Board Thread:Movies/@comment-3048593-20171206004220/@comment-29908830-20180720205553

KalKent wrote: Welp, James Gunn has been fired as the director of 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3', after controversial tweets of jokes he made resurfaced.

Holy shit. Let me say, this is probably the biggest firing of a director in recent Disney memory. Not only was he a prominent name, but he also had a great relationship with Disney prior to this (unlike Edgar Wright and Lord & Miller, who had not worked with Disney prior). Plus, Gunn was going to pull a Whedon and be a creative consigliere on Phase 4, meaning this effects a lot more than just Guardians Vol. 3. Honestly, I don't know what to make of this. Obviously given the subjects discussed (though I haven't seen the tweets) I'm not going to condone what he did, but I think we're all going to have to REALLY cross our fingers this turns out for the better. At least it should not be as bad as the Snyder-Justice League controversy, as it has justifiable reasons and filming has not yet begun.