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Hope for James Gunn as Marvel tries to persuade Disney to keep him on for third Guardians of the Galaxy film

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The world can be unpredictable in the things it often chooses to like and not. Disney thought they were taking the moral high-ground after offensive tweets from Guardians of the Galaxy were uncovered and promptly fired the director from any future involvement with the studio. However, they forget to add some reason into this decision making as these tweets were actually always in the public eye and Gunn has since had a remarkable change of character which actually led to many of the film’s stars protesting the company’s decision.

It seemed like Disney was having none of it, which I guess given their strong conservative and family-oriented roots does make sense. It appears though they are now getting some pushback from something a little bigger than just the film’s stars and this is in the form of Marvel itself. The studio has been remarkably silent over the matter through all the media noise surrounding the issue, but it does seem like they are now starting to speak up on the matter.

Deadline is reporting that Marvel is looking to try to persuade Disney to rethink their decision about Gunn and consider hiring him again for the as yet officially unannounced, but obviously still happening third Guardians of the Galaxy movie. Considering that Gunn’s humour and personality is so widely associated and embedded into the Guardians of the Galaxy movies, it’s hard to imagine anyone else making these movies and maintain that magic that people have grown to love about this oddball ensemble of characters.

It will be interesting to see what comes of these discussions. While stars have little say in the matter, a whole studio which is one of the biggest money makers for the House of the Mouse will certainly have a lot more clout in the matter. Hopefully, it will allow Disney to come to some sort of compromise and allow Gunn to finish the work he had started with the characters. While Disney will always have the final say on the matter, money talks and Marvel does make a lot of it.

Last Updated: August 10, 2018

13 Comments

  1. Original Heretic

    August 10, 2018 at 13:52

    Yes, Disney, your stance on this was very hypocritical. You’ve changed over the years, so has Gunn.

    Plus, they’d really be shooting themselves in the foot. I mean, before all this crap, wasn’t Gunn touted as being the Marvel forerunner after Feige stepped down, especially once they went “cosmic”?

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  2. Lord Chaos

    August 10, 2018 at 13:39

    In other news, Germany has lifted the ban on “certain” images in games

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  3. Original Heretic

    August 10, 2018 at 13:52

    Yes, Disney, your stance on this was very hypocritical. You’ve changed over the years, so has Gunn.

    Plus, they’d really be shooting themselves in the foot. I mean, before all this crap, wasn’t Gunn touted as being the Marvel forerunner after Feige stepped down, especially once they went “cosmic”?

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  4. For the Emperor!

    August 10, 2018 at 14:25

    I think the firing was knee-jerk, and perhaps not needed given the passing of time and him addressing it in the past already. But if they back out now, the hypocrisy of those who partake/partook in social media lynchings who only complain now that “one of their own” got lynched, will be highlighted even more.

    Personally I wanted him to remain.

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  5. Kromas

    August 10, 2018 at 14:32

    I heard WB is going after him if he gets out of his Disney contract. They want him to help revive DCU.

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  6. Craig "CrAiGiSh" Dodd

    August 13, 2018 at 13:28

    There is no GOTG without the big Gunn.

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