James Gunn Wants to Do a Nebula Movie Spin-Off of GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

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I'm a big fan of Nebula, and she's a character who is perfectly portrayed by Karen Gillan. I was happy to hear that she would be coming back for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, but it now seems like director James Gunn might have bigger plans for her.

Gunn recently responded to a fan on Twitter who said, "I think they should do a Nebula movie. Karen's Nebula was/is the best character in GotG." This was Gunn's response:

"I have a few favorites myself, but I agree that Nebula should lead her own film - it's something I've thought about from the beginning."

Now, just because he's thought about it and would want to do it doesn't mean it will happen. It would be so cool if it did, though! I guess if it's truly something Gunn would like to explore, he'd have to talk Marvel into letting him do it. 

I'm really interested to see how her story arc plays out in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Gillan previously talked about her relationship with Gamora in the film and how it would be expanded saying:

"I think what I'm really excited about it delving into the sisterly relationship between Gamora and Nebula. I think that we're going to see a little bit more of that, and it's going to be a bit more fleshed out."

The fact that the two sisters tried to kill each other in the first movie cements that fact that their relationship is going to be incredibly dysfunctional. Gunn later expanded on this and their relationship:

"I really feel like we give the female characters a chance to shine in this movie because Zoe Saldana comes in and she is so wonderfully beautiful as her character. It's touching, andKaren Gillan as Nebula comes in, and she's her sister, and she's completely a much deeper character than we got in the first movie, so we get to know her.

"The first movie was really about becoming a family. This movie is about being a family. And what's harder, becoming a family or being a family? I think it's being a family. That's where you really have to deal with each other. And that's what this movie is about. And their sisters. They are family, whether they like it or not. And they also want to kill each other, so it adds a new twist to being a sister."

Nebula is one of the coolest and most badass characters in the MCU, and if she eventually did get her own solo film, there's no doubt that it would be awesome. In the meantime, we'll just have to wait and see how things pan out for her in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, which hits theaters on May 5th, 2017.