Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3: Everything We Know

8. James Gunn Will Write And Direct

Guardians 3 was moving along quite smoothly until it hit a major roadblock in July 2018, when franchise spearhead James Gunn was removed from the project.

After a series of inappropriate decade-old tweets began to do the rounds, Disney fired Gunn in an instant, sending shockwaves through the online film community and leaving the future of Guardians 3 looking uncertain.

But now, things are looking bright once again. On 15 March 2019, Gunn was officially reinstated as the director of the movie, a decision that - according to Deadline, who first broke the story - was made months ago, after Disney execs were persuaded by Gunn's public Twitter apology, and the way he accepted his initial firing in a calm and collected manner.

Why did it take so long for this news to come out if the decision was made a while ago? We don't know. Perhaps Disney and Marvel wanted to focus on launching Captain Marvel successfully, before dropping a major, attention-diverting bombshell like this. Whatever the case, Gunn is back behind the camera - for good, this time - on Guardians 3.