Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 (2017)

[Catwoman]

James Gunn has been rehired to direct Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3.

https://www.businessinsider.com/disney-rehires-james-gunn-to-direct-guardians-of-the-galaxy-3-2019-3

I had no problem with Disney firing him for those horrid tweets (even though it disappointed me that the whole situation happened in the first place), I have no problem with them rehiring him either. Consensus seems to be he left that "shock jock" style persona that said that garbage behind years ago and is a good decent human being, so sure. Give him another shot. I know the Guardians movies and this one in particular weren't favorites of most of y'all, but I adored both, so I hope they can all get back to work without any issues.

Question is, what does this do for his Suicide Squad sequel?

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Question is, what does this do for his Suicide Squad sequel?

Between Smith's departure and now this business with Gunn, I think I see some handwriting on the wall over there. Tough to make out right now but it looks like it says something like "Forget about it".

Alas...

[The Laughing Fish]

Question is, what does this do for his Suicide Squad sequel?

Between Smith's departure and now this business with Gunn, I think I see some handwriting on the wall over there. Tough to make out right now but it looks like it says something like "Forget about it".

Alas...

Knowing Warner Butchers' disastrous decisions as of late, this assumption is a little naive. It should happen, but it most likely won't.

So much for that Disney CEO hack Alan Fine stating Gunn's inappropriate remarks are inconsistent with the company's values.  But then again, I'm not too surprised by this news. If anything has taught me about the defenses of Bryan Singer, Roman Polanski and Michael Jackson, Hollywood will go out to defend questionable people as long as they still have fans and it works in the industry's best interests. I don't know if Gunn ever abused somebody, but I don't think too highly of somebody making those "jokes" in that manner when Hollywood has been accused of having a culture of child abuse for years. Which leads to my next point that grinds my gears.

I'm now hearing Gunn was never actually "fired", and it was a lie to protect Disney's corporate interests to avoid risking the Fox deal. Now that it has gone ahead, they've conveniently made it public that he's "back". In my opinion, this ranks up there with the most distasteful PR stunt a movie studio has pulled ever since that prick Toby Emmerich lied about honouring Zack Snyder's true vision of JL.

I'm not able to express my distaste for this news very eloquently right now, so I'll quickly sum up my frustration: f*** James Gunn, f*** Disney and f*** the entire entertainment industry for that matter.