THERE’S no denying that James Gunn has had an enormous affect upon the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), ever since he helmed Guardians of the Galaxy in 2014 and just about set the tone for the superhero franchise in subsequent years.
Gunn can be one of the few administrators who has straddled the each MCU and the DC Extended Universe, with blockbuster movies in each. In addition to writing and directing Guardians and its sequel, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Gunn served as an govt producer in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame to oversee the scenes that included characters from the Guardians motion pictures.
He additionally directed the well-received reboot of the DCEU’s The Suicide Squad, and even directed half of the spin-off TV sequence Peacemaker.
However, regardless of all these achievements, some followers are apprehensive that the director might quickly be searching for greener pastures together with his future movie initiatives.
Recently, a fan on Twitter requested Gunn what initiatives he wish to do if he have been handed any Marvel character he wished.
Gunn replied: “There are presently no characters at either Marvel or DC that I want to be working with right now that I am not.”
The fairly curt reply made some followers query if this was Gunn’s approach of saying that he had accomplished his ‘wish list’ of superhero initiatives in Hollywood, and could be shifting on.
Gunn later adopted up his tweet with one saying: “Yes and I acknowledge the wording of this tweet is linguistic Olympics.“ However, he refused to elaborate further.
At the very least, fans can still look forward to seeing what will no doubt be Gunn’s crowning achievement: the upcoming Vol. 3, which is currently in production and scheduled to hit theatres workwide in May 2023.
Gunn has previously stated that this will be the end of this version of the team as well as his involvement with it, but he also has one other Guardians project in the works coming out in advance: The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.
Set to be released in December exclusively on Disney+, the special will introduce multiple MCU heroes, including one the director considers to be “one of the greatest MCU characters of all time.”
