At the end of Marvel Studios' 2017 film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, an end credits scene teased the arrival of cosmic superhero Adam Warlock. Although the tease did not come to fruition in any of the later MCU movies since then, it seems GOTG Vol. 3 will finally bring the character to life on the big screen with the official casting of Will Poulter in the role.
Check out the details of the casting and what director James Gunn had to say.
Who is Adam Warlock?
First appearing in Fantastic Four #66 (June, 1967), Adam Warlock was created by comic book legends Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Originally named only as Him, he was the result of an experiment to create the perfect being by a group of corrupt scientists called the Enclave. Their creation was a gleaming gold-skinned humanoid male with vast cosmic powers. However, the Enclave did not anticipate Him to sense their evil intent and choose to defy it. Thus, Him fought against his creators and escaped.
Him would later encounter the Asgardians Thor and Lady Sif. Thor nearly killed Him for trying to abduct Lady Sif. He recovered from his injuries by hibernating into a cocoon. The High Evolutionary would name him Warlock and present him with the Soul Gem to serve as protector of Counter-Earth, an artificially created duplicate made by the High Evolutionary to experiment on the viability of a utopian world.