NEW YORK—Months after being fired over old tweets, James Gunn has been rehired as director of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Gunn was fired last July over tweets from nearly a decade ago in which Gunn joked about subjects like pedophilia and rape. Walt Disney Co. has confirmed that James Gunn has been reinstated as the writer-director of the Marvel franchise he has guided from the start, “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. The Guardians cast, including Chris Pratt, Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana, Vin Diesel and other stars, supported Gunn in an open letter. “Although I don’t support James Gunn’s inappropriate jokes from years ago, he is a good man,” Pratt said.

Source: thestar March 15, 2019 19:02 UTC