Dave Bautista Reacts To James Gunn Rehiring: Will Celebrate

Dave Bautista Reacts To James Gunn Rehiring: Will Celebrate

Last Summer following James Gunn getting fired from Disney over tweets about rape and pedophilia, Gunn’s biggest backer and supporter happened to be none other than Dave Bautista who regularly lashed out at the decision and even threatened to quit Marvel and Guardians of the Galaxy 3.

Following the release of the Captain Marvel movie and with the Disney-Fox deal having gone through, Disney recently announced they had rehired James Gunn for Guardians of the Galaxy 3 and credited him on The Avengers: Endgame.

Dave Bautista Guardians of the Galaxy

So with Gunn back on the job, now video of Dave Bautista sees the Drax-actor offering he is going to throw a big celebration.

“I am beyond words stoked,” Bautista told Fandango. “The day that it was announced that he was rehired I wasn’t really able to celebrate publicly for certain reasons. Eventually, I will have some type of public celebration, and not to be smug and rub it in people’s faces, but just to know that I’m very excited because I think people know how hard I fought for him and how upset I was over the decision that he was fired. So you can imagine [laughs] how excited I am that he’s officially back.”   

Details for Guardians of the Galaxy 3 include that filming will start once James Gunn is done with DC’s Suicide Squad 2. Look for Dave Bautista this month in The Avengers: Endgame, and Batista will also be taking on Triple H this Sunday at Wrestlemania.

Dave Bautista Avengers Endgame

About Matt McGloin

Matt McGloin is the editor-in-chief and publisher of Cosmic Book News, the independent entertainment news site he founded in 2008. He covers movies, comics, TV, video games and pop culture and has reported major industry scoops over the years, including revealing the Avengers: Endgame title ahead of its official announcement. Through Cosmic Book News, he helped Marvel Comics promote Guardians of the Galaxy and Nova through exclusive previews, artwork, and interviews, with the site also quoted in solicitations and on comic covers. He also reported on Marvel’s Daredevil: Born Again retooling before it was later confirmed by the trades.

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