Author: Russ Burlingame / Source: Marvel
If Marvel does not rehire James Gunn to direct Guardians of the Galay vol. 3 — which is the safe bet in today’s installment of the ever-churning rumor mill surrounding this controversy — they will likely go outside of their normal circle and hire someone new to Marvel, according to Variety.
The same report which suggested Disney is disinclined to rehire Gunn, published earlier today, also seemed to exclude popular fan picks like Taika Waititi, Joe and Anthony Russo, and Jon Favreau.
The explanation is simple enough: those are all superstar directors with a lot of other irons in the fire, and Disney’s need to get the Guardians threequel back on track relatively quickly would be complicated by asking them to step away from another project. In some cases, their other projects are also for parent company Disney, which makes the math even harder.
Gunn was fired from the movie in July, after a number of offensive tweets from before his time with Marvel were revived by alt-right provocateur Mike Cernovich and a social media campaign was mounted to have him fired. Cernovich had targeted Gunn due to the director’s vocal opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump.
Besides being removed as writer and director of Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3, Gunn’s status on an as-yet-undisclosed project for Sony, which was to be announced at Comic Con International in San Diego, is up in the air. The project’s announcement and Gunn’s appearance were both cancelled after his firing by Disney.
As pressure mounted on…
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