Director James Gunn denies rumor of Peter Quill’s dad in Guardians of the Galaxy 2

Earlier today the rumor mill began to churn. Apparently someone out there had leaked a key plot point of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. The "leak" centered around the parentage of Star-Lord (played by Chris Pratt), more specifically on who his father is.

Star-Lord's father had been alluded to in the film, but was never fully revealed – making it something to be explored in the upcoming film. Umberto Gonzalez, the founder and editor-in-chief of Heroic Hollywood is the source of the latest rumor, and he claims to know who Peter Quill's actual father is in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We're not going to spoil it, but you can check it out in the link above.

Responding to the rumor, Guardians of the Galaxy writer and director James Gunn has stepped forward to not only deny the rumor, but to also comment (via Collider) on spoiler culture as a whole.

All right. From this moment on I’m going to stop commenting on any rumors surrounding Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, because, eventually, someone is going to come up with a spoiler that has some truth to it. That said, the rumors surrounding Quill’s parentage at the present moment are completely false, and aren’t even close to the truth. I don’t know how people come up with this stuff, but it certainly isn’t through legitimate sources.

Also, I get the desire to get “scoops” on character inclusion and casting choices, etc. But since when is a plot spoiler a “scoop”? Is this really what fandom wants to know? Plot details in movies ahead of time? I got in this business because I love movies, and I think most film journalists are the same way. And spoiling plot details doesn’t add to the enjoyment of the film-going experience. So bravo to those folks out there who don’t partake in this sort of thing.

For what it's worth, Umberto Gonzalez tends to be the source of a number of spoilers, leaks and/or rumors that are sometimes true, sometimes false — it more or less works like throwing things against the wall to see what sticks. 

Gunn can see where the 'leak' propagators are coming from, but doesn't see the point in ruining the surprise by trying to reveal it.

Gamezone's editor-in-chief  recently commented on reporting spoilers, saying that while leaks aren't necessarily bad, journalists shouldn't feel bad when they get burned buy publishers for the leaks.