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James Gunn speaks out against “anti-comic book movie” comments at Oscars and Independent Spirit Awards

February 24, 2015 by admin

During the Oscars on Sunday night, actor and singer Jack Black made some disparaging remarks against comic book movies singing, “opening with lots of zeroes, all we get are superheroes: Spider-Man, Superman, Batman, Jedi Man, Sequel Man, Prequel Man, formulaic scripts!” The night previous, Nightcrawler writer and director Dan Gilroy also spoke out against a […]

Filed Under: Awards Season, Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Guardians of the Galaxy, James Gunn, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe

Joel Kinnaman describes The Suicide Squad as a comedy

October 28, 2019 by Gary Collinson

Joel Kinnaman is currently reprising his role as Rick Flag from 2016’s Suicide Squad in the James Gunn-directed follow-up The Suicide Squad, being one of only a handful of original cast members to get the call for the sequel. Given that Gunn is now behind the wheel, taking over the franchise from original director David […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: DC, DC Extended Universe, James Gunn, Joel Kinnaman, the suicide squad

James Gunn responds to Francis Ford Coppola’s Marvel criticism

October 23, 2019 by Gary Collinson

Having spoken out to defend the Marvel Cinematic Universe against comments from Martin Scorsese, Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn is back on social media – this time to respond to The Gofather filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, who recently slammed Marvel Studios movies as “despicable”. “Many of our grandfathers thought all gangster movies were […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Francis Ford Coppola, James Gunn, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe

James Gunn says Warner Bros. and DC offered him “whatever he wanted”

October 14, 2019 by Liam Waddington

Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn claims he was offered whatever he wanted by Warner Bros. but chose to do his version of The Suicide Squad. While answering fan questions on Instagram Story, Gunn was asked if he was “offered another movie along with The Suicide Squad” when Warner Bros. approached him about turning his […]

Filed Under: Liam Waddington, Movies, News Tagged With: DC, DC Extended Universe, James Gunn, the suicide squad

James Gunn announces full cast for The Suicide Squad

September 14, 2019 by Gary Collinson

Hot on the heels of debunking the rumour about a cameo appearance from Zatanna, director James Gunn has now unveiled the full cast for his upcoming DC Extended Universe supervillain ensemble The Suicide Squad. Along with the returning Margot Robbie (Harley Quinn), Jai Courtney (Captain Boomerang), Joel Kinnaman (Rick Flag) and Viola Davis (Amanda Waller) […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Alice Braga, Daniela Melchior, David Dastmalchian, DC, DC Extended Universe, Flula Borg, Idris Elba, Jai Courtney, James Gunn, Jennifer Holland, Joaquín Cosío, Joel Kinnaman, John Cena, Juan Diego Botto, Julio Ruiz, Margot Robbie, Mayling Ng, Michael Rooker, Nathan Fillion, Pete Davidson, Peter Capaldi, Sean Gunn, Steve Agee, Storm Reid, Taika Waititi, the suicide squad, Tinashe Kajese, Viola Davis

David Ayer believes DC is “blessed” to have James Gunn directing The Suicide Squad

September 16, 2019 by Liam Waddington

The original Suicide Squad director David Ayer believes DC is lucky to have Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn, elming the upcoming reboot. Ayer showed his support for Gunn on Twitter when responding to a fan’s tweet, stating “DC is blessed to have @JamesGunn I’m getting my popcorn ready.” Exactly! DC is blessed to have @JamesGunn I’m getting […]

Filed Under: Liam Waddington, Movies, News Tagged With: David Ayer, DC, DC Extended Universe, James Gunn, the suicide squad

Jai Courtney says The Suicide Squad will be “tonally different” to the first movie

September 23, 2019 by Gary Collinson

Although James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad has been described as “a total reboot”, we know from the film’s casting that isn’t going to be exactly the case as several members of David Ayer’s 2016 film are returning including Margot Robbie, Jai Courtney, Joel Kinnaman and Viola Davis. Still, given Gunn’s sensibilities, it seems a pretty […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: DC, DC Extended Universe, James Gunn, the suicide squad

James Gunn announces start of production on The Suicide Squad

September 24, 2019 by Gary Collinson

Having announced his full cast last week, director James Gunn has now confirmed that cameras are rolling on The Suicide Squad, Warner Bros. and DC Films’ follow-up to the 2016 supervillain team-up from David Ayer. Gunn responded to a fan question on Instagram this past Friday about the production start date by revealing that filming […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: DC, DC Extended Universe, James Gunn, the suicide squad

The Suicide Squad set photos offer first look at new DC villains

October 12, 2019 by Gary Collinson

With production underway on The Suicide Squad, the first batch of set photos from the James Gunn-directed DC supervillain team up have surfaced online via Just Jared and give us a look at a number of characters in full costume including returning star Jai Courtney (Captain Boomerang) alongside Nathan Fillion, Pete Davidson, Michael Rooker, Flula […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: DC, DC Extended Universe, Flula Borg, Jai Courtney, James Gunn, Mayling Ng, Michael Rooker, Nathan Fillion, Pete Davidson, Sean Gunn, the suicide squad

James Gunn, Joss Whedon and Samuel L. Jackson respond to Martin Scorsese’s Marvel criticism

October 8, 2019 by Gary Collinson

During a promotional interview for his new movie The Irishman last week, Martin Scorsese ruffled the feathers of fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the legendary filmmaker stating: “I don’t see them. I tried, you know? But that’s not cinema. Honestly, the closest I can think of them, as well made as they are, with […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: James Gunn, Joss Whedon, Martin Scorsese, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Samuel L. Jackson

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