James Gunn Breaks Silence on His Firing and Rehiring on ‘Guardians of the Galaxy 3’

Last year, Disney announced the shocking firing of writer-director James Gunn from Guardians of the Galaxy 3. Alt-right trolls had weaponized some old tweets from Gunn that he had already apologized for, and the resulting faux-outrage on their part prompted Disney to fire Gunn. Then, just as surprisingly, this past March, Disney rehired Gunn for Guardians 3. Throughout this entire period, Gunn has remained largely silent, going off social media and not giving interviews. But now in an interview with Deadline, he talks about his firing and how he was brought back into the fold. For his …

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