James Gunn to Tackle 'Suicide Squad' Sequel for Warner Bros.
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was fired from directing the third installment in his Guardians of the Galaxy franchise, has come on board to write Warner Bros. and DC's Suicide Squad sequel, with an eye to direct.
Gunn has closed a deal to pen the script. At this stage, there is no director deal but talks could proceed depending on the outcome.
Gunn was fired from his Marvel franchise after old tweets from 2008 and 2009 where he made insensitive and controversial jokes about topics like rape and pedophillia were resurfaced by conservative website The Daily Caller.
After his firing, Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana and other Guardians stars signed an open letter asking Disney to reinstate Gunn, while fans started a Change.org petition asking the studio to do the same but the studio has stayed steadfast in the their decision.
“The James Gunn decision was brought to me as a unanimous decision of a variety of executives at the studio and I supported it,” Walte Disney CEO Bob Iger recently said to the Hollywood Reporter of Gunn’s firing. He added: “I haven't second-guessed their decision.”
What ya'll think?
Jeff Spicer/Getty
was fired from directing the third installment in his Guardians of the Galaxy franchise, has come on board to write Warner Bros. and DC's Suicide Squad sequel, with an eye to direct.
Gunn has closed a deal to pen the script. At this stage, there is no director deal but talks could proceed depending on the outcome.
Gunn was fired from his Marvel franchise after old tweets from 2008 and 2009 where he made insensitive and controversial jokes about topics like rape and pedophillia were resurfaced by conservative website The Daily Caller.
After his firing, Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana and other Guardians stars signed an open letter asking Disney to reinstate Gunn, while fans started a Change.org petition asking the studio to do the same but the studio has stayed steadfast in the their decision.
“The James Gunn decision was brought to me as a unanimous decision of a variety of executives at the studio and I supported it,” Walte Disney CEO Bob Iger recently said to the Hollywood Reporter of Gunn’s firing. He added: “I haven't second-guessed their decision.”
What ya'll think?
