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Variety: Disney stands firm in James Gunn not returning to GotG3

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https://variety.com/2018/film/news/james-gunn-guardians-of-the-galaxy-disney-firing-1202907016/

After a strong push to get James Gunn back as director of "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" following his firing from the project, Disney and Marvel are standing by their decision to not reinstate him as helmer for the next installment. The decision came following a meeting between Gunn and studio chairman Alan Horn.

Gunn was let go from the project nearly a month ago when dozens of Gunn's tweets from nearly a decade ago came to light. The so-called joke tweets, about pedophilia and rape, were recently resurfaced by alt-right agitators. The studio acted quickly to remove Gunn from directing the third installment, believing the comments were unacceptable in the Me Too era and were not in line with Disney's family-friendly image.

Since then, support for Gunn has been widespread, especially from the "Guardians" cast. Cast members including Chris Pratt and Zoe Saldana asked for Gunn to be reinstated in an open letter.

Gunn and his UTA reps pushed hard for him to be given a second chance, and Horn decided to take a courtesy meeting on Tuesday to clear the air and see if there was a possibility of Gunn returning to the franchise. Though the meeting was described as civil and professional, sources say that Horn stood by his decision to not reinstate Gunn as director.

Insiders say Marvel president Kevin Feige was out of town and unable to attend. Sources added that while it was rumored that Feige was pushing to bring Gunn back, Feige stands by the studio's decision to not bring back the "Guardians" director for the third installment.

Spokespeople for Disney and Marvel declined to comment.

Once Feige is back in town, Disney and Marvel will continue the search for a new director. It is still unknown if the production schedule will be affected by the change in the director's seat. The film was expected to go into production at the start of 2019, and while sources have stressed that Gunn's original script will be used for the next film, it is still very likely that whoever is brought in will still need to put a polish on it in order to add their stamp to the project.
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Oh well. I think Drax might be killed off in the next movie if Dave Bautista wants out.
 
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Cybersai said:
Oh well. I think Drax might be killed off in the next movie if Dave Bautista wants out.
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Variety says the script WILL be used:

The film was expected to go into production at the start of 2019, and while sources have stressed that Gunn's original script will be used for the next film, it is still very likely that whoever is brought in will still need to put a polish on it in order to add their stamp to the project.
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Razorskin

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Brian McDoogle

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If this thread stands, I'll post my same comment here:

"Insiders say Marvel president Kevin Feige was out of town and unable to attend."
"Sources added that while it was rumored that Feige was pushing to bring Gunn back, Feige stands by the studio's decision to not bring back the "Guardians" director for the third installment."

If he was really pushing to bring Gunn back, he probably could have asked if the curtosey meeting was delayed until his return, since this has already taken weeks.
 

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As expected. Though the thread where people theorized why Disney was taking so long was entertaining. I'm ok with it. Disney probably shouldn't have hired him in the first place. They fucked up big time. But I'm not outraged over his termination.
 
Biestmann

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Personally, I agree with their decision. Of course, he should not have been hired to begin with if past behavior was to suddenly be a deal breaker for them. That was a mistake.
 
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I think this will have other reverberations in their studios. Fieges contract is up in 2019 too...wonder how that will play out. Pretty sure he'll get offers elsewhere.


I mean what if the alt-right pull up dirt on Iger or Fiege from past social affiliates.
 
Goodstyle

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Weak. The next Guardians film won't feel like a real continuation. Black mark on the series and shitty of Disney to give the alt-right a win like that.
 

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Well, guess im donr with these films after the next Avengers. Gunns work on both GoTG films was one of the only great things the MCU had to offer.
 
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Biestmann said:
Personally, I agree with their decision. Of course, he should not have been hired to begin with if past behavior was to suddenly be a deal breaker for them. That was a mistake.
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Same. Disney/Marvel clearly wanted no part of him, and Im ok with that decision. Its not like Depp or Spacey, where I wont watch anything he is in ever again. If Sony or whoever decides to hire him, I will gladly watch his next movie.
 
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I don't think Feige cares. Like, at all. If he did I imagine Gunn would have been rehired weeks ago.
 
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0VERBYTE said:
I think this will have other reverberations in their studios. Fieges contract is up in 2019 too...wonder how that will play out. Pretty sure he'll get offers elsewhere.


I mean what if the alt-right pull up dirt on Iger or Fiege from past social affiliates.
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Either they will throw insane money at the guy or the formula they have developed and thought process is ingrained in multiple people.
 
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0VERBYTE said:
I think this will have other reverberations in their studios. Fieges contract is up in 2019 too...wonder how that will play out. Pretty sure he'll get offers elsewhere.


I mean what if the alt-right pull up dirt on Iger or Fiege from past social affiliates.
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Is everyone just ignoring this part?

Sources added that while it was rumored that Feige was pushing to bring Gunn back, Feige stands by the studio's decision to not bring back the "Guardians" director for the third installment.
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0VERBYTE said:
I think this will have other reverberations in their studios. Fieges contract is up in 2019 too...wonder how that will play out. Pretty sure he'll get offers elsewhere.
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The difference between GOTG3 with Gunn and GOTG3 without Gunn amounts to little more than a rounding error for guys like Horn and Gunn.

It's unfortunate, but Bautista aside, no one's going to stick their neck out for someone as interchangeable (to 99% of mainstream audiences) as the director of a MCU joint.
 
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