Disney Plans to Use James Gunn’s Guardians 3 Script, Confirms Sean Gunn

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One of the many questions surrounding Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is whether Disney will use the script completed by writer/director James Gunn shortly before his firing in July. An early report suggested the studio likely intendds to do just that, something now confirmed by the filmmaker’s brother Sean Gunn.

The actor, who plays the Ravager Kraglin and provides the motion-capture performance for Rocket Raccoon, assured Tulsa World the plan is to eventually move forward with Guardians 3, with James Gunn’s script.

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“I know Disney still wants to make the movie,” he said. “I know that they have every intention of using the script that my brother wrote.”

Disney severed ties with James Gunn in July after old tweets, some dating back more than a decade, resurfaced in which he made offensive comments about rape and pedophilia. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 was targeted to being production in early 2019, but last month Disney placed the project on indefinite hold.

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“Obviously, that was a very unfortunate situation for everybody, most of all him,” Sean Gunn told the newspaper, “but I am also somebody who had been preparing to spend half a year making that movie and now that’s up in the air. Obviously, I think it’s a tricky proposition for them to find another director to step in — and also the scheduling of a lot of other actors who are incredibly busy can’t be easy. But I know that they plan on making the movie. I had not been contacted at all for a while, but I was recently contacted by Marvel saying, ‘Yeah, we do plan to make this movie. We’re just not sure when yet.’”

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nazrad on September 25th, 2018 at 17:56 UTC »

I still wondering whats going to happen to Wrek-it-Ralph 2 when a disney executive googles Sarah Silverman and sees her old stand up routines.

harrisonisdead on September 25th, 2018 at 17:41 UTC »

Isn't this a great way to make everyone mad? People who want him fired won't want his name attached to the movie in any way, and people who want him rehired want him back as director and would think that he should be brought back if his name is going to be attached to the film anyways. Though I suppose there are probably plenty of neutral people who don't care either way, i.e. the general public outside of Reddit and other social media.

FattyCorpuscle on September 25th, 2018 at 17:31 UTC »

"The guy doesn't resonate with our current values, but we still like money so we'll still use his script."