James Gunn Succinctly Explains the Difference Between Working With Marvel and DC

Underwritten by Tristan James Jr.

The director seemed to walk back earlier comments he’d made to The New York Times, and said that he regrets not putting his thoughts across like this:

Nothing if not the uninhibited creative expression of one man. Collider’s own Matt Goldberg wrote in his review that Gunn’s

“sensibilities are all over this film from the gory violence to the pitchblack sense of humor to the concept of found family among a group of rejects”

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In that NYT interview, Gunn said that Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige “gives more notes” and is “way more involved with editing than people are at Warner Bros.”

The director tipped his hat to the new brass at WB, and said that he was given unprecedented creative freedom.

And it shows. The Suicide Squad performance…

“Gunn was sort of poached by WB in 2018 after he was fired by Disney for unearthed inappropriate tweets from a decade ago, for which he has apologized.”

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This led to a delay in the third Guardians movie, the script for which Gunn had already written and turned in.

In 2019, he was rehired by Disney to direct Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 after sustained fan pressure and a public vote of confidence from the franchise’s cast. The film is now slated for a May 5, 2023 release.