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Mar 15, 2019 · In July 2018, a series of controversial tweets from Gunn, 52, on sensitive matters such as sexual assault, AIDS, pedophilia and the Holocaust, were unearthed. In 2009, Gunn had tweeted about...
Aug 7, 2018 · The man behind Marvel’s blockbuster “Guardians of the Galaxy” movies was unceremoniously fired on Friday after years of lewd “jokes” and strange sexual comments sparked YouTube videos and trending Twitter hashtags.
- Douglas Ernst The Washington Times
Jul 20, 2018 · James Gunn, the writer-director of Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” franchise, apologized late Thursday after a series of old (now deleted) tweets resurfaced in which the filmmaker made...
Jul 20, 2018 · James Gunn, who wrote and directed the Marvel superhero film “Guardians of the Galaxy” in 2014 and delivered a smash sequel in 2017, wrote the bulk of the tweets that got him fired from 2009 to...
Jul 20, 2018 · Disney cut ties with 'Guardians of the Galaxy" director James Gunn on Friday, shortly after Gunn apologized for old, offensive tweets that joked about rape and pedophilia.
- Deputy Managing Editor, Entertainment
Jul 20, 2018 · Firing Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn, as Disney did today after the emergence of years-old offensive tweets, was the inescapable outcome of a lose-lose situation.
Jul 20, 2018 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Gunn was fired Friday as director of “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" because of old tweets that recently emerged where he joked about subjects like pedophilia and rape. Walt Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn announced the removal.
