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Marvel is spreading a little festive cheer with the first trailer for the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.

[Avengers: Endgame](https://ew.com/creative-work/avengers-endgame/), with [Chris Pratt's](https://ew.com/person/chris-pratt/) Star-Lord still mourning the loss of Gamora ( [Zoe Saldaña](https://ew.com/person/zoe-saldana/)). [Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. The upcoming special will debut on Disney+ in November, and it follows everyone's favorite ragtag band of space weirdos as they cavort around the universe and try to spread a little Christmas cheer. The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special will debut on Disney+ on Nov. Gunn has said that he expects Vol. [James Gunn](https://ew.com/person/james-gunn/) has shared the first trailer for the [Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special,](https://ew.com/movies/james-gunn-teases-guardians-of-the-galaxy-holiday-special/) teasing our first look at [Marvel's](https://ew.com/marvel/) most festive project yet.

"The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special" premieres November 25 on Disney+ starring Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista, and Kevin Bacon.

The [trailer](https://www.indiewire.com/2022/07/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3-trailer-debuts-at-comic-con-1234743095/) for the film debuted at 2022 Comic-Con but has yet to be released to the public amid unfinished VFX effects. 3](https://www.indiewire.com/t/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3/)” has a few fresh faces: Will Poulter, Sylvester Stallone, and Chukwudi Iwuji join the cast. It is more difficult to explain how much I love these characters — that I see them as parts of myself & parts of those I love, & filming them, & writing their words, is a way of expressing that love.” [previously said](https://www.indiewire.com/2022/03/james-gunn-praises-guardians-of-the-galaxy-1234711582/), citing it’s an “epilogue” to Marvel’s Phase 4. And, yes, when I said the #GotGHolidaySpecial was going to debut my new favorite MCU character, that favorite character is Kevin Bacon.” It is somewhat simple to explain to others how much I love this cast & crew. You know, it’s out this Christmas.” When Star-Lord may have been the fish out of water in the celestial space, these extraterrestrials stick out in L.A. And it’s out pretty soon. [James Gunn](https://www.indiewire.com/t/james-gunn/) shared the teaser trailer, [tweeting](https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1584970216085540865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1584970216085540865%7Ctwgr%5Ec2991fa12327e11553d1428429c6bd96d109b2cf%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fvariety.com%2F2022%2Ftv%2Fnews%2Fguardians-of-the-galaxy-holiday-special-trailer-1235323885%2F), “Our holiday gift to you. [Dave Bautista](https://www.indiewire.com/t/dave-bautista/)) and Mantis (Pom Klementieff) travel to Hollywood to bring the “legendary Kevin Bacon” into outer space. [Kevin Bacon](https://www.indiewire.com/t/kevin-bacon/) joining the MCU.

Drax and Mantis embark on a mission back to Earth to bring a special hero to cheer up Star-Lord: Kevin Bacon in the official trailer for the 'Guardians of ...

3](https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/guardians-of-the-galaxy-3-leak-star-lord-fate-revealed), which will be the last movie for the Guardians of the Galaxy. [fired from Marvel](https://www.inverse.com/article/47279-guardians-galaxy-director-james-gunn-fired-after-alt-right-exposed-pedophile-tweets) in 2018 over old tweets and [rehired a year later](https://www.inverse.com/article/54110-james-gunn-rehired-for-guardians-of-the-galaxy-3-tweets), Gunn has found a place at rival DC through The Suicide Squad, Peacemaker on HBO Max, and a few related spin-offs in development. Finally, after all these years, Star-Lord might meet one of his childhood heroes who can teach him the awesome power of letting one’s foot loose. In some ways, you can say Kevin Bacon has been here all along. The special will debut on November 25. Set after Endgame — and, it appears, after Thor: Love and Thunder, based on how absolutely ripped Groot (Vin Diesel) looks — the special sees Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) still down in the dumps about losing Gamora.

Kevin Bacon is coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. "The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special" is due on Disney+ on November 25.

"Guardians" director James Gunn, who on Tuesday was appointed co-chairman and chief executive officer of DC Studios alongside Peter Safran, shared the clip on his Twitter. (DC Studios, like CNN, is owned by Warner Bros. Kevin Bacon joins the MCU in "The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special"