by: keaton marcus

James Gunn at an event for Guardians of the Galaxy — James Gunn at an event for *Guardians of the Galaxy*

James Gunn directed the beloved and supremely popular Marvel films Guardians of the Galaxy starring Chris Pratt and Zoe Saldana in the lead roles.

Both superhero themed films received general acclaim for us—praising the humor, visual effects and the charming, talented cast. The original film received 85/100 “sweet” on the Lemonradar, followed by another solid 80/100 “sweet” for the sequel—which debuted in 2017. Clearly Gunn had a knack for Marvel pictures—especially those with comedic undertones.

Filmmaker James Gunn, along with Disney and Marvel were set to make the third installment to the successful franchise. However, when Gunn criticized President Donald Trump—propagandists Jack Posobiec and Mike Cernovich looked through he filmmaker’s social media history—only to put light on offensive tweets made from 2008-2011. These tweets included comments that promoted pedophelia, inappropriately phrased comments about gay people and even the terrible 9/11.

When Disney heard about the comments, they immediately fired James Gunn. Saying that these words were disgraceful. Despite the bad publicity now swarming around the director—The “Guardians” cast including Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana and Dave Bautista defended Gunn and them along with more members signed a petition to get him back.

James Gunn immediately apologized for the comments—calling them “unfortunate efforts to be provocative”. Which Disney chairman Alan Horn respected. Gunn also responded to the passionate protests by his fans and fellow cast members. See the comments to your right.

These comments were beloved by the public. It was the trade news website Deadline who reported that Gunn has been suddenly rehired to helm “Guardians of the Galaxy 3”. Gunn also said his thanks to Disney, saying that we was excited to “continue making films that investigate the ties of love that bind us all.”

The first two installments grossed both 773.3 and 863.7 million globally—very impressive numbers. While there may be some serious controversy about the rehiring—the public seems pretty content, and we should expect some big numbers on its debut.

James Gunn is also set to direct the “Suicide Squad” reboot, which is set to come out on August 6th, 2021—this should have some success too, and hopefully critics will like it more, considering the original received terrible reviews.

The “Guardians” third installment is supposedly coming out somewhere in 2020—remember “We Are Groot”.