Gunn and most of his fellow toilers on the superhero assembly line. Mass production of comic-book movies has stretched thin the talents of Mr. Gunn’s is very nearly the defining sensibility of superhero pictures, which in turn define today’s Hollywood.įor better or, I’m afraid, worse. Marvel’s rival DC Studios hired him last fall as co-CEO, and he will continue to direct big movies such as the next Superman picture. 3,” but has also ascended to the senior ranks of moviedom. He is now not only the sole writer and director of “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Gunn as he started work on his third “Guardians of the Galaxy” movie over some inappropriate jokes he’d made years earlier on Twitter. Five years ago Marvel Studios’ corporate parent, Disney, publicly fired Mr. It’s been a superhero’s journey for writer-director James Gunn: He rose to great heights, was ruined, then re-emerged more powerful than ever. Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper) Photo: Marvel
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