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James Gunn says The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special contains “stuff that you need to learn before Vol. 3”

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Back in December during a Disney Investor Day, it was announced that two Guardians of the Galaxy projects were in the works, including the Holiday Special and Vol.3, which are set to be filmed back-to-back – with production starting later this year. Now, in an interview with Collider, writer and director James Gunn has confirmed that The Guardians of the […]

UPDATE: John Cena’s Peacemaker episode titles revealed

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We’re a matter of days away from seeing John Cena’s DC bow when James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad is finally released in cinemas, but now we’ve also been given details of when his character Peacemaker will debut his standalone series on HBO Max. James Gunn confirmed season one had wrapped earlier this month, and we […]

James Gunn on why he didn’t bring back Jared Leto’s Joker for The Suicide Squad

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With the release of The Suicide Squad fast approaching, James Gunn is now out on the promotional circuit for the R-rated DC Films release, and during an interview with The New York Times, the filmmaker has revealed why he opted against including Jared Leto’s Joker in his follow-up to 2016’s Suicide Squad. “I just don’t […]

James Gunn says “superhero movies are mostly boring right now”

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What happens when one of the biggest producers & directors calls out his genre? Well, that’s what we are asking ourselves now as James Gunn opened up about the state of superhero movies. While not on the level of Twitter’s chatter about “superhero fatigue,” The Suicide Squad director feels the genre is in a rut. […]

James Gunn confirms filming has wrapped on Peacemaker, reveals series directors

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Writer and director James Gunn has confirmed that the upcoming eight-episode first season of HBO Max’s Peacemaker series, starring John Cena, has wrapped filming after 11 months in the works. https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1414783283653718016 With filming wrapped on the Peacemaker series, Gunn has also revealed who the directors are on the DC project. In addition to Gunn directing five of the […]

First look at James Gunn’s Peacemaker series starring John Cena

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With filming on Peacemaker drawing to a close in Vancouver this month, Empire has shared a first look image from James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad spinoff series which sees the filmmaker joined by his leading man John Cena in full (bloody) costume as the titular vigilante.   View this post on Instagram   A post […]

James Gunn claims The Suicide Squad has more practical special effects than “all of the Marvel movies” combined

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Most critics of Marvel Studios, and most superhero films in general, complain about the over-reliance on computer-generated special effects. It seems like filmmaker James Gunn has heard those complaints and tried to change that with his latest comic book movie, The Suicide Squad. During a set visit for the upcoming DCEU film, James Gunn opened […]

James Gunn reveals the DC villains who didn’t make the cut for The Suicide Squad

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While James Gunn has retained a number of Task Force X members from David Ayer’s Suicide Squad (see Harley Quinn, Rick Flag, Captain Boomerang), The Suicide Squad will see the introduction of a host of new villains into the DC Extended Universe. The new team includes some obscure and often wacky names, with the likes […]

James Gunn explains why Harley Quinn’s ‘rotten’ tattoo is absent in The Suicide Squad

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While James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad has been pushed as more of a reboot or fresh take on the source material as opposed to a sequel to David Ayer’s 2016 movie, the filmmaker has retained a number of the already established elements, including characters such as Amanda Waller (Viola Davis), Joel Kinnaman (Rick Flag), Captain […]

The Suicide Squad gets a brand new trailer and poster

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Ahead of its release this August, Warner. Bros has shared a new poster and an action-packed trailer for James Gunn’s R-rated supervillain team-up The Suicide Squad which is packed with new footage from the film, including a look at Task Force X as they take on the monstrous supervillain Starro! Welcome to hell—a.k.a. Belle Reve, […]