‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ Helmer James Gunn Once Had Big Plans for the MCU’s Cosmic Side: ‘I Was Consulting on Everything’
10.05.2023 - 00:45
/ thewrap.com
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” for Marvel Studios just hit theaters, is now in charge of DC Studios at Warner Bros. Discovery.
And while it might seem like a big leap to go from filmmaker to studio executive, earlier in his career he was being courted by Marvel Studios to provide a similar role for a specific within the MCU.When “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” was released in 2017, it was announced that Gunn would be shepherding the so-called cosmic side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe into development. Marvel Studios and chief Kevin Feige were very high on both the filmmaker and the sequel to “Guardians of the Galaxy” and wanted to make sure that a consistency was maintained for all things woo-woo in the MCU.
This would be Gunn’s domain.During a Facebook live event for the home video release of “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” Gunn teased that the third movie in the franchise would “set up the next 10 to 20 years of Marvel movies [and] really expand the cosmic universe.”Of course, less than a year later, Gunn was fired from the franchise after insensitive tweets the filmmaker had made years earlier surfaced. The rest is history: Gunn signed on to “The Suicide Squad” for Warner Bros.
and DC, before being reinstated by Marvel for the third film. He shot and released “The Suicide Squad” before beginning work on “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.” Clearly the experience wore on Gunn, leading to him decamping for the rival studio.When doing press for “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
3,” TheWrap asked Gunn about his proposed gig as the overseer of the cosmic side of the MCU. As it turns out, he was already in a more supervisory role at the company.“I was consulting on everything. I was consulting on all the Marvel movies.
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