Disney rehires James Gunn after resurfaced offensive tweets scandal

After getting booted off of the Guardians Of The Galaxy franchise last year, the Suicide Squad 2 director James Gunn has allegedly been rehired by Disney.

According to Deadline, James Gunn was originally fired by Disney last July for problematic tweets he made nearly a decade ago. According to the Verge, Gunn made tweets relating to pedophilia, transphobia and other offensive topics.

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Despite currently working on Warner Bros and DC’s second Suicide Squad, Disney says that they are allowing Gunn to work on Guardians Of The Galaxy 3 after the supervillian movie’s production. Prior to Gunn’s removal at Disney last year, he had already written the script for the third Guardians Of The Galaxy installment.

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If you recall, last October, fans of Guardians Of The Galaxy banded together to erect a massive billboard asking Disney to reinstate Gunn.

The giant appeal ad recently appeared in Garden Grove, California, at an intersection just a few miles away from nearby Disneyland in Anaheim. It reads, “Save the Galaxy: James Gunn for Vol. 3” and was funded by a GoFundMe campaign.

 

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How cool is this?! The #GuardiansFamily raised money and worked hard to put up this billboard to get @disney and @marvelstudios to do the right thing and #RehireJamesGunn. I gave some money, but there was a core team who did all of the work. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen! @jamesgunn we love you!

A post shared by Kate Garner (@writeriowa) on Oct 29, 2018 at 10:18pm PDT

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