James Gunn

a long talk Feb. 18, 2022

James Gunn Isn’t Laughing at PeacemakerAfter decades skewering superheroes, the writer-director chose sincerity for HBO Max’s first DC series.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

movie review Aug. 6, 2021

A Little of The Suicide Squad Goes a Long WayIt’s possible James Gunn’s “soft reboot” of the DC superhero franchise is too much of a good thing and not enough of a better thing.

By Bilge Ebiri

dceu July 12, 2021

Margot Robbie Didn’t Know Zack Snyder Killed Off Harley Quinn“Thank you for telling me!”

By Justin Curto

trailer mix June 22, 2021

Suicide Squad Trailer: Harley Quinn and Friends Embark on ‘Operation Butthole’James Gunn’s supervillain meetup is out on August 6.

By Zoe Haylock

space stuff Dec. 18, 2020

Director James Gunn Has One Question About Space Force’s New Member TitleVP Mike Pence revealed personnel working for the service will be known as “Guardians.”

By Halle Kiefer

theories Apr. 23, 2020

Back to the Future Screenwriter Finally Explains Huge Plot HoleWriter Bob Gale confirmed a theory about the 1985 film.

By Zoe Haylock

casting call Sept. 13, 2019

James Gunn Confirms Pretty Much Everyone Is in The Suicide Squad CastExcept for poor ol’ Jared Leto. Better luck next squad, Jared.

By Halle Kiefer

yes and Sept. 3, 2019

Pete Davidson Continues His Year of Yes, Might be Cast in Suicide SquadHe’s had a busy week.

By Charu Sinha

casting July 10, 2019

Storm Reid Is The Latest Addition to James Gunn Suicide Squad SequelNo, she will not be one of the havoc-wreaking anti-heroes.

By Jordan Crucchiola

movie review May 23, 2019

Brightburn Is Gory, Creepy, and ObviousBut Elizabeth Banks is, as usual, very good and un-gimmicky.

By David Edelstein

the industry Mar. 15, 2019

James Gunn Rehired for Guardians of the Galaxy 3He’s back.

By Hunter Harris

movies Jan. 30, 2019

James Gunn Might Direct the New Suicide SquadIt’s a re-sequel-boot-launch.

By Anne Victoria Clark

trailer mix Dec. 9, 2018

Brightburn Trailer: Wait, What If Superman Was Basically Damien From The Omen?The nature versus nurture question goes out the window when your son’s nature is “some kind of homicidal alien super-being.”

By Halle Kiefer

james gunn Oct. 9, 2018

James Gunn Reemerges With a New Job Writing Suicide Squad 2When a Marvel door closes, a DC window opens.

By Jordan Crucchiola

being over it Sept. 2, 2018

Man, Look, Dave Bautista Doesn’t Even Know If He Wants to Be in Guardians Vol. 3 “To be honest with you, I don’t know if I want to work for Disney.”

By Halle Kiefer

well that’s not good Aug. 24, 2018

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Reportedly Presses Pause on ProductionMarvel and Disney reportedly need time to “regroup” on the film.

By Halle Kiefer

movies Aug. 16, 2018

Disney Absolutely and Totally Refuses to Reinstate James GunnIt’s not happening.

By Anne Victoria Clark

james gunn Aug. 6, 2018

Dave Bautista Ready to Leave Guardians If James Gunn’s Script Isn’t UsedIf Disney scraps the former director’s script, Bautista says he wants to be cut or recast.

By Jordan Crucchiola

controversies Aug. 5, 2018

Dave Bautista Finds Working for Disney ‘Nauseating’ After James Gunn’s FiringBy firing Gunn, the actor tweeted, the company essentially bowed to “a smear campaign by fascists #cybernazis.”

By Halle Kiefer

the guardians Aug. 5, 2018

Kurt Russell Thinks It’s ‘Sad’ James Gunn Was Fired by DisneyBut he understands the rationale, as much as he doesn’t agree with it.

By Devon Ivie

the industry July 30, 2018

Chris Pratt, Guardians of the Galaxy Cast ‘Fully Support’ James GunnThey released a new open letter.

By Devon Ivie

social media July 29, 2018

Selma Blair Quits Twitter in Solidarity With James GunnGunn was fired from Disney earlier this month.

By Devon Ivie

July 23, 2018

Bobcat Goldthwait Tells Disney to Remove Hercules Voice in Support of James Gunn“I would hate for you to come off as hypocritical so I’m suggesting that you remove my voice from an attraction that’s coming to your park.”

By Halle Kiefer

the industry July 23, 2018

Guardians of the Galaxy Cast Responds to James Gunn’s Vol. 3 Firing“He’s made mistakes. We all have.”

By Devon Ivie

hollywood signs July 23, 2018

Disney Should Know the Difference Between James Gunn and RoseanneIn firing Gunn, Disney’s equating the merely tasteless with the actually dangerous.

By Mark Harris

politics v hollywood July 21, 2018

Ted Cruz Thinks James Gunn Should Be Prosecuted for His ‘Child Rape’ Tweets“Wow.”

By Devon Ivie

the industry July 20, 2018

James Gunn Fired From Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3“The offensive attitudes and statements discovered on James’ Twitter feed are indefensible and inconsistent with our studio’s values.”

By Hunter Harris

i am groot May 7, 2018

James Gunn Reveals Groot’s Final Line in Infinity War and Honestly It’s Very SadSpoilers! Duh!

By Jackson McHenry

an inconvenient truth Feb. 27, 2018

James Gunn Reveals Shocking Truth About Groot’s Death In Guardians of the GalaxyBaby Groot’s relation to original Groot might surprise you.

By Jordan Crucchiola

sexual harassment Oct. 22, 2017

Director James Gunn Says He’s Been Warning Women About James Toback for 20 Years“I couldn’t stop him, but I could warn people about him.”

By Halle Kiefer

Aug. 22, 2017

Breaking Down Guardians of the Galaxy 2’s Complicated Escape From the Elector▶️ Director James Gunn discusses the movie’s hardest scene to shoot.

By Kenny Wassus, Desi Foote, and Kyle Buchanan

denials July 25, 2017

James Gunn Wants It Made Perfectly Clear He Does Not Have Sex With RaccoonsSo just don’t even think about that.

By Jordan Crucchiola

throwbacks June 16, 2017

James Gunn Reveals the R-Rated Scooby-Doo Movie We Didn’t GetScooby-Doo: The Movie was released June 8, 2002.

By Hunter Harris

May 3, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy Is Huge — and That’s Not Always Easy for James Gunn“I love the attention and I hate the attention, you know? It’s not always good for your soul.”

By Kyle Buchanan

the bechdel test Oct. 13, 2016

GOTG 2 Director Promises Better Women’s StoriesWhew.

By Karen Brill

shut down Aug. 20, 2016

James Gunn Shuts Down Race Controversy Over Zendaya’s Spider-Man Role“I do not believe a character is the color of his or her skin.”

By Julia Edelman

comic con 2016 July 24, 2016

James Gunn’s Best Kurt Russell StoryIt involved Escape From New York.

By Abraham Riesman

sequels forever Feb. 17, 2016

Here’s a First Look at Guardians of the Galaxy 2Also with 100 percent more Kurt Russell.

By Halle Kiefer

deadpool Feb. 15, 2016

James Gunn: Deadpool Might Teach Wrong Lessons“They’ll treat you like you’re stupid, which is the one thing Deadpool didn’t do.”

By Jackson McHenry

the industry Dec. 23, 2015

Russell Confirms He’s in Talks for Guardians 2He said as much in an interview with “Happy Sad Confused.”

By Sean Fitz-Gerald

i am groot Nov. 12, 2015

Vin Diesel Has His Own Special Groot ScriptAccording to James Gunn.

By Nate Jones

deuces Oct. 29, 2015

Matthew McConaughey Turned Down Guardians of the Galaxy 2Marvel wanted him as their new villain.

By Ira Madison III

party chat Apr. 14, 2015

Guardians of the Galaxy 2 Is About FatherhoodAccording to writer-director James Gunn.

By Kyle Buchanan

deleted scenes Dec. 24, 2014

Stan Lee’s Original Guardians of the Galaxy Cameo Would’ve Been FatalJames Gunn wanted him to explode and then have his head roll into the frame.

By Sean Fitz-Gerald

the toughest scene i wrote Dec. 18, 2014

How They Fit Thanos Into Guardians of the Galaxy“Having Thanos be in that scene was more helpful to the Marvel universe than it was to Guardians of the Galaxy.”

By Kyle Buchanan

movies Nov. 12, 2014