I Am Groot is currently one of six MCU projects hitting the Disney streaming service one year from now. Ms. Marvel, the introduction of the MCU’s first Muslim legend, Kamala Khan, is the main series with a specific release window, as it’s set to premiere over the summer. The shows Moon Knight, She-Hulk, and Secret Invasion are simply slated for release sometime in 2022. The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special is also coming to Disney+ in December 2022. Gunn has confirmed the MCU’s first holiday special will lead directly into 2023’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. I Am Groot is the just animated MCU project at present confirmed to release one year from now.
The confirmation of I Am Groot’s 2022 release came from Gunn on Twitter. I Am Groot was included in another Disney+ promotional video teasing what is coming to the service one year from now. Prominently, the series presently couldn’t seem to be given any sort of release window in previous Disney+ announcements. A fan tweeted the video at Gunn asking if he could confirm the news, to which Gunn simply replied “I can confirm. #IAmGroot.”
The confirmation of I Am Groot’s 2022 release is extraordinary news for fans of the Guardians of the Galaxy series. The ragtag team of intergalactic morons hasn’t been seen in the MCU since Avengers: Endgame in 2019, and they haven’t had their own specific title since Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 back in 2017. Presently, the Guardians will have three new releases throughout the following two years, with both I Am Groot and the Holiday Special hitting Disney+ in the same year. Considering I Am Groot specifically follows Baby Groot, it can be assumed the series of shorts will be a prequel, as Groot was matured up to a teen for Avengers: Infinity War in 2018.
While very little is had some significant awareness of the I Am Groot series, it’s still exciting to anticipate, as it’s one more expansion of the Guardians corner of the MCU. With three different Guardians of the Galaxy projects coming throughout the following several years, it would seem that the MCU is just increasing the team’s part in the universe. In any case, Gunn has stated that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is the finish of the story he started with the first film in 2014. This odd cast of characters is sure to continue to seem post-Vol. 3, yet nothing is officially declared as of yet.