8 Problems With Upcoming Movies (That Have Already Been Solved)

5. Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3

Guardians Of The Galaxy
Marvel Studios

The Problem: Disney fired James Gunn, leaving the franchise without its most crucial creative voice.

The Solution: Disney re-hired James Gunn.

Marvel Studios is apparently making a habit of being involved in some sort of controversy at this time of the year. In 2019, it's the Sony and Disney fallout over Spider-Man, and in 2018, it was James Gunn being fired.

In July of last year, Disney severed all ties with the filmmaker after a series of distasteful decade-old tweets emerged, plunging the future of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 - to which Gunn was attached as screenwriter and director - into darkness. This wasn't just a case of some random filmmaker being removed from some random franchise, either: Gunn's DNA is at the very core of both Guardians movies, and it was hard to imagine the third being the same without him.

And then, there was the backlash. Even actor Dave Bautista publicly condemned Disney for their decision on several occasions, and the general fan response was that the company had made a mistake; whichever poor soul did get hired to make Vol. 3 would not be given a warm welcome. How could someone as beloved and important as Gunn be replaced?

Well, he couldn't, and Disney knew it - which is probably why they re-hired him earlier this year. Because of that move, Vol. 3 is on track to be another smash-hit - both commercially and quality-wise - just like the first two.

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