Variety reports that, during a Facebook Live stream today, actor Vin Diesel announced that the Guardians of the Galaxy would be in the upcoming third installment of the Avengers franchise titled Infinity War. Of course, Diesel would know as he is the voice of everyone’s favorite trisyllabic tree, Groot.
“Now, the Guardians will be included in Avengers: Infinity War and that’s incredibly exciting — You were told before everybody,” he said. The actor also credits his fans for getting him into the Marvel Universe by consistently asking him when he was going to join.
Avengers: Infinity War is currently set to hit theatres on May 4th, 2018.