
Iron Man 3
(2013) and
Hawkeye
(2021). However, Han noted the special being "as slick a bit of marketing as they come... to remind audiences how much we love these characters, who haven't headlined a big-screen adventure in five years [since
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
(2017)]", and how it had a script "sprinkled with crumbs of awkward exposition" and was "underwritten by the kind of studio clout and money that can get a Kevin Bacon to show up and hang out with aliens for a few days."
[61]
Chris Hewitt gave the special 3 out of 5 stars for
Empire Online
, feeling that it was "so frothy, and fun, and so clearly not intended to be taken seriously." Hewitt described the special as
Guardians 2.5
"with a little Christmas riffing on the soundtrack", a "variety show with the Guardians at its centre", and a "ballsy nod" to
Star Wars Holiday Special
(1978). Hewitt praised Bautista and Klementieff's performances but criticized the scenes involving Bacon as "disappointingly toothless".
[62]
Chris Evangelista of
/Film
felt the special was "mighty silly and mighty light. In fact, it's so light that it's a wonder it even exists", adding that "writer-director James Gunn didn't really have enough to fill out an entire special, which means we're treated to multiple musical numbers and multiple montages to pad the runtime. At the same time, Gunn and his cast manage to slip in one final emotional beat that genuinely works." Evangelista noted that majority of the Guardians only did quick cameos, particularly Peter Quill, Rocket, and Groot, but saw Klementieff and Bautista's characters "an unlikely but very amusing pair". Evangelista also felt that Bacon was "fine, and clearly game to have fun here. But the concept of bringing [him] back for Quill is never as funny as the special seems to think it is" while criticizing the special's "predictable humor and not one but two different lengthy musical numbers that play more like time-fillers than anything else."
[63]
Accolades
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Notes
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