James Gunn Explains Groot's Growth Rate From GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 to AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR
If you were one of the few lucky enough to see the AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR footage at Disney's D23 Expo or at San Diego Comic-Con 2017, congrats. But most did not and they have only seen concept art, photos, maybe a leaked video of it in bad quality or even an artist rendition of things in that footage.
When Marvel Studios released a full banner concept art image of AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR at SDCC, in the upper left hand corner you could see that Groot is still in his adolescent years. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY franchise helmer James Gunn discussed Groot's growth rate on his Facebook page to help clear up any questions fans have regarding the alien tree creature from the end credits of GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 to AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR.
"People are asking me a lot about how fast Groot grows, because in his appearance in the Infinity War trailer he was an ADOLESCENT (not a "teen" as has been reported in many places). This is exactly the same state of growth you see in the post credits scene of Vol. 2: Adolescent Groot.
In terms of how fast Groot grows overall, I can tell you this: Baby Groot appears two months after the Infant Groot we see at the end of Vol. 1. The post-credits scene with Adolescent Groot and Peter Quill is YEARS after the ending of Vol. 2. I won't say exactly how many years at this time, but be clear that it took him a fair amount of time just to go from Baby Groot to Adolescent Groot. (As a side note, I'll point out that Peter Quill can obviously understand what "I am Groot" means in the post-credits scene, so somehow he's learned to understand him in the same way Rocket has).
Like dogs, who grow at a different rate than humans, and spend a different percentage of their lives in adolescence than humans do, Groot and Humans do not grow at some exact exchange rate. So, although two months seems to be about two years (as Baby Groot seems to behave roughly like a two year old), it is not fair to assume that every month is a year to Groot. He has an alien biology and ages in a completely different way than a human being. Different aspects of his growth may take longer or shorter than a human's.
And, other than that, I'm going to leave you in suspense - frankly, for quite a while, as it will take years to show you how Groot goes from infancy to adulthood."
Hope that clears things up for those who needed some answers.
James Gunn is currently developing the script for GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 while Groot and the rest of the Guardians will be seen next in AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR on May 4, 2018.
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