Following one of the biggest bombs in box office history with the poorly named Billionaire Boys Club featuring Kevin Spacey, I think studios are finally starting to get the picture that working with actors who have dodgy pasts is not a good idea. Not just from a moral perspective, but financially too. A trap which Disney wanted to make sure they don’t fall into in their firing of James Gunn from the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise.
It turns out though that Disney hasn’t been the only studio affected by the Jams Gunn saga because while the rest of the world was left captivated by all the gorgeous movies Marvel could throw at us, James Gunn also went and secretly filmed a horror movie for Sony Pictures. Sony was supposed to announce the as yet still unknown movie during their San Diego Comic-Con panel this year, but when news had emerged of James Gunn’s firing over his controversial tweets, Sony decided to avoid any media backlash and kept their lips sealed about the project.
However, according to report from Screen Rant, the movie is definitely still getting released and has found its way on Sony’s release schedule for November 30th (U.S. Release Date), simply shown as Untitled James Gunn Horror Movie. Considering that this movie is pretty much already finished, it’s surprising we haven’t heard anything about it and perhaps more surprising why Sony would want to keep it under wraps for so long.
One of the speculations and rumours going around is that James Gunn was working on a potential Bloodborne adaptation. Though, given that this connection is made from comparing a very ambiguous Facebook post from James Gunn himself that has similarities, but is still different from the official Bloodborne logo, I doubt that is the case. My guess is that this is something much smaller in scale that Gunn was working on because you would imagine a Bloodborne movie would be quite heavily promoted by the studio.
Last Updated: August 21, 2018
Allykhat
August 21, 2018 at 10:09
I hope this movie, no matter how good/bad it is, explodes. Make Disney see they dun f###ed up.
Lord Chaos
August 21, 2018 at 10:26
Ironically I read this morning of one of the founders of the me too movement paying hush money because she slept with an under aged male.
Original Heretic
August 21, 2018 at 10:32
Saw that as well, but something seems a tad fishy there, too.
The guy was 17 when it happened and apparently there’s a pic of them in bed together that, as part of the settlement agreement, he’s not allowed to show anyone.
So yes, she diddled with an underage guy, but the fact there’s a pic makes it seem to me as if it wasn’t exactly non-consensual.
No, not defending her in any way, I think it’s downright bloody hypocritical of her, but it does also seem like an effort on the part of that guy to cash in a bit.
Lord Chaos
August 21, 2018 at 10:36
It’s like some of these people want sainthood’s. Everyone has skeletons of some form and I’m certain a lot (on both sides) are trying to grab an extra 15 minutes of fame however they can
Original Heretic
August 21, 2018 at 10:37
My thoughts exactly.