EXCLUSIVE: One day last summer, James Gunn was busy writing to direct the third installment of Marvel's blockbuster Guardians of the Galaxy franchise until, suddenly, he wasn’t. Disney abruptly fired him and his entire career was upended.
Though he would finish that script, the corporation pulled the plug after being…
EXCLUSIVE: The H Collective, the LA production outfit which is teaming up with Vin Diesel to produce the next installment in the xXx franchise, has set rising filmmaker Christine Crokos (Pimp) to direct their upcoming elevated horror-thriller The Beast.
The company landed Aaron W Sala’s 2018 Blacklist (2018) script in…
Zoe Saldana is applauding Walt Disney Co. executives for reversing their previous banishment of writer/director James Gunn from the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise.
Saldana, who plays green alien Gamora in the series, previously joined her cast mates in support of Gunn, who was temporarily removed from the project…
Life is slowly returning to normal for writer/director James Gunn. After vanishing from Twitter last summer in the midst of a controversy over his past tweets, Gunn has apparently resumed regular social media activity now that he’s been reinstated by Disney for Guardians of the Galaxy 3.
Although Gunn resurfaced on…
James Gunn has responded after Deadline broke the news today that Disney has reinstated him as writer-director of Guardians of the Galaxy 3, after the studio fired him off the threequel last July when old tweets surfaced that made light of pedophilia and rape.
The move Friday returns him to the Marvel franchise he has…
EXCLUSIVE: Redemption and second chances have long been superhero movie staples, and today it looks like life has imitated art. I’ve learned that Disney has reinstated James Gunn as the writer-director of Guardians of the Galaxy 3, and I’ve confirmed it with Marvel and Gunn’s camp.
The decision to rehire Gunn –he was f…
Days after news broke of Will Smith’s departure from Warner Bros’ Suicide Squad 2, Deadline has confirmed that Idris Elba is in talks to play Deadshot in the upcoming DC sequel, which is being helmed by James Gunn. No other casting info has been made available, though it has been reported that Margot Robbie is…
Deadline has confirmed that Will Smith will not reprise his role as Deadshoot in Warner Bros.’ James Gunn-directed Suicide Squad 2.Â
Word is that Smith’s exit was amicable, he wasn’t officially set to do the sequel, and it came down to scheduling in regards to his backing out. Deadline hears that Gunn is looking to…
As we reported back in October, James Gunn was not only aboard Warner Bros.’ The Suicide Squad to write, but he was also in talks to direct. The only new news today regarding the DC sequel is that the studio dated the title for an Aug. 6, 2021 release. Disney let Gunn go over the summer for his controversial Tweets…
It was the first time at the Golden Globes for Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige on Sunday night thanks to the  Black Panther. Although it was a night to celebrate the Ryan Coogler-directed cultural phenomenon, we can’t help but think about the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe after the end of Avengers: Infinity W…
The first-look trailer for the James Gunn-produced horror film Brightburn was unveiled today at Comic-ConBrazil. The H Collective and Sony Pictures label Screen Gems film is directed by David Yarovesky (The Hive) and written by Mark Gunn & Brian Gunn.
The film stars Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games, Pitch Perfect)…
