Marvel are yet to confirm the news

Vin Diesel has confirmed that the Guardians of the Galaxy team will appear in the forthcoming Avengers movie, Avengers: Infinity War.

Diesel spoke of the news during a live chat celebrating the fact that his Facebook page has hit more than 100 million followers.

During the live chat, he recalled that a picture he posted from his first meeting with Marvel had an issue of Avengers in the background. “What’s gonna be surreal is that picture is going to come to pass because now the Guardians will be included in Avengers: Infinity War and that’s incredibly exciting,” he said.

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He continued, “Incredibly exciting. Incredibly exciting and something that if you were a part of our page you knew before everybody.”

Marvel are yet to confirm the news that Diesel, Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), Rocket Racoon (Bradley Cooper), Gamora (Zoe Saldana), and Drax (Dave Bautista) will fight alongside the Avengers in their battle against Thanos in the Infinity War.

Avengers: Infinity War is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo from a script by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. The film is currently scheduled for May 4, 2018.